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Auteurs principaux: Wakeham, David, Schuld, Maria
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Publié: 2024
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author Wakeham, David
Schuld, Maria
author_facet Wakeham, David
Schuld, Maria
contents How can we take inspiration from a typical quantum algorithm to design heuristics for machine learning? A common blueprint, used from Deutsch-Josza to Shor's algorithm, is to place labeled information in superposition via an oracle, interfere in Fourier space, and measure. In this paper, we want to understand how this interference strategy can be used for inference, i.e. to generalize from finite data samples to a ground truth. Our investigative framework is built around the Hidden Subgroup Problem (HSP), which we transform into a learning task by replacing the oracle with classical training data. The standard quantum algorithm for solving the HSP uses the Quantum Fourier Transform to expose an invariant subspace, i.e., a subset of Hilbert space in which the hidden symmetry is manifest. Based on this insight, we propose an inference principle that "compares" the data to this invariant subspace, and suggest a concrete implementation via overlaps of quantum states. We hope that this leads to well-motivated quantum heuristics that can leverage symmetries for machine learning applications.
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spellingShingle Inference, interference and invariance: How the Quantum Fourier Transform can help to learn from data
Wakeham, David
Schuld, Maria
Quantum Physics
Machine Learning
How can we take inspiration from a typical quantum algorithm to design heuristics for machine learning? A common blueprint, used from Deutsch-Josza to Shor's algorithm, is to place labeled information in superposition via an oracle, interfere in Fourier space, and measure. In this paper, we want to understand how this interference strategy can be used for inference, i.e. to generalize from finite data samples to a ground truth. Our investigative framework is built around the Hidden Subgroup Problem (HSP), which we transform into a learning task by replacing the oracle with classical training data. The standard quantum algorithm for solving the HSP uses the Quantum Fourier Transform to expose an invariant subspace, i.e., a subset of Hilbert space in which the hidden symmetry is manifest. Based on this insight, we propose an inference principle that "compares" the data to this invariant subspace, and suggest a concrete implementation via overlaps of quantum states. We hope that this leads to well-motivated quantum heuristics that can leverage symmetries for machine learning applications.
title Inference, interference and invariance: How the Quantum Fourier Transform can help to learn from data
topic Quantum Physics
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00172