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most citedNoise-Induced Barren Plateaus in Variational Quantum Algorithms

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quant-ph2021★ 485 cited

Generalization in quantum machine learning from few training data

Matthias C. Caro, Hsin-Yuan Huang, M. Cerezo +4

Modern quantum machine learning (QML) methods involve variationally optimizing a parameterized quantum circuit on a training data set, and subsequently making predictions on a test…

quant-ph2021★ 69 cited

Subtleties in the trainability of quantum machine learning models

Supanut Thanasilp, Samson Wang, Nhat A. Nghiem +2

A new paradigm for data science has emerged, with quantum data, quantum models, and quantum computational devices. This field, called Quantum Machine Learning (QML), aims to achiev…

quant-ph2021★ 170 cited

Theory of overparametrization in quantum neural networks

Martin Larocca, Nathan Ju, Diego García-Martín +2

The prospect of achieving quantum advantage with Quantum Neural Networks (QNNs) is exciting. Understanding how QNN properties (e.g., the number of parameters ) affect the loss l…

quant-ph2021★ 29 cited

Entangled Datasets for Quantum Machine Learning

Louis Schatzki, Andrew Arrasmith, Patrick J. Coles +1

High-quality, large-scale datasets have played a crucial role in the development and success of classical machine learning. Quantum Machine Learning (QML) is a new field that aims…

quant-ph2021★ 44 cited

Can Error Mitigation Improve Trainability of Noisy Variational Quantum Algorithms?

Samson Wang, Piotr Czarnik, Andrew Arrasmith +3

Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) are often viewed as the best hope for near-term quantum advantage. However, recent studies have shown that noise can severely limit the traina…

quant-ph2021★ 39 cited

Unifying and benchmarking state-of-the-art quantum error mitigation techniques

Daniel Bultrini, Max Hunter Gordon, Piotr Czarnik +4

Error mitigation is an essential component of achieving a practical quantum advantage in the near term, and a number of different approaches have been proposed. In this work, we re…

quant-ph2021★ 150 cited

Equivalence of quantum barren plateaus to cost concentration and narrow gorges

Andrew Arrasmith, Zoë Holmes, M. Cerezo +1

Optimizing parameterized quantum circuits (PQCs) is the leading approach to make use of near-term quantum computers. However, very little is known about the cost function landscape…

quant-ph2021★ 33 cited

A semi-agnostic ansatz with variable structure for quantum machine learning

M. Bilkis, M. Cerezo, Guillaume Verdon +2

Quantum machine learning -- and specifically Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) -- offers a powerful, flexible paradigm for programming near-term quantum computers, with applica…

quant-ph2021★ 627 cited

Connecting ansatz expressibility to gradient magnitudes and barren plateaus

Zoë Holmes, Kunal Sharma, M. Cerezo +1

Parameterized quantum circuits serve as ansätze for solving variational problems and provide a flexible paradigm for programming near-term quantum computers. Ideally, such ansätze…