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sQUlearn: A Python Library for Quantum Machine Learning [Focus: Quantum Software and Its Engineering]

David A. Kreplin, Moritz Willmann, Jan Schnabel, Frederic Rapp, Manuel Hagelüken, Marco Roth

Published Jan 14, 2025• 10 citations

Abstract

sQUlearn introduces a user-friendly, noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ)-ready Python library for quantum machine learning (QML), designed for seamless integration with classical machine learning tools like scikit-learn. The library’s dual-layer architecture serves both QML researchers and practitioners, enabling efficient prototyping, experimentation, and pipelining.

DOI: 10.1109/ms.2025.3527736

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