3 papers
quant-ph2026
SoK: Adversarial Robustness of the Variational Quantum Eigensolver via Red-Teaming
Ahmed Azaz Humdoon, Cheng Chu, Lei Jiang +2
The Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) is a leading algorithm for estimating molecular ground-state energies on near-term quantum hardware, with applications spanning quantum ch…
quant-ph2026
CutBackdoor: A Circuit Cut Triggered Backdoor Attack on Variational Quantum Algorithms
Ahatesham Bhuiyan, Hoang Ngo, Cheng Chu +4
Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) are a leading paradigm for near-term quantum computing, combining parameterized quantum circuits with classical optimization across quantum ch…
cs.LG2025
CipherPrune: Efficient and Scalable Private Transformer Inference
Yancheng Zhang, Jiaqi Xue, Mengxin Zheng +4
Private Transformer inference using cryptographic protocols offers promising solutions for privacy-preserving machine learning; however, it still faces significant runtime overhead…