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20182024
most citedPennyLane: Automatic differentiation of hybrid quantum-classical computations

233 citations · 488 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

physics.chem-ph2024★ 3 cited

MOLPIPx: an end-to-end differentiable package for permutationally invariant polynomials in Python and Rust

Manuel S. Drehwald, Asma Jamali, Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hernández

In this work, we present MOLPIPx, a versatile library designed to seamlessly integrate Permutationally Invariant Polynomials (PIPs) with modern machine learning frameworks, enablin…

cs.LG2024

Quantum Deep Equilibrium Models

Philipp Schleich, Marta Skreta, Lasse B. Kristensen +2

The feasibility of variational quantum algorithms, the most popular correspondent of neural networks on noisy, near-term quantum hardware, is highly impacted by the circuit depth o…

quant-ph2024

GFlowNets for Hamiltonian decomposition in groups of compatible operators

Isaac L. Huidobro-Meezs, Jun Dai, Guillaume Rabusseau +1

Quantum computing presents a promising alternative for the direct simulation of quantum systems with the potential to explore chemical problems beyond the capabilities of classical…

physics.chem-ph2023★ 1 cited

Orbital-Free Density Functional Theory with Continuous Normalizing Flows

Alexandre de Camargo, Ricky T. Q. Chen, Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hernández

Orbital-free density functional theory (OF-DFT) provides an alternative approach for calculating the molecular electronic energy, relying solely on the electron density. In OF-DFT,…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 15 cited

Inverse molecular design and parameter optimization with Hückel theory using automatic differentiation

R. A. Vargas-Hernández, K. Jorner, R. Pollice +1

Semi-empirical quantum chemistry has recently seen a renaissance with applications in high-throughput virtual screening and machine learning. The simplest semi-empirical model stil…

quant-ph2022★ 6 cited

Modern applications of machine learning in quantum sciences

Anna Dawid, Julian Arnold, Borja Requena +26

In this book, we provide a comprehensive introduction to the most recent advances in the application of machine learning methods in quantum sciences. We cover the use of deep learn…

quant-ph2021★ 6 cited

Differentiable quantum computational chemistry with PennyLane

Juan Miguel Arrazola, Soran Jahangiri, Alain Delgado +15

This work describes the theoretical foundation for all quantum chemistry functionality in PennyLane, a quantum computing software library specializing in quantum differentiable pro…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 4 cited

Gaussian Processes with Spectral Delta kernel for higher accurate Potential Energy surfaces for large molecules

Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hernández, Jake R. Gardner

The interpolation of high-dimensional potential energy surfaces (PESs) is commonly done with physically-inspired deep-neural network models. In this work, we illustrate that Gaussi…

quant-ph2020★ 5 cited

Inverse design of dissipative quantum steady-states with implicit differentiation

Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hernández, Ricky T. Q. Chen, Kenneth A. Jung +1

Inverse design of a property that depends on the steady-state of an open quantum system is commonly done by grid-search type of methods. In this paper we present a new methodology…

physics.comp-ph2019★ 214 cited

Bayesian optimization for tuning and selecting hybrid-density functionals

Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hernández

The accuracy of some density functional (DF) models, widely used in material science, depends on empirical or free parameters which are commonly tuned using reference physical prop…

physics.comp-ph2019

Physical extrapolation of quantum observables by generalization with Gaussian Processes

Rodrigo A. Vargas-Hernández, Roman V. Krems

For applications in chemistry and physics, machine learning (ML) is generally used to solve one of three problems: interpolation, classification or clustering. These problems use i…

quant-ph2018★ 233 cited

PennyLane: Automatic differentiation of hybrid quantum-classical computations

Ville Bergholm, Josh Izaac, Maria Schuld +65

PennyLane is a Python 3 software framework for differentiable programming of quantum computers. The library provides a unified architecture for near-term quantum computing devices,…

quant-ph2018★ 1 cited

Quantum walks assisted by particle number fluctuations

R. A. Vargas-Hernández, R. V. Krems

We study the spreading of a quantum particle placed in a single site of a lattice or binary tree with the Hamiltonian permitting particle number changes. We show that the particle…