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most citedQuantum Approximate Optimization of Non-Planar Graph Problems on a Planar Superconducting Processor

469 citations · 1.1k across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

quant-ph2025

Quantum reinforcement learning of classical rare dynamics: Enhancement by intrinsic Fourier features

Alissa Wilms, Laura Ohff, Andrea Skolik +3

Rare events are essential for understanding the behavior of non-equilibrium and industrial systems. It is of ongoing interest to develop methods for effectively searching for rare…

quant-ph2022★ 1 cited

Robustness of quantum reinforcement learning under hardware errors

Andrea Skolik, Stefano Mangini, Thomas Bäck +2

Variational quantum machine learning algorithms have become the focus of recent research on how to utilize near-term quantum devices for machine learning tasks. They are considered…

quant-ph2022★ 3 cited

Equivariant quantum circuits for learning on weighted graphs

Andrea Skolik, Michele Cattelan, Sheir Yarkoni +2

Variational quantum algorithms are the leading candidate for advantage on near-term quantum hardware. When training a parametrized quantum circuit in this setting to solve a specif…

quant-ph2022★ 45 cited

Hybrid quantum ResNet for car classification and its hyperparameter optimization

Asel Sagingalieva, Mo Kordzanganeh, Andrii Kurkin +6

Image recognition is one of the primary applications of machine learning algorithms. Nevertheless, machine learning models used in modern image recognition systems consist of milli…

quant-ph2021★ 201 cited

Quantum agents in the Gym: a variational quantum algorithm for deep Q-learning

Andrea Skolik, Sofiene Jerbi, Vedran Dunjko

Quantum machine learning (QML) has been identified as one of the key fields that could reap advantages from near-term quantum devices, next to optimization and quantum chemistry. R…

quant-ph2020★ 45 cited

Beating classical heuristics for the binary paint shop problem with the quantum approximate optimization algorithm

Michael Streif, Sheir Yarkoni, Andrea Skolik +2

The binary paint shop problem (BPSP) is an APX-hard optimization problem of the automotive industry. In this work, we show how to use the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm…

quant-ph2020★ 341 cited

Layerwise learning for quantum neural networks

Andrea Skolik, Jarrod R. McClean, Masoud Mohseni +2

With the increased focus on quantum circuit learning for near-term applications on quantum devices, in conjunction with unique challenges presented by cost function landscapes of p…

quant-ph2020★ 469 cited

Quantum Approximate Optimization of Non-Planar Graph Problems on a Planar Superconducting Processor

Matthew P. Harrigan, Kevin J. Sung, Matthew Neeley +83

We demonstrate the application of the Google Sycamore superconducting qubit quantum processor to combinatorial optimization problems with the quantum approximate optimization algor…

quant-ph2020

TensorFlow Quantum: A Software Framework for Quantum Machine Learning

Michael Broughton, Guillaume Verdon, Trevor McCourt +26

We introduce TensorFlow Quantum (TFQ), an open source library for the rapid prototyping of hybrid quantum-classical models for classical or quantum data. This framework offers high…