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most citedCharging a quantum spin network towards Heisenberg-limited precision

3 citations · 5 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

cs.LG2026

Learning-Based Reconstruction of Optical Properties in Bilayered Media from Single-distance Time-Resolved Reflectance Measurements

Caterina Amendola, Giulia Maffeis, Lorenzo Buffoni +8

The inverse problem of reconstructing optical properties, specifically absorption and scattering coefficients, in layered biological media from time-domain reflectance measurements…

cond-mat.dis-nn2026

Multiplicity of Stable Attractors in Disordered Neural Models

Raffaele Marino, Roberto Livi, Antonio Politi

We show how large-deviation statistics allows one to obtain reliable estimates of the multiplicity of stable fixed-points in a model of neural ordinary differential equations previ…

cond-mat.dis-nn2026

Approximating velocity fields with planted point attractors via Neural-ODE for classification purposes

Feliciano Giuseppe Pacifico, Duccio Fanelli, Lorenzo Buffoni +3

In this work, Neural ODEs equipped with a curated collection of equilibrium points have been successfully employed for classification tasks. The planted fixed points serve as indic…

cond-mat.dis-nn2026

Exact Fixed-Point Constraints in Neural-ODEs with Provable Universality

Feliciano Giuseppe Pacifico, Duccio Fanelli, Lorenzo Buffoni +3

We introduce a technique that enables Neural-ODEs to approximate arbitrary velocity fields with a priori planted fixed-points. Specifically, a recipe is given to explicitly accommo…

cond-mat.dis-nn2026

Benchmarking Graph Neural Networks in Solving Hard Constraint Satisfaction Problems

Geri Skenderi, Lorenzo Buffoni, Francesco D'Amico +6

Graph neural networks (GNNs) are increasingly applied to hard optimization problems, often claiming superiority over classical heuristics. However, such claims risk being unsolid d…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Smart Walkers in Discrete Space

Gianluca Peri, Lorenzo Buffoni, Giacomo Chiti +4

We study the statistical properties of trainable agents moving in discrete space. After introducing the mathematical framework, we first analyze the dynamics of two completely rand…

cond-mat.dis-nn2025

Train Stochastic Non Linear Coupled ODEs to Classify and Generate

Stefano Gagliani, Feliciano Giuseppe Pacifico, Lorenzo Chicchi +4

A general class of dynamical systems which can be trained to operate in classification and generation modes are introduced. A procedure is proposed to plant asymptotic stationary a…

quant-ph2024★ 3 cited

Charging a quantum spin network towards Heisenberg-limited precision

Beatrice Donelli, Stefano Gherardini, Raffaele Marino +2

We present a cooperative protocol to charge quantum spin networks up to the highest-energy configuration, in terms of the network's magnetization. The charging protocol leverages s…

cs.LG2024

Deterministic versus stochastic dynamical classifiers: opposing random adversarial attacks with noise

Lorenzo Chicchi, Duccio Fanelli, Diego Febbe +4

The Continuous-Variable Firing Rate (CVFR) model, widely used in neuroscience to describe the intertangled dynamics of excitatory biological neurons, is here trained and tested as…

q-bio.NC2024

Learning in Wilson-Cowan model for metapopulation

Raffaele Marino, Lorenzo Buffoni, Lorenzo Chicchi +4

The Wilson-Cowan model for metapopulation, a Neural Mass Network Model, treats different subcortical regions of the brain as connected nodes, with connections representing various…

cs.LG2024

Estimating Global Input Relevance and Enforcing Sparse Representations with a Scalable Spectral Neural Network Approach

Lorenzo Chicchi, Lorenzo Buffoni, Diego Febbe +3

In machine learning practice it is often useful to identify relevant input features. Isolating key input elements, ranked according their respective degree of relevance, can help t…

cs.AI2024★ 1 cited

A short review on the maximum clique problem algorithms with classical, AI, and quantum methods

Raffaele Marino, Lorenzo Buffoni, Bogdan Zavalnij

This manuscript provides a comprehensive review of the Maximum Clique Problem, a computational problem that involves finding subsets of vertices in a graph that are all pairwise ad…

cs.LG2023

Complex Recurrent Spectral Network

Lorenzo Chicchi, Lorenzo Giambagli, Lorenzo Buffoni +2

This paper presents a novel approach to advancing artificial intelligence (AI) through the development of the Complex Recurrent Spectral Network (-RSN), an innovative v…

cs.LG2023

Engineered Ordinary Differential Equations as Classification Algorithm (EODECA): thorough characterization and testing

Raffaele Marino, Lorenzo Buffoni, Lorenzo Chicchi +2

EODECA (Engineered Ordinary Differential Equations as Classification Algorithm) is a novel approach at the intersection of machine learning and dynamical systems theory, presenting…

cond-mat.dis-nn2023★ 1 cited

Stable Attractors for Neural networks classification via Ordinary Differential Equations (SA-nODE)

Raffaele Marino, Lorenzo Giambagli, Lorenzo Chicchi +2

A novel approach for supervised classification is presented which sits at the intersection of machine learning and dynamical systems theory. At variance with other methodologies th…