Harmoniq: Efficient Data Augmentation on a Quantum Computer Inspired by Harmonic Analysis

Fuente: arXiv
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Kirova, Kristina, Doerfler, Monika, Luef, Franz, Kueng, Richard
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2026
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1866913048830148608
author Kirova, Kristina
Doerfler, Monika
Luef, Franz
Kueng, Richard
author_facet Kirova, Kristina
Doerfler, Monika
Luef, Franz
Kueng, Richard
contents Quantum machine learning has attracted significant interest in recent years. Most existing approaches, however, are variational in nature and require extensive parameter optimization subroutines. Here, we propose a conceptually distinct quantum machine learning approach that goes beyond the variational paradigm. Harmoniq takes a novel data augmentation technique from quantum harmonic analysis and approximates it as a stochastic mixture of n-qubit circuits with (at most) quadratic depth each. A key strength of Harmoniq is its modularity: viewed as a quantum process acting on density matrices, it can readily be combined with other quantum data processing and learning subroutines. A subsequent case study demonstrates this modularity by combining Harmoniq with stochastic amplitude encoding for the input density matrix and quantum PCA on the output density matrix. This results in a promising signal denoising pipeline that works particularly well in the small sample size regime.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2604_18691
institution arXiv
publishDate 2026
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Harmoniq: Efficient Data Augmentation on a Quantum Computer Inspired by Harmonic Analysis
Kirova, Kristina
Doerfler, Monika
Luef, Franz
Kueng, Richard
Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
Quantum machine learning has attracted significant interest in recent years. Most existing approaches, however, are variational in nature and require extensive parameter optimization subroutines. Here, we propose a conceptually distinct quantum machine learning approach that goes beyond the variational paradigm. Harmoniq takes a novel data augmentation technique from quantum harmonic analysis and approximates it as a stochastic mixture of n-qubit circuits with (at most) quadratic depth each. A key strength of Harmoniq is its modularity: viewed as a quantum process acting on density matrices, it can readily be combined with other quantum data processing and learning subroutines. A subsequent case study demonstrates this modularity by combining Harmoniq with stochastic amplitude encoding for the input density matrix and quantum PCA on the output density matrix. This results in a promising signal denoising pipeline that works particularly well in the small sample size regime.
title Harmoniq: Efficient Data Augmentation on a Quantum Computer Inspired by Harmonic Analysis
topic Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18691