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arXiv:2401.13421

Federated learning with distributed fixed design quantum chips and quantum channels

Ammar Daskin

Published Jan 24, 2024• 1 citation
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Abstract

The privacy in classical federated learning can be breached through the use of local gradient results combined with engineered queries to the clients. However, quantum communication channels are considered more secure because a measurement on the channel causes a loss of information, which can be detected by the sender. Therefore, the quantum version of federated learning can be used to provide better privacy. Additionally, sending an $N$-dimensional data vector through a quantum channel requires sending $\log N$ entangled qubits, which can potentially provide efficiency if the data vector is utilized as quantum states. In this paper, we propose a quantum federated learning model in which fixed design quantum chips are operated based on the quantum states sent by a centralized server. Based on the incoming superposition states, the clients compute and then send their local gradients as quantum states to the server, where they are aggregated to update parameters. Since the server does not send model parameters, but instead sends the operator as a quantum state, the clients are not required to share the model. This allows for the creation of asynchronous learning models. In addition, the model is fed into client-side chips directly as a quantum state; therefore, it does not require measurements on the incoming quantum state to obtain model parameters in order to compute gradients. This can provide efficiency over models where the parameter vector is sent via classical or quantum channels and local gradients are obtained through the obtained values these parameters.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2401.13421

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Abstract Distributed quantum computing, particularly distributed quantum machine learning, has gained substantial prominence for its capacity to harness the collective power of distributed quantum resources, transcending the limitations of individual quantum nodes. Meanwhile, the critical concern of privacy within distributed computing protocols remains a significant challenge, particularly in standard classical federated learning (FL) scenarios where data of participating clients is susceptible to leakage via gradient inversion attacks by the server. This paper presents innovative quantum protocols with quantum communication designed to address the FL problem, strengthen privacy measures, and optimize communication efficiency. In contrast to previous works that leverage expressive variational quantum circuits or differential privacy techniques, we consider gradient information concealment using quantum states and propose two distinct FL protocols, one based on private inner-product estimation and the other on incremental learning. These protocols offer substantial advancements in privacy preservation with low communication resources, forging a path toward efficient quantum communication-assisted FL protocols and contributing to the development of secure distributed quantum machine learning, thus addressing critical privacy concerns in the quantum computing era.
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