Quantum Machine Learning

Also known as QML

Overview

Quantum machine learning studies how quantum states, measurements, and computation can support learning from classical or quantum data for tasks such as prediction, generation, sensing, and decision-making. Common approaches include variational quantum circuits and hybrid neural networks, quantum kernels and Gaussian processes, generative models, and learning-theoretic tools such as classical shadows and PAC bounds. Researchers test these methods on image and time-series tasks, molecular prediction, quantum-state and many-body dynamics learning, and reinforcement learning, while addressing data encoding, measurement cost, noise, trainability, and generalization. Evidence remains mixed: particular structured or quantum-data problems may benefit, but broad computational advantage over carefully tuned classical methods is not established and depends on fair, resource-matched evaluation.

Latest papers

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256 papers32 papers in the last four weeks, up 7% on the four weeks before. 0.2% of all new papers.

  1. End-to-End QGAN-Based Image Synthesis via Neural Noise Encoding and Intensity Calibration

    Mar 19, 2026Xue Yang, Rigui Zhou, Shizheng Jia +5Quantum Generative ModelingImage Generation

  2. Hybrid Classical-Quantum Transfer Learning with Noisy Quantum Circuits

    Mar 17, 2026D. Martín-Pérez, F. Rodríguez-Díaz, D. Gutiérrez-Avilés +2Quantum Machine LearningHybrid Quantum-Classical ML

  3. Photonic Quantum-Enhanced Knowledge Distillation

    Mar 16, 2026Kuan-Cheng Chen, Shang Yu, Chen-Yu Liu +10Knowledge DistillationQuantum Machine Learning

  4. IQP Born Machines under Data-dependent and Agnostic Initialization Strategies

    Mar 15, 2026Sacha Lerch, Joseph Bowles, Ricard Puig +3Quantum Circuit Born MachinesQuantum Machine Learning

  5. Filtered Spectral Projection for Quantum Principal Component Analysis

    Mar 13, 2026Sk Mujaffar Hossain, Satadeep BhattacharjeePrincipal Component AnalysisQuantum Machine Learning

  6. Embedded Quantum Machine Learning in Embedded Systems: Feasibility, Hybrid Architectures, and Quantum Co-Processors

    Mar 13, 2026Somdip Dey, Syed Muhammad RazaQuantum Machine LearningHybrid Quantum-Classical ML

  7. Quantum entanglement provides a competitive advantage in adversarial games

    Mar 11, 2026Peiyong Wang, Kieran Hymas, James QuachQuantum RLQuantum Machine Learning

  8. Learning from Radio using Variational Quantum RF Sensing

    Mar 10, 2026Ivana NikoloskaWireless LocalizationRemote Sensing

  9. Noise Models Impacts and Mitigation Strategies in Photonic Quantum Machine Learning

    Mar 10, 2026A. M. A. S. D. Alagiyawanna, Asoka KarunanandaQuantum Machine LearningPhotonic Computing

  10. Mitigating Frequency Learning Bias in Quantum Models via Multi-Stage Residual Learning

    Mar 10, 2026Ammar DaskinQuantum Machine LearningQuantum Neural Networks

  11. Fermi-Dirac thermal measurements: A framework for quantum hypothesis testing and semidefinite optimization

    Mar 4, 2026Nana Liu, Mark M. WildeQuantum Machine LearningSemidefinite Programming

  12. From Reachability to Learnability: Geometric Design Principles for Quantum Neural Networks

    Mar 3, 2026Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Michael SpannowskyQuantum Neural NetworksQuantum Machine Learning

  13. Communication-Efficient Quantum Federated Learning over Large-Scale Wireless Networks

    Mar 1, 2026Shaba Shaon, Christopher G. Brinton, Dinh C. NguyenQuantum Federated LearningWireless Resource Allocation

  14. Scaling Quantum Machine Learning without Tricks: Full-Resolution and Diverse Image Generation

    Feb 27, 2026Jonas Jäger, Florian J. Kiwit, Carlos A. RiofríoQuantum Generative ModelingImage Generation

  15. Hybrid Quantum Temporal Convolutional Networks

    Feb 27, 2026Junghoon Justin Park, Maria Pak, Sebin Lee +4Quantum Machine LearningHybrid Quantum-Classical ML

  16. Quantum Deep Learning: A Comprehensive Review

    Feb 26, 2026Yanjun Ji, Zhao-Yun Chen, Marco Roth +10Quantum Machine LearningQuantum Neural Networks

  17. Long Range Frequency Tuning for QML

    Feb 26, 2026Michael Poppel, Markus Baumann, Sebastian Wölckert +2Quantum Machine LearningVariational Quantum Circuits

  18. Deep Sequence Modeling with Quantum Dynamics: Language as a Wave Function

    Feb 24, 2026Ahmed Nebli, Hadi Saadatdoorabi, Kevin YamSequence ModelingQuantum-Inspired ML

  19. Kaiwu-PyTorch-Plugin: Bridging Deep Learning and Photonic Quantum Computing for Energy-Based Models and Active Sample Selection

    Feb 22, 2026Hongdong Zhu, Qi Gao, Yin Ma +6Hybrid Quantum-Classical MLQuantum Machine Learning

  20. Auto Quantum Machine Learning for Multisource Classification

    Feb 20, 2026Tomasz Rybotycki, Sebastian Dziura, Piotr GawronQuantum Machine LearningClassification

  21. Theory and interpretability of Quantum Extreme Learning Machines: a Pauli-transfer matrix approach

    Feb 20, 2026Markus Gross, Hans-Martin RieserQuantum Machine LearningQuantum Reservoir Computing

  22. Structured Unitary Tensor Network Representations for Circuit-Efficient Quantum Data Encoding

    Feb 18, 2026Guang Lin, Toshihisa Tanaka, Qibin ZhaoQuantum Data EncodingQuantum Machine Learning

  23. DistributedEstimator: Distributed Training of Quantum Neural Networks via Circuit Cutting

    Feb 18, 2026Prabhjot Singh, Adel N. Toosi, Rajkumar BuyyaQuantum Machine LearningDistributed Training

  24. Distributed Quantum Gaussian Processes for Multi-Agent Systems

    Feb 16, 2026Meet Gandhi, George P. KontoudisGaussian ProcessesQuantum Machine Learning

  25. Instance-optimal high-precision shadow tomography with few-copy measurements: A metrological approach

    Feb 4, 2026Senrui Chen, Weiyuan Gong, Sisi ZhouSample ComplexityQuantum Machine Learning

  26. Semidefinite Programming for Quantum Channel Learning

    Jan 18, 2026Mikhail Gennadievich Belov, Victor Victorovich Dubov, Vadim Konstantinovich Ivanov +3Semidefinite ProgrammingQuantum Machine Learning