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48 results for quantum speedup

Quantum computing offers a quadratic speedup for estimating non-linear functionals.

problem Estimating non-linear functionals of probability distributions.
method Proposes a quantum-inside-quantum Monte Carlo algorithm for a broad class of non-linear estimation problems.
result Achieves a quadratic speedup for non-linear estimation problems, including nested conditional expectations and stochastic optimization.

Quantum algorithm speeds up nested expectation estimation by nearly quadratically.

problem Estimating repeatedly nested expectations with quantum computing.
method Proposes a quantum algorithm achieving nearly quadratic speedup over classical methods.
result Achieves nearly quadratic speedup for RNEs, up to logarithmic factors.

A central task in the field of quantum computing is to find applications where quantum computer could provide exponential speedup over any classical computer. Machine learning represents an important field with broad applications where quantum computer may offer significant speedup. Several quantum algorithms for discr…

2017-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantum algorithms speed up derivative pricing beyond Black-Scholes models.

problem Quantum speedups for derivative pricing beyond Black-Scholes models.
method Utilizing fast-forwardability and quantum Milstein sampler for non-GBM models, and improved numerical integration for GBM and CIR models.
result Quadratic speedups for derivative pricing in practical models like CIR and Heston's model.

ECD algorithm speeds up non-convex optimization, offering quantum and stochastic enhancements.

problem Non-convex optimization challenges in machine learning.
method Energy Conserving Descent (ECD) algorithm, stochastic ECD dynamics (sECD), quantum ECD Hamiltonian (qECD).
result ECD and its quantum version achieve exponential speedup over gradient descent.

Quantum algorithm speeds up learning from big data exponentially.

problem Scalable learning from big data with optimized random features.
method Quantum algorithm for sampling optimized random features.
result Exponential speedup in runtime compared to classical algorithms.

Quantum algorithm speeds up MIP solving by a near-quadratic factor.

problem Solving Mixed Integer Programs (MIPs) efficiently.
method Incremental-Quantum-Branch-and-Bound algorithm combining quantum speedup with classical search heuristics.
result Universal near-quadratic speedup over classical Branch-and-Bound algorithms.

Quantum tech speeds up financial risk assessment.

problem Improving credit valuation adjustments using quantum mechanics.
method Developed a quantum algorithm using Bayesian quantum amplitude estimation and engineered likelihood functions.
result Significant speedup in quantum computations for CVA over classical methods.

The key cryptographic protocols used to secure the internet and financial transactions of today are all susceptible to attack by the development of a sufficiently large quantum computer. One particular area at risk are cryptocurrencies, a market currently worth over 150 billion USD. We investigate the risk of Bitcoin, …

2017-10-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Clustering algorithms are a cornerstone of machine learning applications. Recently, a quantum algorithm for clustering based on the k-means algorithm has been proposed by Kerenidis, Landman, Luongo and Prakash. Based on their work, we propose a quantum expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm for Gaussian mixture models…

2019-08-19abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop the first quantum algorithm for the constrained portfolio optimization problem. The algorithm has running time O~(nrζκδ2log(1/ε))\widetilde{O} \left( n\sqrt{r} \frac{ζκ}{δ^2} \log \left(1/ε\right) \right), where rr is the number of positivity and budget constraints, nn is the number of assets in the portfolio, εε the des…

2019-08-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantum speedup for Monte Carlo integration reduces integrand calls.

problem Reducing the number of calls to the integrand subroutine in high-dimensional Monte Carlo integration.
method Combining nested quantum amplitude estimation with pseudorandom numbers for separable integrands.
result Significant reduction in the number of integrand calls for high-dimensional integration.

Enhances quantum computing for symmetrical systems, proving a new class of problems.

problem Proving the efficiency of a new quantum computing model for symmetrical systems.
method Introducing equivariant convolutional quantum algorithms tailored for SU(d) symmetries.
result Demonstrates a problem that can be solved efficiently on a new quantum model, suggesting it's not classically simulatable.

Within the framework of statistical learning theory it is possible to bound the minimum number of samples required by a learner to reach a target accuracy. We show that if the bound on the accuracy is taken into account, quantum machine learning algorithms for supervised learning---for which statistical guarantees are …

2020-01-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Photonic chip speeds up option pricing with GAN for financial efficiency.

problem Bottleneck in classical computing limits financial industry development.
method Unary approach, photonic chip, quantum amplitude estimation, GAN for asset distribution.
result Quadratic speedup over classical Monte Carlo methods.

Quantum machine learning aims to solve learning problems more efficiently.

problem Solving learning problems more efficiently using quantum processors.
method Leveraging quantum processors for optimization, supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning, and generative modeling.
result Quantum approaches may offer real benefits under certain conditions.

Bayesian methods in machine learning, such as Gaussian processes, have great advantages com-pared to other techniques. In particular, they provide estimates of the uncertainty associated with a prediction. Extending the Bayesian approach to deep architectures has remained a major challenge. Recent results connected dee…

2018-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantum walk algorithm optimizes quantum state preparation for financial simulations.

problem Efficiently loading classical data into quantum states for quantum computers.
method Split-step quantum walks (SSQW) to design parameterized quantum circuits (PQC).
result SSQW facilitates generating desired probability amplitude distributions for quantum simulations.

Quantum machine learning tackles large datasets with randomized measurements.

problem Efficiently process large, high-dimensional datasets on quantum computers.
method Randomized measurements to scale linearly with dataset size and quadratic for post-processing.
result Substantial speed-up for noisy quantum computers, enabling image classification.

Quantum-assisted Gaussian process speeds up data regression.

problem High computational complexity of Gaussian process regression for large datasets.
method Quantum-assisted sparse Gaussian process regression using random Fourier features.
result Achieves polynomial-order computational speedup compared to classical methods.

Quantum classification robustness improved via quantum hypothesis testing.

problem Vulnerability of quantum classification algorithms to input perturbations.
method Formalized link between quantum hypothesis testing and robustness, developed practical protocols.
result Tight robustness condition independent of noise source (natural or adversarial).

Quantum-assisted VAE improves similarity search in high-dimensional datasets.

problem Finding fast and memory-efficient similarity search in high-dimensional data.
method Construct a space-efficient search index based on the latent space of a Quantum-assisted Variational Autoencoder (QVAE).
result Real-world speedups and memory-efficient scaling to half a billion data points.

Support vector machine (SVM) is a particularly powerful and flexible supervised learning model that analyzes data for both classification and regression, whose usual algorithm complexity scales polynomially with the dimension of data space and the number of data points. To tackle the big data challenge, a quantum SVM a…

2019-06-21abs ↗pdf ↗

QCircuitBench provides a dataset for evaluating AI's ability to design quantum algorithms.

problem Lack of datasets for evaluating AI's capability in designing quantum algorithms.
method Developed a comprehensive benchmark dataset with 120,290 data points, including 25 algorithms and 3 task suites.
result LLMs exhibit consistent error patterns and fine-tuning does not always outperform few-shot learning.

We introduce two quantum algorithms for solving structured prediction problems. We first show that a stochastic gradient descent that uses the quantum minimum finding algorithm and takes its probabilistic failure into account solves the structured prediction problem with a runtime that scales with the square root of th…

2018-09-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Meta-learning algorithms prepare quantum Gibbs states efficiently for NISQ devices.

problem Efficiently preparing quantum Gibbs states for NISQ devices.
method Meta-Variational Quantum Thermalizer (Meta-VQT) and Neural Network Meta-VQT (NN-Meta VQT) algorithms.
result Meta-learned parameters significantly outperform random initializations in optimization tasks.

Quantum algorithms improve regret bounds for bandits with knapsacks.

problem Combining stochastic integer programming and online learning.
method Quantum algorithms for BwK with improved regret and time complexities.
result Quantum algorithms achieve better regret bounds than classical methods.

Quantum machine learning faces challenges similar to variational quantum algorithms in training.

problem Challenges in training quantum machine learning models.
method Bridge between variational quantum algorithms and quantum machine learning, applying gradient scaling results.
result Gradient scaling results for variational quantum algorithms can also be applied to quantum machine learning models, revealing new trainability issues.

Quantum method speeds up risk estimation for insurance tail risks.

problem Sample-sparsity in classical Monte Carlo methods for tail risk pricing.
method Quantum Amplitude Estimation (QAE) with Grover amplification.
result Quantum method achieves convergence approaching order reciprocal N, enabling high-resolution tail estimation within practical budgets.