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quant-ph2026

Generalization of Transformer-Based Neural Quantum States via In-Context Learning

Zhen Qin, Qing Qu, Alfred O. Hero

Neural quantum states based on modern deep learning architectures have emerged as powerful representations for quantum many-body systems. In particular, Transformer-based neural qu…

quant-ph2026

From Barren Plateaus to SPSA Optimization in Variational Quantum Eigensolvers

Zhen Qin

The barren plateau (BP) phenomenon poses a fundamental challenge to the trainability of variational quantum eigensolvers (VQEs) by causing exponentially vanishing gradients as the…

quant-ph2026

A Unified Framework for Sample Complexity of Structured Quantum State Tomography under Noisy Observations

Zhen Qin

Quantum state tomography (QST) has attracted considerable attention due to its fundamental role in quantum information processing. In this paper, we develop a unified theoretical f…

quant-ph2026

Structured Factorization Approaches for Quantum State Tomography

Zhen Qin, Joseph M. Lukens, Brian T. Kirby +1

Since the complexity of quantum state tomography (QST) scales exponentially with system size, exploiting priors such as low-rankness, tensor-network structures, and neural-network…

cs.LG2026

Structured Adaptive Tensor Prediction for Streaming Data

Zhen Qin, Yang Chen

Matrix-valued time series arise in a wide range of applications, such as spatio-temporal data from medical imaging and geophysics. Existing methods are mainly designed for static s…

quant-ph2026

Geometric Analysis of Variational Quantum Eigensolver

Zhen Qin

The Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) is a fundamental algorithm in quantum computing, yet a coherent geometric characterization of VQE remains missing due to fragmented analys…

quant-ph2026

Statistical and Algorithmic Foundations of Probing Quantum Systems with Compressive Measurements: A Review

Zhen Qin, Michael B. Wakin, Zhihui Zhu

Quantum state tomography (QST) is a fundamental task in quantum information science that aims to reconstruct unknown quantum states from measurement data. However, the exponential…

cs.LG2026

Learning to Adapt: In-Context Learning Beyond Stationarity

Zhen Qin, Jiachen Jiang, Zhihui Zhu

Transformer models have become foundational across a wide range of scientific and engineering domains due to their strong empirical performance. A key capability underlying their s…

cs.LG2025

In-Context Learning for Non-Stationary MIMO Equalization

Jiachen Jiang, Zhen Qin, Zhihui Zhu

Channel equalization is fundamental for mitigating distortions such as frequency-selective fading and inter-symbol interference. Unlike standard supervised learning approaches that…

quant-ph2025

Quantum State Tomography for Tensor Networks in Two Dimensions

Zhen Qin, Zhihui Zhu

Recent work has shown that for one-dimensional quantum states that can be effectively approximated by matrix product operators (MPOs), a polynomial number of copies of the state su…

eess.SP2025

Landscape Analysis of Simultaneous Blind Deconvolution and Phase Retrieval via Structured Low-Rank Tensor Recovery

Xiao Liang, Zhen Qin, Zhihui Zhu +1

This paper presents a geometric analysis of the simultaneous blind deconvolution and phase retrieval (BDPR) problem via a structured low-rank tensor recovery framework. Due to the…

cs.LG2025

A Scalable Factorization Approach for High-Order Structured Tensor Recovery

Zhen Qin, Michael B. Wakin, Zhihui Zhu

Tensor decompositions, which represent an -order tensor using approximately factors of much smaller dimensions, can significantly reduce the number of parameters. This is pa…

cs.LG2025

On the Convergence of Gradient Descent on Learning Transformers with Residual Connections

Zhen Qin, Jinxin Zhou, Jiachen Jiang +1

Transformer models have emerged as fundamental tools across various scientific and engineering disciplines, owing to their outstanding performance in diverse applications. Despite…

quant-ph2025

Enhancing Quantum State Reconstruction with Structured Classical Shadows

Zhen Qin, Joseph M. Lukens, Brian T. Kirby +1

Quantum state tomography (QST) remains the prevailing method for benchmarking and verifying quantum devices; however, its application to large quantum systems is rendered impractic…

cs.IT2024

Optimal Error Analysis of Channel Estimation for IRS-assisted MIMO Systems

Zhen Qin, Zhihui Zhu

As intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has emerged as a new and promising technology capable of configuring the wireless environment favorably, channel estimation for IRS-assisted…

quant-ph2024

Optimal Allocation of Pauli Measurements for Low-rank Quantum State Tomography

Zhen Qin, Casey Jameson, Zhexuan Gong +2

The process of reconstructing quantum states from experimental measurements, accomplished through quantum state tomography (QST), plays a crucial role in verifying and benchmarking…

math.OC2024

Robust Low-rank Tensor Train Recovery

Zhen Qin, Zhihui Zhu

Tensor train (TT) decomposition represents an -order tensor using matrices (i.e., factors) of small dimensions, achieved through products among these factors. Due to its…

quant-ph2024

Sample-Efficient Quantum State Tomography for Structured Quantum States in One Dimension

Zhen Qin, Casey Jameson, Alireza Goldar +3

While quantum state tomography (QST) remains the gold standard for benchmarking and verifying quantum devices, it requires an exponentially large number of measurements and classic…

quant-ph2024

Optimal quantum state tomography with local informationally complete measurements

Casey Jameson, Zhen Qin, Alireza Goldar +3

Quantum state tomography (QST) remains the gold standard for benchmarking and verification of near-term quantum devices. While QST for a generic quantum many-body state requires an…

cs.LG2024

Computational and Statistical Guarantees for Tensor-on-Tensor Regression with Tensor Train Decomposition

Zhen Qin, Zhihui Zhu

Recently, a tensor-on-tensor (ToT) regression model has been proposed to generalize tensor recovery, encompassing scenarios like scalar-on-tensor regression and tensor-on-vector re…

stat.ML2024★ 1 cited

Guaranteed Nonconvex Factorization Approach for Tensor Train Recovery

Zhen Qin, Michael B. Wakin, Zhihui Zhu

In this paper, we provide the first convergence guarantee for the factorization approach. Specifically, to avoid the scaling ambiguity and to facilitate theoretical analysis, we op…

cs.LG2023

Convergence Analysis for Learning Orthonormal Deep Linear Neural Networks

Zhen Qin, Xuwei Tan, Zhihui Zhu

Enforcing orthonormal or isometric property for the weight matrices has been shown to enhance the training of deep neural networks by mitigating gradient exploding/vanishing and in…

quant-ph2023★ 15 cited

Quantum State Tomography for Matrix Product Density Operators

Zhen Qin, Casey Jameson, Zhexuan Gong +2

The reconstruction of quantum states from experimental measurements, often achieved using quantum state tomography (QST), is crucial for the verification and benchmarking of quantu…

eess.SP2023

Dynamic Compressive Sensing based on RLS for Underwater Acoustic Communications

Zhen Qin

Sparse structures are widely recognized and utilized in channel estimation. Two typical mechanisms, namely proportionate updating (PU) and zero-attracting (ZA) techniques, achieve…