arXiv:2506.03779quant-phcs.LG2025-06

量子核机器应突破标量核局限,挖掘纠缠等量子优势。

Position: Quantum Kernel Machines Should Move Beyond Scalar-Valued Kernels to Realize Their Potential

  • 从标量核转向算子值核,增强表达能力
  • 利用量子纠缠和非交换结构提升学习性能
  • 适合研究量子优势与复杂结构预测的学者

基于量子力学原理的量子核函数已成为量子机器学习的核心。尽管初期充满期待,但近期研究表明,面对经典数据时,量子核在计算和统计上难以超越经典核方法。这主要是因现有研究集中于标准分类/回归场景中的标量核,而经典方法已高效成熟,为量子核留下的改进空间极小。本文主张:该领域进步需跳出标量核框架,迈向更丰富的核表示体系。标量核缺乏充分自由度以利用量子资源(如纠缠),也难以应对经典方法失效的复杂任务。基于算子值核学习与$C^*$-代数核表示的最新进展,本文提出设计能利用纠缠和非交换结构的量子核路线图,以解决复杂结构预测问题。通过初步概念验证,展示了量子算子值核可揭示经典标量核难以捕捉的结构依赖关系。这一范式转变或能开启新一代量子核机器,更真实地探索其潜在优势。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Quantum kernel functions built using quantum-mechanical principles and have emerged as a centerpiece of quantum machine learning. The initial enthusiasm for quantum kernel machines has been tempered by recent studies suggesting that quantum kernels could not offer significant computational or statistical advantages when learning from classical data. However, most of the research in this area has been devoted to scalar-valued kernels in standard classification or regression settings for which classical kernel methods are efficient and effective, leaving very little room for improvement with quantum kernels. In this position paper, we argue that progress in this field requires moving beyond scalar-valued kernels toward more expressive kernel frameworks. Scalar-valued kernels lack the degrees of freedom necessary to fully exploit intrinsically quantum resources such as entanglement and are not rich enough to deal with complex learning tasks where classical learning methods struggle. Building on recent advances in operator-valued kernel learning and $C^*$-algebraic kernel representations, we propose a roadmap for designing quantum kernels capable of leveraging entanglement and non-commutative structures to tackle complex structured prediction problems. To support this viewpoint, we present an initial proof-of-concept illustrating how quantum operator-valued kernel formulations can reveal structural dependencies that remain difficult to access for scalar-valued kernel methods. This shift in focus could open a pathway toward a new generation of quantum kernel machines and a more faithful exploration of their potential advantages.

量子机器学习核方法算子值核量子优势

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