Variational quantum algorithms

M Cerezo, A Arrasmith, R Babbush… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Applications such as simulating complicated quantum systems or solving large-scale linear
algebra problems are very challenging for classical computers, owing to the extremely high …

Quantum computing for finance

D Herman, C Googin, X Liu, Y Sun, A Galda… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Quantum computers are expected to surpass the computational capabilities of classical
computers and have a transformative impact on numerous industry sectors. We present a …

Cost function dependent barren plateaus in shallow parametrized quantum circuits

M Cerezo, A Sone, T Volkoff, L Cincio… - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) optimize the parameters θ of a parametrized
quantum circuit V (θ) to minimize a cost function C. While VQAs may enable practical …

Information-theoretic bounds on quantum advantage in machine learning

HY Huang, R Kueng, J Preskill - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We study the performance of classical and quantum machine learning (ML) models in
predicting outcomes of physical experiments. The experiments depend on an input …

Diagnosing barren plateaus with tools from quantum optimal control

M Larocca, P Czarnik, K Sharma, G Muraleedharan… - Quantum, 2022 - quantum-journal.org
Abstract Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) have received considerable attention due
to their potential for achieving near-term quantum advantage. However, more work is …

Variational quantum linear solver

C Bravo-Prieto, R LaRose, M Cerezo, Y Subasi… - Quantum, 2023 - quantum-journal.org
Previously proposed quantum algorithms for solving linear systems of equations cannot be
implemented in the near term due to the required circuit depth. Here, we propose a hybrid …

A survey of quantum computing for finance

D Herman, C Googin, X Liu, A Galda, I Safro… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Quantum computers are expected to surpass the computational capabilities of classical
computers during this decade and have transformative impact on numerous industry sectors …

Efficient estimation of pauli observables by derandomization

HY Huang, R Kueng, J Preskill - Physical review letters, 2021 - APS
We consider the problem of jointly estimating expectation values of many Pauli observables,
a crucial subroutine in variational quantum algorithms. Starting with randomized …

Robust data encodings for quantum classifiers

R LaRose, B Coyle - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
Data representation is crucial for the success of machine-learning models. In the context of
quantum machine learning with near-term quantum computers, equally important …

NISQ computing: where are we and where do we go?

JWZ Lau, KH Lim, H Shrotriya, LC Kwek - AAPPS bulletin, 2022 - Springer
In this short review article, we aim to provide physicists not working within the quantum
computing community a hopefully easy-to-read introduction to the state of the art in the field …