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Digital-analog quantum convolutional neural networks for image classification

Anton Simen1, Carlos Flores-Garrigos2, Narendra N. Hegade1,*, Iraitz Montalban1, Yolanda Vives-Gilabert2,†, Eric Michon1, Qi Zhang1, Enrique Solano1,‡, and José D. Martín-Guerrero2,3,§

  • 1Kipu Quantum, Greifswalderstrasse 226, 10405 Berlin, Germany
  • 2IDAL, Electronic Engineering Department, ETSE-UV, University of Valencia, Avgda. Universitat s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
  • 3Valencian Graduate School and Research Network of Artificial Intelligence (ValgrAI), 46022 València, Spain

  • *Contact author: narendrahegade5@gmail.com
  • †Contact author: yolanda.vives@uv.es
  • ‡Contact author: enr.solano@gmail.com
  • §Contact author: jose.d.martin@uv.es
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Phys. Rev. Research 6, L042060 – Published 11 December, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L042060

Abstract

We propose digital-analog quantum kernels for enhancing the detection of complex features in the classification of images. We consider multipartite-entangled analog blocks, stemming from native Ising interactions in neutral-atom quantum processors, and individual operations as digital steps to implement the protocol. To further improve the detection of complex features, we apply multiple quantum kernels by varying the qubit connectivity according to the hardware constraints. An architecture that combines nontrainable quantum kernels and standard convolutional neural networks is used to classify realistic medical images, from breast cancer and pneumonia diseases, with a significantly reduced number of parameters. Despite this fact, the model exhibits better performance than its classical counterparts and achieves comparable metrics according to public benchmarks. These findings highlight the potential of digital-analog quantum convolutions in extracting complex and meaningful features from images, positioning them as a candidate model for addressing challenging classification problems.

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Phys. Rev. Research 6, L042060– Published 11 December, 2024
  • Received 3 June 2024
  • Accepted 15 November 2024
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