On April 9, 2025, researchers including G. Maragkopoulos presented a study titled Applications of Hybrid Machine Learning Methods to Large Datasets: A Case Study, exploring the integration of classical and quantum machine learning techniques. Their work demonstrated that substituting a classical neural network with a Variational Quantum Circuit (VQC) achieved comparable classification performance while reducing trainable parameters, utilizing a single qudit-based VQC for enhanced efficiency.
The study combines classical and quantum machine learning techniques for analyzing long time-series data. The research achieves comparable classification performance by replacing a classical neural network with a Variational Quantum Circuit (VQC) in an ML pipeline while significantly reducing trainable parameters. The VQC uses a single qudit and encodes classical data via a hybrid autoencoder. Results emphasize the importance of tailored preprocessing for quantum circuits and demonstrate the potential of qudit-based VQCs for efficient time-series analysis.
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🗞 Applications of Hybrid Machine Learning Methods to Large Datasets: A Case Study
🧠DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.06892
