用新编码方法让量子卷积网络直接处理手写数字图像,突破硬件限制。
Efficient Quantum Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Classification: Overcoming Hardware Constraints
- 设计低维编码方案,49个量子比特可直接处理28×28像素图像
- 在真实量子芯片上实现96.08%准确率,远超传统方法的71.74%
- 自动化框架选出高效量子电路模块,兼顾精度与训练速度
尽管经典卷积神经网络(CNN)已革新图像分类,量子计算为神经网络架构带来新机遇。量子卷积神经网络(QCNN)利用量子特性,有望超越经典方法。然而,受限于当前噪声中等规模量子(NISQ)设备的硬件条件,其实现仍具挑战。本文提出一种编码方案,显著降低输入维度,使仅49个量子比特的原始QCNN架构即可直接处理28×28像素的MNIST图像,无需经典预处理降维。同时,基于表达能力、纠缠特性和复杂度,构建自动化框架以识别量子电路的最优组件——参数化量子电路(PQC)。实验表明,该方法在相似参数量下,准确率与收敛速度均优于混合式QCNN及经典CNN。在IBM Heron r2量子处理器上验证,达到96.08%分类准确率,显著超越传统方法的71.74%基准。这是首次在真实量子硬件上实现图像分类的重要成果,验证了量子计算在此领域的潜力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
While classical convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have revolutionized image classification, the emergence of quantum computing presents new opportunities for enhancing neural network architectures. Quantum CNNs (QCNNs) leverage quantum mechanical properties and hold potential to outperform classical approaches. However, their implementation on current noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices remains challenging due to hardware limitations. In our research, we address this challenge by introducing an encoding scheme that significantly reduces the input dimensionality. We demonstrate that a primitive QCNN architecture with 49 qubits is sufficient to directly process $28\times 28$ pixel MNIST images, eliminating the need for classical dimensionality reduction pre-processing. Additionally, we propose an automated framework based on expressibility, entanglement, and complexity characteristics to identify the building blocks of QCNNs, parameterized quantum circuits (PQCs). Our approach demonstrates advantages in accuracy and convergence speed with a similar parameter count compared to both hybrid QCNNs and classical CNNs. We validated our experiments on IBM's Heron r2 quantum processor, achieving $96.08\%$ classification accuracy, surpassing the $71.74\%$ benchmark of traditional approaches under identical training conditions. These results represent one of the first implementations of image classifications on real quantum hardware and validate the potential of quantum computing in this area.
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