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Adversarial Robustness of Partitioned Quantum Classifiers

arXiv 2502.20403 ↗First posted 28 Jan 2025cs.ET cs.AI cs.CRcited by 2

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Abstract (arXiv)

Adversarial robustness in quantum classifiers is a critical area of study, providing insights into their performance compared to classical models and uncovering potential advantages inherent to quantum machine learning. In the NISQ era of quantum computing, circuit cutting is a notable technique for simulating circuits that exceed the qubit limitations of current devices, enabling the distribution of a quantum circuit's execution across multiple quantum processing units through classical communication. In contrast, when quantum communication is available, teleportation-based methods can be used to support the distribution of the quantum circuit. We study the robustness of partitioned quantum classifiers to adversarial perturbations targeting wire cutting or quantum state teleportation and show a link between such perturbations and implementing adversarial gates within intermediate layers of a quantum classifier. We then proceed to study the latter problem from both a theoretical and experimental perspective.

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