用可微分优化自动设计量子电路,生成经典神经网络参数
Differentiable Quantum Architecture Search in Quantum-Enhanced Neural Network Parameter Generation
- 通过自动微分联合优化量子电路参数与结构
- 在分类、时序预测等任务上性能媲美甚至超过人工设计
- 适合需要高效生成神经网络参数的量子增强应用
量子计算与机器学习的快速发展催生了量子机器学习(QML),其中变分量子线路(VQC)即量子神经网络(QNN)展现出理论与实证潜力。然而,其广泛应用受限于推理阶段对量子硬件的依赖,硬件缺陷与访问限制带来实际挑战。为此,量子训练(QT)框架利用量子振幅的指数级扩展特性生成经典神经网络参数,实现无需量子硬件的推理并显著压缩参数量。但设计高效的量子电路架构仍需专业知识且难度高。本文提出一种可微分优化的自动化解决方案,通过自动微分端到端联合优化传统电路参数与架构参数。我们在分类、时间序列预测和强化学习任务上进行评估,仿真结果表明该方法性能达到或优于人工设计的QNN架构。本工作为跨领域应用中生成经典神经网络参数提供了可扩展、自动化的量子神经网络设计路径。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
The rapid advancements in quantum computing (QC) and machine learning (ML) have led to the emergence of quantum machine learning (QML), which integrates the strengths of both fields. Among QML approaches, variational quantum circuits (VQCs), also known as quantum neural networks (QNNs), have shown promise both empirically and theoretically. However, their broader adoption is hindered by reliance on quantum hardware during inference. Hardware imperfections and limited access to quantum devices pose practical challenges. To address this, the Quantum-Train (QT) framework leverages the exponential scaling of quantum amplitudes to generate classical neural network parameters, enabling inference without quantum hardware and achieving significant parameter compression. Yet, designing effective quantum circuit architectures for such quantum-enhanced neural programmers remains non-trivial and often requires expertise in quantum information science. In this paper, we propose an automated solution using differentiable optimization. Our method jointly optimizes both conventional circuit parameters and architectural parameters in an end-to-end manner via automatic differentiation. We evaluate the proposed framework on classification, time-series prediction, and reinforcement learning tasks. Simulation results show that our method matches or outperforms manually designed QNN architectures. This work offers a scalable and automated pathway for designing QNNs that can generate classical neural network parameters across diverse applications.
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