Unsupervised Feature Extraction and Reconstruction Using Parameterized Quantum Circuits

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Hauptverfasser: Lo, Li-An, Hsu, Li-Yi, Kuo, En-Jui
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author Lo, Li-An
Hsu, Li-Yi
Kuo, En-Jui
author_facet Lo, Li-An
Hsu, Li-Yi
Kuo, En-Jui
contents Autoencoders are fundamental tools in classical computing for unsupervised feature extraction, dimensionality reduction, and generative learning. The Quantum Autoencoder (QAE), introduced by Romero J.[2017 Quantum Sci. Technol. 2 045001], extends this concept to quantum systems and has been primarily applied to tasks like anomaly detection. Despite its potential, QAE has not been extensively evaluated in basic classification tasks such as handwritten digit classification, which could provide deeper insights into its capabilities. In this work, we systematically investigate the performance of QAE in unsupervised feature extraction and reconstruction tasks. Using various encoder and decoder architectures, we explore QAE's ability to classify MNIST and analyze its reconstruction effectiveness. Notably, with a QCNN-based encoder, QAE achieves an average accuracy of 97.59% in binary classification of MNIST (0 and 1), demonstrating the feasibility of QAE for such tasks. This result highlights the synergy between QAE and QCNN in achieving optimal feature extraction performance. However, we also identify limitations in QAE's reconstruction capability, underscoring the need for further advancements in encoder and decoder designs. Our findings provide a foundation for future research on leveraging QAE in practical quantum machine learning applications.
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spellingShingle Unsupervised Feature Extraction and Reconstruction Using Parameterized Quantum Circuits
Lo, Li-An
Hsu, Li-Yi
Kuo, En-Jui
Quantum Physics
Autoencoders are fundamental tools in classical computing for unsupervised feature extraction, dimensionality reduction, and generative learning. The Quantum Autoencoder (QAE), introduced by Romero J.[2017 Quantum Sci. Technol. 2 045001], extends this concept to quantum systems and has been primarily applied to tasks like anomaly detection. Despite its potential, QAE has not been extensively evaluated in basic classification tasks such as handwritten digit classification, which could provide deeper insights into its capabilities. In this work, we systematically investigate the performance of QAE in unsupervised feature extraction and reconstruction tasks. Using various encoder and decoder architectures, we explore QAE's ability to classify MNIST and analyze its reconstruction effectiveness. Notably, with a QCNN-based encoder, QAE achieves an average accuracy of 97.59% in binary classification of MNIST (0 and 1), demonstrating the feasibility of QAE for such tasks. This result highlights the synergy between QAE and QCNN in achieving optimal feature extraction performance. However, we also identify limitations in QAE's reconstruction capability, underscoring the need for further advancements in encoder and decoder designs. Our findings provide a foundation for future research on leveraging QAE in practical quantum machine learning applications.
title Unsupervised Feature Extraction and Reconstruction Using Parameterized Quantum Circuits
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.07667