Variational measurement-based quantum computation for generative modeling

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Main Authors: Majumder, Arunava, Krumm, Marius, Radkohl, Tina, Fiderer, Lukas J., Nautrup, Hendrik Poulsen, Jerbi, Sofiene, Briegel, Hans J.
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Published: 2023
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author Majumder, Arunava
Krumm, Marius
Radkohl, Tina
Fiderer, Lukas J.
Nautrup, Hendrik Poulsen
Jerbi, Sofiene
Briegel, Hans J.
author_facet Majumder, Arunava
Krumm, Marius
Radkohl, Tina
Fiderer, Lukas J.
Nautrup, Hendrik Poulsen
Jerbi, Sofiene
Briegel, Hans J.
contents Measurement-based quantum computation (MBQC) offers a fundamentally unique paradigm to design quantum algorithms. Indeed, due to the inherent randomness of quantum measurements, the natural operations in MBQC are not deterministic and unitary, but are rather augmented with probabilistic byproducts. Yet, the main algorithmic use of MBQC so far has been to completely counteract this probabilistic nature in order to simulate unitary computations expressed in the circuit model. In this work, we propose designing MBQC algorithms that embrace this inherent randomness and treat the random byproducts in MBQC as a resource for computation. As a natural application where randomness can be beneficial, we consider generative modeling, a task in machine learning centered around generating complex probability distributions. To address this task, we propose a variational MBQC algorithm equipped with control parameters that allow one to directly adjust the degree of randomness to be admitted in the computation. Our algebraic and numerical findings indicate that this additional randomness can lead to significant gains in expressivity and learning performance for certain generative modeling tasks, respectively. These results highlight the potential advantages in exploiting the inherent randomness of MBQC and motivate further research into MBQC-based algorithms.
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spellingShingle Variational measurement-based quantum computation for generative modeling
Majumder, Arunava
Krumm, Marius
Radkohl, Tina
Fiderer, Lukas J.
Nautrup, Hendrik Poulsen
Jerbi, Sofiene
Briegel, Hans J.
Quantum Physics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Measurement-based quantum computation (MBQC) offers a fundamentally unique paradigm to design quantum algorithms. Indeed, due to the inherent randomness of quantum measurements, the natural operations in MBQC are not deterministic and unitary, but are rather augmented with probabilistic byproducts. Yet, the main algorithmic use of MBQC so far has been to completely counteract this probabilistic nature in order to simulate unitary computations expressed in the circuit model. In this work, we propose designing MBQC algorithms that embrace this inherent randomness and treat the random byproducts in MBQC as a resource for computation. As a natural application where randomness can be beneficial, we consider generative modeling, a task in machine learning centered around generating complex probability distributions. To address this task, we propose a variational MBQC algorithm equipped with control parameters that allow one to directly adjust the degree of randomness to be admitted in the computation. Our algebraic and numerical findings indicate that this additional randomness can lead to significant gains in expressivity and learning performance for certain generative modeling tasks, respectively. These results highlight the potential advantages in exploiting the inherent randomness of MBQC and motivate further research into MBQC-based algorithms.
title Variational measurement-based quantum computation for generative modeling
topic Quantum Physics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.13524