Guaranteeing Privacy in Hybrid Quantum Learning through Theoretical Mechanisms

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Autores principales: Ngo, Hoang M., Jeter, Tre' R., Shin, Incheol, Xing, Wanli, Kahveci, Tamer, Thai, My T.
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author Ngo, Hoang M.
Jeter, Tre' R.
Shin, Incheol
Xing, Wanli
Kahveci, Tamer
Thai, My T.
author_facet Ngo, Hoang M.
Jeter, Tre' R.
Shin, Incheol
Xing, Wanli
Kahveci, Tamer
Thai, My T.
contents Quantum Machine Learning (QML) is becoming increasingly prevalent due to its potential to enhance classical machine learning (ML) tasks, such as classification. Although quantum noise is often viewed as a major challenge in quantum computing, it also offers a unique opportunity to enhance privacy. In particular, intrinsic quantum noise provides a natural stochastic resource that, when rigorously analyzed within the differential privacy (DP) framework and composed with classical mechanisms, can satisfy formal $(\varepsilon, δ)$-DP guarantees. This enables a reduction in the required classical perturbation without compromising the privacy budget, potentially improving model utility. However, the integration of classical and quantum noise for privacy preservation remains unexplored. In this work, we propose a hybrid noise-added mechanism, HYPER-Q, that combines classical and quantum noise to protect the privacy of QML models. We provide a comprehensive analysis of its privacy guarantees and establish theoretical bounds on its utility. Empirically, we demonstrate that HYPER-Q outperforms existing classical noise-based mechanisms in terms of adversarial robustness across multiple real-world datasets.
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spellingShingle Guaranteeing Privacy in Hybrid Quantum Learning through Theoretical Mechanisms
Ngo, Hoang M.
Jeter, Tre' R.
Shin, Incheol
Xing, Wanli
Kahveci, Tamer
Thai, My T.
Quantum Physics
Cryptography and Security
Quantum Machine Learning (QML) is becoming increasingly prevalent due to its potential to enhance classical machine learning (ML) tasks, such as classification. Although quantum noise is often viewed as a major challenge in quantum computing, it also offers a unique opportunity to enhance privacy. In particular, intrinsic quantum noise provides a natural stochastic resource that, when rigorously analyzed within the differential privacy (DP) framework and composed with classical mechanisms, can satisfy formal $(\varepsilon, δ)$-DP guarantees. This enables a reduction in the required classical perturbation without compromising the privacy budget, potentially improving model utility. However, the integration of classical and quantum noise for privacy preservation remains unexplored. In this work, we propose a hybrid noise-added mechanism, HYPER-Q, that combines classical and quantum noise to protect the privacy of QML models. We provide a comprehensive analysis of its privacy guarantees and establish theoretical bounds on its utility. Empirically, we demonstrate that HYPER-Q outperforms existing classical noise-based mechanisms in terms of adversarial robustness across multiple real-world datasets.
title Guaranteeing Privacy in Hybrid Quantum Learning through Theoretical Mechanisms
topic Quantum Physics
Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02364