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most citedA Review on Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm and its Variants

394 citations · 417 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Quantum Spectral Clustering: Comparing Parameterized and Neuromorphic Quantum Kernels

Donovan Slabbert, Dean Brand, Francesco Petruccione

We compare a parameterized quantum kernel (pQK) with a quantum leaky integrate-and-fire (QLIF) neuromorphic computing approach that employs either the Victor-Purpura or van Rossum…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Canonical Quantization of a Memristive Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Neuron Circuit

Dean Brand, Domenica Dibenedetto, Francesco Petruccione

We present a theoretical framework for a quantized memristive Leaky Integrate-and-Fire (LIF) neuron, uniting principles from neuromorphic engineering and open quantum systems. Star…

quant-ph2024★ 11 cited

A Quantum Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Spiking Neuron and Network

Dean Brand, Francesco Petruccione

Quantum machine learning is in a period of rapid development and discovery, however it still lacks the resources and diversity of computational models of its classical complement.…

quant-ph2023★ 394 cited

A Review on Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm and its Variants

Kostas Blekos, Dean Brand, Andrea Ceschini +4

The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is a highly promising variational quantum algorithm that aims to solve combinatorial optimization problems that are classicall…

quant-ph2022★ 10 cited

Markovian Noise Modelling and Parameter Extraction Framework for Quantum Devices

Dean Brand, Ilya Sinayskiy, Francesco Petruccione

In recent years, Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) computers have been widely used as a test bed for quantum dynamics. This work provides a new hardware-agnostic framework fo…