Single T-gate makes distribution learning hard for deep circuits.
problem Learning probability distributions from quantum circuits.
method Characterization of learnability and simulatability of quantum circuit outputs.
result Injection of a single T-gate into depth n^Ω(1) circuits makes distribution learning hard.
Quantum mechanics is inherently probabilistic in light of Born's rule. Using quantum circuits as probabilistic generative models for classical data exploits their superior expressibility and efficient direct sampling ability. However, training of quantum circuits can be more challenging compared to classical neural net…
Quantum circuit Born machines are generative models which represent the probability distribution of classical dataset as quantum pure states. Computational complexity considerations of the quantum sampling problem suggest that the quantum circuits exhibit stronger expressibility compared to classical neural networks. O…
Quantum circuit optimization speeds up financial derivatives pricing.
problem Efficiently pricing financial derivatives on quantum computers.
method Pretraining conditional parameterized circuits for state-dependent functions.
result Quantum circuit implementation of derivatives' payoff function is more efficient.
UKM framework optimizes VQCs, showing QCL performance is bounded.
problem Designing and optimizing variational quantum classifiers (VQCs).
method Unitary Kernel Method (UKM) and Variational Circuit Realization (VCR).
result QCL performance is bounded by UKM.
Study shows limitations and possibilities of learning quantum circuit output distributions.
problem Learnability of output distributions of local quantum circuits.
method Investigated within two oracle models: statistical query model and direct sample access model.
result Output distributions of super-logarithmic depth Clifford circuits are not efficiently learnable in the statistical query model.
A quantum circuit designed for efficient statistical model preparation and training.
problem Challenges in preparing and learning statistical models on quantum processors.
method Utilizes the maximum entropy principle to design a statistics-informed parameterized quantum circuit (SI-PQC).
result Improves trainability and interpretability for learning quantum states and classical model parameters.
CCs learn high-dimensional distributions from heterogeneous data.
problem Learning high-dimensional distributions from heterogeneous data.
method Introducing characteristic circuits (CCs) that learn from data and use spectral domain.
result CCs outperform state-of-the-art density estimators on common benchmark data sets.
Study bounds VAR model's circuit complexity, showing it's limited to TC^0 circuits.
problem Understanding the limitations of the Visual AutoRegressive model.
method Established circuit complexity bounds for the VAR model.
result VAR model is equivalent to a TC^0 threshold circuit with hidden dimension ≤ O(n).
This work proposes efficient classical training protocols for IQP circuits to train quantum generative models.
problem Training quantum generative models on industrially relevant probability distributions is challenging due to high computational cost.
method Developed protocols for classical training of IQP circuits, which are hard to sample but have efficient gradient computation.
result Classically trained IQP circuits can efficiently sample from target probability distributions, demonstrating practical quantum advantage.
Gradient descent optimization improved by circuit perspective.
problem Efficient training of large AI systems.
method Utilizing circuit perspective for mechanistic interpretability.
result Designing a curriculum for efficient learning.
Study improves probabilistic circuits using transformations for better predictions.
problem Predictive limitations of probabilistic circuits in robotic scenarios.
method Integrates transformations into joint probability trees, extending their capabilities.
result Achieves higher likelihoods with fewer parameters on various data sets.
SGLBO optimizes quantum circuits with fewer measurements, improving accuracy and noise resilience.
problem Efficiently optimizing parameterized quantum circuits with reduced measurement shots and noise.
method Developed SGLBO combining SGD and BO, with adaptive measurement-shot strategy and suffix averaging.
result Significantly reduces measurement-shot cost while improving accuracy and noise resilience.
Spin networks boost quantum algorithms solving SU(2) symmetric problems.
problem Efficiently solving SU(2) symmetric problems on quantum hardware.
method Using SU(2) equivariant variational quantum circuits based on spin networks.
result Spin networks provide a direct implementation for SU(2) equivariant quantum circuits.
Compact semiconductor device models are essential for efficiently designing and analyzing large circuits. However, traditional compact model development requires a large amount of manual effort and can span many years. Moreover, inclusion of new physics (eg, radiation effects) into an existing compact model is not triv…
Active sampling improves design space exploration for analog circuits.
problem Efficiently exploring the space of design features in analog circuits with many parameters.
method Combining drastic dimension reduction with sensitivity analysis and Bayesian surrogate modeling for active sampling.
result The proposed active sampling flow outperforms traditional Monte-Carlo sampling.
Inspired by the possibility that generative models based on quantum circuits can provide a useful inductive bias for sequence modeling tasks, we propose an efficient training algorithm for a subset of classically simulable quantum circuit models. The gradient-free algorithm, presented as a sequence of exactly solvable …
Quantum variational circuits improve reinforcement learning efficiency.
problem Improving reinforcement learning algorithms using quantum computing.
method Investigation of quantum variational circuits for DQN and Double DQN, encoding classical data for quantum circuits.
result Quantum variational circuits can solve reinforcement learning tasks with a smaller parameter space.
BOiLS optimizes circuit quality using Bayesian optimization.
problem Optimizing circuits with complex search spaces.
method Adapting Bayesian optimization to logic synthesis, using Gaussian process kernels and trust-region constrained acquisitions.
result Demonstrated superior performance in sample efficiency and QoR values.
In this paper, we firstly introduce a method to efficiently implement large-scale high-dimensional convolution with realistic memristor-based circuit components. An experiment verified simulator is adapted for accurate prediction of analog crossbar behavior. An improved conversion algorithm is developed to convert conv…
Paper introduces md-vtrees for efficient probabilistic and causal inference.
problem Efficient inference in complex probabilistic models.
method Introduces md-vtrees to generalize tractability conditions for advanced inference queries.
result Derives first polytime algorithms for causal inference queries.
MBQC linked to CQCA, yielding efficient Ansätze.
problem Quantum computation efficiency and Ansatz adaptation.
method Relating MBQC to CQCA and constructing Ansätze.
result MBQC Ansätze can lead to different performances on learning tasks.
Paper proposes Monarch matrices for scalable probabilistic circuits.
problem Improving scalability of probabilistic circuits.
method Sparse Monarch matrices for sum blocks in PCs.
result Significantly reduces memory and computation costs, enabling unprecedented scaling.
The manual design of analog circuits is a tedious task of parameter tuning that requires hours of work by human experts. In this work, we make a significant step towards a fully automatic design method that is based on deep learning. The method selects the components and their configuration, as well as their numerical …
SymCircuit learns PC structure via entropy-regularized RL, improving inference efficiency and accuracy.
problem Greedy algorithms in PC structure learning lead to suboptimal solutions.
method Entropy-regularized reinforcement learning to train a learned generative policy for PC structure inference.
result SymCircuit learns the optimal policy as a tempered Bayesian posterior, improving inference efficiency and accuracy.
New algorithms save computation in agnostic learning with membership queries.
problem Efficiently learning touchstone classes with membership queries.
method Designing agnostic learning algorithms for circuits with sublinear gates.
result Agnostic learning algorithms for circuits with sublinear gates achieve significant computational savings.
Paper analyzes neural network complexity for planning problems.
problem Understanding neural network complexity for planning policies.
method Circuit complexity analysis for relational neural networks.
result Three classes of planning problems identified based on network complexity.
The paper presents a novel approach to multi-output regression using probabilistic circuits.
problem Capturing correlations between multiple output dimensions in large-scale regression problems.
method Employing a mixture of single-output Gaussian process experts encoded via a probabilistic circuit.
result The method can capture correlations between output dimensions and often outperforms other approaches.
Study evaluates capacity and trainability of parametrized quantum circuits.
problem Finding the best type of circuits for hybrid quantum-classical algorithms.
method Geometric structure of parameter space, effective quantum dimension, and circuit expressiveness.
result Identifies a transition in quantum geometry leading to decay of quantum natural gradient for deep circuits.
Quantum circuits reveal pathways to dequantization in machine learning models.
problem Navigating the complex landscape of quantum machine learning models and algorithms.
method Introducing a framework connecting quantum circuit structure to function representability.
result Fundamental properties of quantum circuits determine classical simulability of models.
A quantum generalization of Natural Gradient Descent is presented as part of a general-purpose optimization framework for variational quantum circuits. The optimization dynamics is interpreted as moving in the steepest descent direction with respect to the Quantum Information Geometry, corresponding to the real part of…
VQAs use classical optimization to train quantum circuits, promising quantum advantage.
problem High computational cost of quantum simulations and solving large-scale problems.
method Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) use classical optimizers to train parametrized quantum circuits.
result VQAs are a promising strategy for obtaining quantum advantage.
C-qGAN learns multi-modal distributions efficiently.
problem Learning multi-modal distributions efficiently.
method Conditional Quantum Generative Adversarial Network (C-qGAN) within quantum circuits.
result C-qGAN outperforms current state preparation methods in efficiency.
The paper tests if LLMs' capabilities are executed by small subnetworks (circuits).
problem Understanding how LLMs execute their capabilities.
method Formalized criteria for circuits, developed hypothesis tests, applied to six circuits.
result Synthetic circuits align with idealized properties, while Transformer circuits vary in their alignment.
Polynomial invariants classify molecular chains based on their contact arrangements.
problem No established invariants for molecular chains with both hard and soft contacts.
method Developed polynomial invariants for circuit topology of molecular chains.
result Polynomial invariants efficiently classify chains with various contact types.
EiNets improve PCs for scalable probabilistic modeling.
problem Scalability issues in training PCs on real-world data.
method Combining einsum operations for speedups and memory savings; simplifying EM for PCs.
result EiNets can scale to large datasets like SVHN and CelebA.
This work shows how to efficiently simulate parts of quantum landscapes using classical computers.
problem Identifying where quantum computers are advantageous and offloading computations.
method Developed a quantum-enhanced classical algorithm to simulate sub-regions of quantum landscapes.
result It is possible to generate a classical surrogate of a sub-region of a quantum landscape.
Study detects if a circuit bounds a disc using curve intersections.
problem Determining if a circuit bounds an embedded disc.
method Analyzing the group generated by Dehn twists about curves in a circuit.
result Cycle relation between Dehn twists detects disc-boundability.
Adversarial learning is one of the most successful approaches to modelling high-dimensional probability distributions from data. The quantum computing community has recently begun to generalize this idea and to look for potential applications. In this work, we derive an adversarial algorithm for the problem of approxim…
We show that the topological modular functor from Witten-Chern-Simons theory is universal for quantum computation in the sense a quantum circuit computation can be efficiently approximated by an intertwining action of a braid on the functor's state space. A computational model based on Chern-Simons theory at a fifth ro…
Evolutionary strategy optimizes quantum circuit design and parameters.
problem Optimizing quantum circuit design and parameters for NISQ devices.
method Simple evolutionary strategy to optimize both circuit architecture and parameters.
result Minor slowdown on actual quantum hardware compared to simulations, with insights into mutation operations.
This work uses SVM to identify track component failures in AC Track Circuits.
problem Detecting and identifying specific track component failures in AC Track Circuits.
method Applied SVM classifier to STDS track circuit data.
result Successfully classified 15 different track component failures.
The statistical complexity of quantum circuits is studied using Rademacher complexity.
problem Measuring the richness of quantum hypothesis spaces.
method Applying Rademacher complexity to quantum circuits, investigating dependencies on resources, depth, width, and input/output registers.
result Bounds on the capacity of quantum neural networks constrained by circuit depth, width, and resource measures.
COLEP improves robustness of conformal prediction via probabilistic circuits.
problem Adversarial perturbations can undermine the coverage guarantees of conformal prediction.
method COLEP uses probabilistic circuits to learn and reason about different semantic concepts, providing certifiable coverage guarantees.
result COLEP achieves higher prediction coverage and accuracy than a single model, especially with non-trivial knowledge models.
The study examines how quantum resources enhance the complexity of quantum circuits.
problem Quantum resource enhancement on circuit complexity.
method Utilizing quantum resource theories, the study analyzes statistical complexities of quantum circuits with limited quantum resources.
result Bounds for statistical complexities of quantum circuits are derived and applied to specific cases.
While on some natural distributions, neural-networks are trained efficiently using gradient-based algorithms, it is known that learning them is computationally hard in the worst-case. To separate hard from easy to learn distributions, we observe the property of local correlation: correlation between local patterns of t…
A new approach uses circuit topology to study complex polymer interactions.
problem Understanding structural phase transitions in entangled polymer systems.
method Braided circuit topology framework for multiple-chain systems.
result Circuit topological motif fractions are effective order parameters for structural transitions.
Quantum state preparation framework speeds up basket option pricing.
problem Limited practical benefit of quantum amplitude estimation due to state-preparation depth.
method Structure-aware tensor-train rank-based variational state preparation.
result State-preparation depth scaling replaced with linear scaling, maintaining low basket-pricing errors.