Quantum Machine Learning (QML) is an accelerating field of study that leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to enhance and innovate within machine learning methodologies. However, Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computers suffer from noise that corrupts the quantum states of the qubits and affects the training and inferencing accuracy. Furthermore, quantum computers have long access queues. A single execution with a pre-defined number of shots can take hours just to reach the top of the wait queue, which is especially disadvantageous to QML algorithms that are iterative in nature. Many vendors provide access to a suite of quantum hardware with varied qubit technologies, number of qubits, cou-pling architectures, and noise characteristics. However, present QML algorithms do not use them for the training procedure and often rely on local noiseless/noisy simulators due to cost and training timing overhead on real hardware. Taking these constraints into account, we perform a study to maximize the inferencing performance of QML workloads based on the choice of hardware selection. Specifically, we perform a detailed analysis of quantum classifiers (both training and inference through the lens of hardware queue wait times) on Iris and reduced Digits datasets under noise and varied conditions such as different hardware and coupling maps. We show that using multiple readily available hardware for training rather than relying on a single hardware, especially if it has a long queue depth of pending jobs, can lead to a performance impact of only 3–4 % while providing up to 45X reduction in training wait time.
Quantum Machine Learning (QML) is an accelerating field of study that leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to enhance and innovate within machine learning methodologies. However, Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computers suffer from noise that corrupts the quantum states of the qubits and affects the training and inferencing accuracy. Furthermore, quantum computers have long access queues. A single execution with a pre-defined number of shots can take hours just to reach the top of the wait queue, which is especially disadvantageous to QML algorithms that are iterative in nature. Many vendors provide access to a suite of quantum hardware with varied qubit technologies, number of qubits, cou-pling architectures, and noise characteristics. However, present QML algorithms do not use them for the training procedure and often rely on local noiseless/noisy simulators due to cost and training timing overhead on real hardware. Taking these constraints into account, we perform a study to maximize the inferencing performance of QML workloads based on the choice of hardware selection. Specifically, we perform a detailed analysis of quantum classifiers (both training and inference through the lens of hardware queue wait times) on Iris and reduced Digits datasets under noise and varied conditions such as different hardware and coupling maps. We show that using multiple readily available hardware for training rather than relying on a single hardware, especially if it has a long queue depth of pending jobs, can lead to a performance impact of only 3–4 % while providing up to 45X reduction in training wait time.
Quantum machine learning has emerged as a promising approach to enhance computational efficiency by leveraging the principles of quantum computing. However, the limitations of current Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices, such as noise, limited qubit availability, and circuit depth constraints, restrict the implementation of fully quantum models. To address these challenges, this study focuses on the design, implementation, and performance evaluation of hybrid quantum-classical machine learning (HQML) models. The proposed approach integrates parameterized quantum circuits with classical optimization techniques to enable efficient learning within NISQ environments. The study employs standard benchmark datasets, including Iris, Breast Cancer, and MNIST, to evaluate the performance of the hybrid model. The results indicate that the HQML model achieves competitive accuracy on small and medium-sized datasets while maintaining balanced precision, recall, and F1-score. However, performance declines for complex datasets due to hardware limitations and noise effects. Additionally, the hybrid model demonstrates a lower number of parameters compared to classical deep learning models but requires higher training time due to iterative quantum-classical optimization. The findings highlight that hybrid quantum-classical models provide a practical and scalable approach for utilizing quantum computing in the current technological landscape. Although challenges related to noise, scalability, and computational overhead persist, advancements in quantum hardware and algorithm design are expected to improve performance. This study contributes to the growing field of quantum machine learning by providing a systematic framework for evaluating hybrid models on NISQ devices and identifying key areas for future research.
The development of near-term quantum computers, referred to as Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computers, has progressed rapidly in the past few years resulting in several quantum computers which vary in their underlying technology and physical constraints. The performance of these computers also varies from one quantum algorithm to another. To enable efficient selection of the quantum computer that provides the highest output fidelity for a given application, an accurate noise modeling of each quantum hardware is required. However, noise modeling for a given application is a complex problem because of the unknown interaction between the quantum circuit parameters and the noise parameters of NISQ devices. We propose the use of Machine Learning (ML) to model the performance of different quantum computers at the application level. The ML models predict the output fidelity of the quantum application executed on different quantum computers given their publicly available physical constraints. We use a diverse training dataset to cover the key features for application-level benchmarking of the quantum hardware. Our results obtained from different superconducting quantum devices show that our proposed ML models enable cost-effective quantum computer selection for different quantum applications with different fidelity metrics.
Quantum Machine Learning (QML) is emerging as a promising technology for tackling complex computational challenges, although its practical implementation faces significant obstacles owed to the inherent noise in current quantum devices. This paper presents a hybrid architecture that combines classical and quantum elements for the development and training of QML models under noisy conditions. This research evaluates the impact of noise on superconducting systems through emulation. The study shows that, compared to noise-free configurations, certain noise levels tend to allow for a reduction in the number of qubits, thus simplifying the architecture of the quantum neural network, which has a direct impact on the computational cost and execution times. Experimental validation was performed by applying three biomedical datasets related to breast cancer detection. The experimental findings revealed that the variations in accuracy between noiseless configurations and those subjected to noisy conditions were minimal, with deviations ranging from 0.11% to 1.68%. Additionally, it was observed that the incorporation of noise during training contributed positively to the efficiency of the process for the datasets under test, achieving improvements in training execution times ranging from a factor of 1.61 to 4.39, when the proposed architecture was emulated on Qaptiva 802.
The rapid advancement of quantum computing hardware and software has ushered in a new era for computational science, promising to tackle problems that are intractable for classical computers. Parallelly, machine learning (ML) has revolutionized data analysis and artificial intelligence. The confluence of these two fields, known as Quantum Machine Learning (QML), aims to harness the principles of quantum mechanics-such as superposition, entanglement, and interference-to enhance and redefine classical machine learning algorithms. This survey provides a comprehensive overview of the burgeoning field of QML. We begin by elucidating the fundamental quantum concepts that underpin QML approaches. We then present a detailed taxonomy and analysis of prominent QML algorithms, categorizing them into quantum-enhanced classical models and fully quantum models. Key families of algorithms discussed include Quantum Support Vector Machines (QSVM), Quantum Neural Networks (QNNs), and Quantum Generative Adversarial Networks (QGANs). For each, we explain the theoretical quantum advantage, the circuit implementation, and the current limitations. Furthermore, we delve into the critical challenges facing the practical realization of QML, including the pervasive issue of noise in Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices, the problem of barren plateaus in training quantum circuits, and the complexities of efficient data encoding (quantum feature maps). We also present a small-scale experimental simulation of a variational quantum classifier on a standardized dataset, demonstrating its principle and comparing its performance with a classical counterpart. Finally, the paper discusses the future trajectory of QML, highlighting the importance of error mitigation, hybrid quantum-classical architectures, and the development of quantum-specific learning inductive biases. We conclude that while fault-tolerant quantum computers remain on the horizon, QML represents a paradigm shift with the potential to deliver profound computational advantages in the coming decades.
Hybridizing machine learning (ML) with quantum computing has become an attractive strategy to increase computational power on Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices. Although these can be potentially quantum advantage devices, their qubit numbers and noise are bounded and there are challenges when it comes to practical quantum circuit realization. This work concentrates on the creation of optimized quantum circuits via ML-based strategies, to enhance the performance of the circuits, to reduce the error rate and to accommodate the particular noise profile of the hardware of NISQ devices. The resulting suboptimal mappings with little or no consideration of noise and hardware topology in traditional quantum compilers can ruin the fidelity of quantum algorithm. Leveraging machine learning, and specifically reinforcement and supervised learning methods, our method learns to optimize compilation strategy for specific quantum hardware architecture. The paper proposes a framework that uses machine learning models to predict qubit mappings, gate decompositions, and transpilation paths that minimize gate depth and error accumulation. We also investigate transfer learning methods for propagating the learned compilation strategies to novel NISQ machines. Such methods are empirically validated on both simulated and real quantum hardware backends, providing evidence of circuit depth, execution time and error reductions. The results show that ML-assisted compilation can achieve better success probabilities for benchmark quantum algorithms like VQE and QAOA than conventional compilers. Furthermore, the work examines the interpretability of ML models providing hardware-aware optimization recommendations and understanding the noise patterns and methods of error correction. Our work highlights the key role of ML for transferring between theoretical quantum algorithms and their practical NISQ implementations. This integration boosts the immediate applicability of existing quantum devices and provides a basis for adaptive and scalable likelihood-based compilation for the era of fault-tolerant quantum computation. Our results motivate further investigation of hybrid classical-quantum workflows, in which ML iteratively improves compilation in accordance with changing hardware noise and capabilities. By improving quantum circuit compilation onNISQ computers, this work is taking steps toward the realization of quantum advantage in application scenarios such as optimization, cryptography, and quantum simulation without needing to wait for fully fault-tolerant large-scale quantum computers.
Abstract Quantum machine learning (QML) has attracted growing interest because quantum states and circuits may provide new representational primitives for learning, yet progress remains constrained by noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) hardware and heterogeneous evaluation practices. This article presents a critical review of recent QML architectures and representative empirical and theoretical studies, with emphasis on work published since 2022 alongside selected seminal references. To improve comparability, “quantum advantage” is assessed in three distinct senses: computational scaling under stated input-access assumptions, empirical predictive performance in the benchmark setting considered, and resource efficiency at a fixed budget accounting for both classical compute and quantum execution, including shot costs. Organized by architecture family and application domain, the review analyzes how baseline strength, hyperparameter optimization, preprocessing, and budget reporting shape conclusions. Overall, quantum feature maps and kernels, as well as variational (often hybrid) pipelines, can be competitive on selected small- to medium-scale benchmarks, but robust end-to-end evidence for a general practical advantage remains limited. Reported gains are often sensitive to budget matching and may be dominated by measurement overheads, dataset and preprocessing effects, and training instabilities. The review concludes that credible progress requires standardized benchmarking, transparent end-to-end resource accounting, and hardware-centered evaluations that test scalability and robustness beyond toy regimes.