arXiv Machine Learning

Quantum Graph Convolutional Networks: Implementation and Trainability Analysis

The paper implements two quantum graph neural network architectures—Simplified Graph Convolution (SGC) and Linear Graph Convolution (LGC)—and evaluates them on benchmark graph datasets for semi‑supervised learning using quantum simulation. It compares their predictive performance and optimization behavior to classical baselines, finding that the quantum models achieve competitive results with fewer parameters. Additionally, the study provides a cost‑gradient analysis to identify trainable tasks and a classical simulability investigation to determine regimes where the circuits remain robust during training.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 23

Edge-Local and Qubit-Efficient Quantum Graph Learning for the NISQ Era

arXiv:2602. 16018v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Graph neural networks (GNNs) are a powerful framework for learning representations from graph-structured data, but their direct implementation on near-term quantum hardware remains challenging due to circuit depth, multi-qubit interactions, and qubit scalability constraints.

By Armin Ahmadkhaniha, Jake Doliskani
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 14

Trainability-Oriented Hybrid Quantum Regression via Geometric Preconditioning and Curriculum Optimization

The paper introduces a hybrid quantum–classical regression framework that uses a lightweight classical embedding as a learnable geometric preconditioner to improve the conditioning of a downstream variational quantum circuit. It further incorporates a curriculum optimization protocol that gradually increases circuit depth and switches from SPSA-based exploration to Adam-based fine‑tuning. Experiments on PDE‑informed and standard regression datasets show that this approach consistently outperforms pure QNN baselines, yielding more stable convergence and reduced structured errors, especially in data‑limited regimes.

By Qingyu Meng, Yangshuai Wang
arXiv AI
Aug 24

Continuous-Time Quantum Walks based Graph Neural Network

The paper introduces CTQW-GNN, a graph neural network that uses Continuous‑Time Quantum Walks (CTQW) to address two common GNN problems: low‑pass bias on heterophilic graphs and over‑smoothing with deep layers. By exploiting the unitary nature of the CTQW propagator, the model preserves high‑frequency signals and maintains feature norms across layers. Three aggregation modules—CTQW‑based, CTQW‑attention, and a low‑pass GAT branch—combine to handle both heterophilic and homophilic graph structures, supported by spectral‑gap analysis and a Lieb–Robinson‑type bound for walk‑time selection.

By Yuliang Zhan, Zefeng Gao, Jian Li, Yang Liu, Hao sun
arXiv AI
Sep 11

Fidelity-Aware Scheduling of Quantum Circuits on Multi-QPU Systems

The paper introduces a low‑overhead, fidelity‑aware scheduling framework for multi‑QPU quantum computing systems. It employs a Graph Neural Network to predict the expected execution fidelity of a given quantum circuit on each available QPU before compilation. Using these predictions, a tunable scheduler balances execution fidelity against parallelism, achieving near‑optimal fidelity assignments while reducing the computational cost compared to brute‑force compilation on every device.

By Innocenzo Fulginiti, Antonio Tudisco, Salvatore Zammuto, Patrick Hopf, Deborah Volpe, Helmut Seidl, Giovanna Turvani, Robert Wille, Christian B. Mendl, Martin Schulz