A comprehensive review of Quantum Machine Learning: from NISQ to Fault Tolerance
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Quantum machine learning, which involves running machine learning algorithms on quantum devices, has garnered significant attention in both academic and business circles. In this paper, we offer a comprehensive and unbiased review of the various concepts that have emerged in the field of quantum machine learning. This includes techniques used in Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) technologies and approaches for algorithms compatible with fault-tolerant quantum computing hardware. Our review covers fundamental concepts, algorithms, and the statistical learning theory pertinent to quantum machine learning.
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- 2025A Primer on Quantum Machine Learningcited by 12
- 2025A PennyLane-Centric Dataset to Enhance LLM-based Quantum Code Generation using RAGcited by 9
- 2025Towards efficient quantum algorithms for diffusion probabilistic modelscited by 6
- 2025Quantum computing and artificial intelligence: status and perspectivescited by 6
- 2024Image Classification with Rotation-Invariant Variational Quantum Circuitscited by 3
- 2025Quantum Generative Adversarial Autoencoders: Learning latent representations for quantum data generationcited by 3
- 2024Regression and Classification with Single-Qubit Quantum Neural Networkscited by 2
- 2025TabularQGAN: A quantum generative model for tabular data synthesiscited by 2
- 2025SimQFL: A Quantum Federated Learning Simulator with Real-Time Visualizationcited by 2
- 2024Property-guided Inverse Design of Metal-Organic Frameworks Using Quantum Natural Language Processingcited by 1
- 2024Data-Dependent Generalization Bounds for Parameterized Quantum Models Under Noisecited by 1
- 2025HQCC: A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Classifier with Adaptive Structurecited by 1
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- 2025Superior resilience to poisoning and amenability to unlearning in quantum machine learningcited by 1
- 2025Subsampling Factorization Machine Annealingcited by 1
- 2025Intrinsic preservation of plasticity in continual quantum learningcited by 1
- 2026The Role of Quantum in Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Networks: A Realistic Assessmentcited by 1
- 2026Quantum Circuit-Based Learning Models: Bridging Quantum Computing and Machine Learningcited by 1
- 2026Model selection in hybrid quantum neural networks with applications to quantum transformer architecturescited by 1
- 2026HQ-UNet: A Hybrid Quantum-Classical U-Net with a Quantum Bottleneck for Remote Sensing Image Segmentationcited by 1
- 2024Digital-Analog Quantum Machine Learningcited by 0
- 2024The Stabilizer Bootstrap of Quantum Machine Learning with up to 10000 qubitscited by 0
- 2025Single-Qudit Quantum Neural Networks for Multiclass Classificationcited by 0
- 2025Supervised Quantum Machine Learning: A Future Outlook from Qubits to Enterprise Applicationscited by 0
- 2025Noise tolerance via reinforcement: Learning a reinforced quantum dynamicscited by 0
- 2025On the Generalization Limits of Quantum Generative Adversarial Networks with Pure State Generatorscited by 0
- 2025QCSE: A Pretrained Quantum Context-Sensitive Word Embedding for Natural Language Processingcited by 0
- 2025Generative modeling using evolved quantum Boltzmann machinescited by 0
- 2025Hybrid Quantum-Classical Mixture of Experts: Unlocking Topological Advantage via Interference-Based Routingcited by 0
- 2026Quantum Scrambling Born Machinecited by 0
- 2026From Reachability to Learnability: Geometric Design Principles for Quantum Neural Networkscited by 0
- 2026Domain-Aware Hybrid Quantum Learning via Correlation-Guided Circuit Design for Crime Pattern Analyticscited by 0
- 2026Enhanced Reinforcement Learning-based Process Synthesis via Quantum Computingcited by 0
- 2026Enhanced Reinforcement Learning-based Process Synthesis via Quantum Computing20 May 2026
- 2026HQ-UNet: A Hybrid Quantum-Classical U-Net with a Quantum Bottleneck for Remote Sensing Image Segmentation29 Apr 2026
- 2026Domain-Aware Hybrid Quantum Learning via Correlation-Guided Circuit Design for Crime Pattern Analytics8 Apr 2026
- 2026Model selection in hybrid quantum neural networks with applications to quantum transformer architectures23 Mar 2026
- 2026From Reachability to Learnability: Geometric Design Principles for Quantum Neural Networks3 Mar 2026
- 2026Quantum Scrambling Born Machine19 Feb 2026
- 2026Quantum Circuit-Based Learning Models: Bridging Quantum Computing and Machine Learning19 Jan 2026
- 2026The Role of Quantum in Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Networks: A Realistic Assessment8 Jan 2026
- 2025Hybrid Quantum-Classical Mixture of Experts: Unlocking Topological Advantage via Interference-Based Routing25 Dec 2025
- 2025Generative modeling using evolved quantum Boltzmann machines2 Dec 2025
- 2025Intrinsic preservation of plasticity in continual quantum learning21 Nov 2025
- 2025A Primer on Quantum Machine Learning20 Nov 2025
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- 2025Quantum Generative Adversarial Autoencoders: Learning latent representations for quantum data generation19 Sep 2025
- 2025QCSE: A Pretrained Quantum Context-Sensitive Word Embedding for Natural Language Processing6 Sep 2025
- 2025SimQFL: A Quantum Federated Learning Simulator with Real-Time Visualization17 Aug 2025
- 2025On the Generalization Limits of Quantum Generative Adversarial Networks with Pure State Generators13 Aug 2025
- 2025Subsampling Factorization Machine Annealing12 Aug 2025
- 2025Superior resilience to poisoning and amenability to unlearning in quantum machine learning4 Aug 2025
- 2025Noise tolerance via reinforcement: Learning a reinforced quantum dynamics14 Jun 2025
- 2025Supervised Quantum Machine Learning: A Future Outlook from Qubits to Enterprise Applications30 May 2025
- 2025Quantum computing and artificial intelligence: status and perspectives29 May 2025
- 2025TabularQGAN: A quantum generative model for tabular data synthesis28 May 2025
- 2025HQCC: A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Classifier with Adaptive Structure2 Apr 2025
- 2025Single-Qudit Quantum Neural Networks for Multiclass Classification12 Mar 2025
- 2025A PennyLane-Centric Dataset to Enhance LLM-based Quantum Code Generation using RAG4 Mar 2025
- 2025Towards efficient quantum algorithms for diffusion probabilistic models20 Feb 2025
- 2024Data-Dependent Generalization Bounds for Parameterized Quantum Models Under Noise16 Dec 2024
- 2024The Stabilizer Bootstrap of Quantum Machine Learning with up to 10000 qubits16 Dec 2024
- 2024Regression and Classification with Single-Qubit Quantum Neural Networks12 Dec 2024
- 2024Digital-Analog Quantum Machine Learning16 Nov 2024
- 2024Property-guided Inverse Design of Metal-Organic Frameworks Using Quantum Natural Language Processing20 May 2024
- 2024Image Classification with Rotation-Invariant Variational Quantum Circuits22 Mar 2024
- 2025A Primer on Quantum Machine Learningcited by 12
- 2025A PennyLane-Centric Dataset to Enhance LLM-based Quantum Code Generation using RAGcited by 9
- 2025Quantum computing and artificial intelligence: status and perspectivescited by 6
- 2024Image Classification with Rotation-Invariant Variational Quantum Circuitscited by 3
- 2025Quantum Generative Adversarial Autoencoders: Learning latent representations for quantum data generationcited by 3
- 2024Regression and Classification with Single-Qubit Quantum Neural Networkscited by 2
- 2025SimQFL: A Quantum Federated Learning Simulator with Real-Time Visualizationcited by 2
- 2024Property-guided Inverse Design of Metal-Organic Frameworks Using Quantum Natural Language Processingcited by 1
- 2024Data-Dependent Generalization Bounds for Parameterized Quantum Models Under Noisecited by 1
- 2025HQCC: A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Classifier with Adaptive Structurecited by 1
- 2025Subsampling Factorization Machine Annealingcited by 1
- 2025Intrinsic preservation of plasticity in continual quantum learningcited by 1
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- 2026HQ-UNet: A Hybrid Quantum-Classical U-Net with a Quantum Bottleneck for Remote Sensing Image Segmentation29 Apr 2026
- 2026Domain-Aware Hybrid Quantum Learning via Correlation-Guided Circuit Design for Crime Pattern Analytics8 Apr 2026
- 2026Model selection in hybrid quantum neural networks with applications to quantum transformer architectures23 Mar 2026
- 2026From Reachability to Learnability: Geometric Design Principles for Quantum Neural Networks3 Mar 2026
- 2026Quantum Scrambling Born Machine19 Feb 2026
- 2026Quantum Circuit-Based Learning Models: Bridging Quantum Computing and Machine Learning19 Jan 2026
- 2026The Role of Quantum in Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Networks: A Realistic Assessment8 Jan 2026
- 2025Generative modeling using evolved quantum Boltzmann machines2 Dec 2025
- 2025Intrinsic preservation of plasticity in continual quantum learning21 Nov 2025
- 2025A Primer on Quantum Machine Learning20 Nov 2025
- 2025Quantum Generative Adversarial Autoencoders: Learning latent representations for quantum data generation19 Sep 2025
- 2025QCSE: A Pretrained Quantum Context-Sensitive Word Embedding for Natural Language Processing6 Sep 2025
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