# QINNs: Quantum-Informed Neural Networks

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17984 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2510.17984/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 6 of its 38 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 20 Oct 2025.

## Builds on (most cited first, 6 of 6)

- [Deep Learning in Neural Networks: An Overview](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1404.7828/) (2014)
- [Supervised learning with quantum enhanced feature spaces](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1804.11326/) (2018)
- [Barren plateaus in quantum neural network training landscapes](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1803.11173/) (2018)
- [Quantum Natural Gradient](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1909.02108/) (2019)
- [Energy Flow Networks: Deep Sets for Particle Jets](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1810.05165/) (2018)
- [ParticleNet: Jet Tagging via Particle Clouds](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1902.08570/) (2019)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Classical deep neural networks can learn rich multi-particle correlations in collider data, but their inductive biases are rarely anchored in physics structure. We propose quantum-informed neural networks (QINNs), a general framework that brings quantum information concepts and quantum observables into purely classical models. While the framework is broad, in this paper, we study one concrete realisation that encodes each particle as a qubit and uses the Quantum Fisher Information Matrix (QFIM) as a compact, basis-independent summary of particle correlations. Using jet tagging as a case study, QFIMs act as lightweight embeddings in graph neural networks, increasing model expressivity and plasticity. The QFIM reveals distinct patterns for QCD and hadronic top jets that align with physical expectations. Thus, QINNs offer a practical, interpretable, and scalable route to quantum-informed analyses, that is, tomography, of particle collisions, particularly by enhancing well-established deep learning approaches.
