arXiv Machine Learning

When Similarity Is Interaction-Driven: Quantum Kernels for Regime-Sensitive Learning

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 13

Is data-efficient learning feasible with quantum models?

arXiv:2508. 19437v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The importance of analyzing nontrivial datasets when testing quantum machine learning (QML) models is becoming increasingly prominent in literature, yet a cohesive framework for understanding dataset characteristics remains elusive.

By Alona Sakhnenko, Christian B. Mendl, Jeanette M. Lorenz
arXiv AI
Aug 20

How Quantum Is the Advantage? A Fair, Calibration- and Noise-Aware Benchmark and Attribution Audit of Quantum Machine Learning for Network Intrusion Detection

The study evaluates quantum machine learning (QML) models for network intrusion detection against well-tuned classical baselines across four standard datasets, using a leakage-controlled protocol and noise simulation. It introduces a quantum-attribution audit to determine whether any performance gains are truly due to quantum effects. While most tuned classical models match or surpass QML, two quantum approaches— a quantum-kernel SVM and a small hybrid circuit—show statistically significant advantages on specific metrics and tasks.

By Syeda Anshrah Gillani, Mirza Samad Ahmed Baig, Shahid Munir Shah, Asher Ali, Hamzah Siddiqui
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 14

$\mathtt{Q^2SAR}$: overcoming classical bottlenecks in drug discovery via quantum multiple kernel learning

arXiv:2607. 11701v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship ($\mathtt{QSAR}$) modeling is a foundational computational methodology in early-stage drug discovery, heavily relied upon for predicting compound toxicity, bioavailability, and therapeutic potential.

By Mariano Caruso, Daniel Ruiz, Alejandro Giraldo, Guido Bellomo
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 14

Classical and quantum kernel fusion for two-sample testing

The paper introduces MMD-FUSE, a two-sample test that remains effective on small datasets by fusing classical and quantum kernels. By combining the inductive biases of classical kernels with the expressive power of quantum kernels, the hybrid approach achieves higher test power, especially for small, high‑dimensional data. Experiments on synthetic and real clinical datasets confirm that the method consistently outperforms purely classical counterparts and adapts robustly to varied data characteristics.

By Yu Terada, Yugo Ogio, Ken Arai, Hiroyuki Tezuka, Yu Tanaka
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 19

SMT-AD: a scalable quantum-inspired anomaly detection approach

arXiv:2604. 06265v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Quantum-inspired tensor networks algorithms have shown to be effective and efficient models for machine learning tasks, including anomaly detection.

By Apimuk Sornsaeng, Si Min Chan, Wenxuan Zhang, Swee Liang Wong, Joshua Lim, Jonathan Pan, Dario Poletti
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 27

Parameterized Quantum Circuits as Feature Maps: Representation Quality and Readout Effects in Multispectral Land-Cover Classification

arXiv:2604. 26675v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We investigate variational quantum classifiers (VQCs) for land-cover classification from multispectral satellite imagery, adopting a feature-map perspective in which the quantum circuit defines a nonlinear data embedding while the readout determines how this representation is exploited.

By Ralntion Komini, Aikaterini Mandilara, Georgios Maragkopoulos, Dimitris Syvridis