Support Vector Machine with a Scalable Quantum Kernel

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Auteurs principaux: Agnihotri, Anant, Krebsbach, Michael, Reiter, Florentin, Wellens, Thomas
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Publié: 2026
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author Agnihotri, Anant
Krebsbach, Michael
Reiter, Florentin
Wellens, Thomas
author_facet Agnihotri, Anant
Krebsbach, Michael
Reiter, Florentin
Wellens, Thomas
contents Quantum support vector machines are classification algorithms that rely on quantum-generated kernels. The fidelity quantum kernel commonly used in quantum support vector machines suffers from exponential concentration as system size increases, preventing an efficient scaling beyond fewqubit systems. We introduce the Hamming quantum kernel, a classical post-processing method that is based on the same measurement outcomes as the fidelity quantum kernel. However, it avoids the exponential concentration problem by using the full measurement statistics rather than a single fidelity value. We evaluate the approach on both classical data (MNIST) and synthetic data generated from quantum circuits, using systems ranging from 2 to 27 qubits. Throughout the simulations, the Hamming quantum kernel outperforms the fidelity quantum kernel whenever 15 or more qubits are used. Furthermore, for synthetic quantum data, our method consistently outperforms the classical Gaussian kernel. This demonstrates that the Hamming quantum kernel improves the expressivity and robustness at larger qubit scales without requiring any additional quantum ressources.
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spellingShingle Support Vector Machine with a Scalable Quantum Kernel
Agnihotri, Anant
Krebsbach, Michael
Reiter, Florentin
Wellens, Thomas
Quantum Physics
Quantum support vector machines are classification algorithms that rely on quantum-generated kernels. The fidelity quantum kernel commonly used in quantum support vector machines suffers from exponential concentration as system size increases, preventing an efficient scaling beyond fewqubit systems. We introduce the Hamming quantum kernel, a classical post-processing method that is based on the same measurement outcomes as the fidelity quantum kernel. However, it avoids the exponential concentration problem by using the full measurement statistics rather than a single fidelity value. We evaluate the approach on both classical data (MNIST) and synthetic data generated from quantum circuits, using systems ranging from 2 to 27 qubits. Throughout the simulations, the Hamming quantum kernel outperforms the fidelity quantum kernel whenever 15 or more qubits are used. Furthermore, for synthetic quantum data, our method consistently outperforms the classical Gaussian kernel. This demonstrates that the Hamming quantum kernel improves the expressivity and robustness at larger qubit scales without requiring any additional quantum ressources.
title Support Vector Machine with a Scalable Quantum Kernel
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.31449