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  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
260 Views
20 Pages

The rapid advancement of quantum technologies has led to a growing and diverse landscape of quantum computing devices, each with varying architectures and capabilities. Most of them are evaluated using hardware-centric benchmarks such as gate fidelit...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 15th International Scientific Conference TechSys 2026—Engineering, Technologies and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,282 Views
30 Pages

8 April 2026

Quantum image transmission over noisy communication channels remains a challenge due to the fragility of quantum states and their susceptibility to channel impairments. Existing quantum encoding schemes often exhibit limited noise resilience, while a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Signal Processing Technologies: Integrating AI, Future Communications, and Innovative Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
992 Views
43 Pages

A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Framework for Saliency-Aware Medical Image Encoding

  • Vrushali Nikam,
  • Trupti Atre,
  • Lavanya Santhosh,
  • Asha Konasagara Nagaraja and
  • Praveena Mydolalu Veerappa

Quantum image processing provides significant storage benefits over classical methods. However, current quantum image representation techniques exhibit limitations regarding encoding efficiency, circuit complexity, and adaptability to image content....

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Computing and Information Processing)
  • Review
  • Open Access
96 Citations
18,507 Views
32 Pages

Quantum Machine Learning: Exploring the Role of Data Encoding Techniques, Challenges, and Future Directions

  • Deepak Ranga,
  • Aryan Rana,
  • Sunil Prajapat,
  • Pankaj Kumar,
  • Kranti Kumar and
  • Athanasios V. Vasilakos

23 October 2024

Quantum computing and machine learning (ML) have received significant developments which have set the stage for the next frontier of creative work and usefulness. This paper aims at reviewing various data-encoding techniques in Quantum Machine Learni...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
468 Views
24 Pages

24 June 2026

Misinformation propagates more rapidly than factual content on social media, presenting significant challenges for automated misinformation detection. Existing approaches often focus solely on textual features without incorporating temporal informati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
487 Views
39 Pages

Reliable high-fidelity video transmission over noisy quantum channels remains challenging, especially due to temporal dependencies introduced by modern video compression standards. These codecs, such as versatile video coding (VVC), employ inter-fram...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Signal Processing: Communications, Sensing and Imaging)
  • Article
  • Open Access
785 Views
30 Pages

13 April 2026

Efficient and reliable transmission of compressed images over noisy channels remains a significant challenge due to the high sensitivity to noise. Quantum communication offers a promising solution by encoding classical information into quantum states...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Signal Processing, Intelligent Analysis, and Optimization for Communication and Electronic Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,772 Views
13 Pages

31 December 2022

We propose a multidimensional reconciliation encoding algorithm based on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) with variable data throughput that enables quantum key distribution (QKD) systems to be adapted to different throughput requirements. Usin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technology in Quantum Cryptography)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,149 Views
23 Pages

In the digital information age, although digital images are widely used, the security issues associated with them have become increasingly severe. Consequently, ensuring secure image transmission has become a critical challenge in contemporary inform...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,133 Views
7 Pages

Polarization encoding is a promising approach for practical quantum key distribution (QKD) systems due to its simple encoding and decoding methodology. In this study, we propose a self-compensating polarization encoder (SCPE) based on a phase modulat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Information, Computation and Cryptography)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,765 Views
11 Pages

15 December 2020

Integrated photonic quantum chip provides a promising platform to perform quantum computation, quantum simulation, quantum metrology and quantum communication. Femtosecond laser direct writing (FLDW) is a potential technique to fabricate various inte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends and Applications in Femtosecond Laser Micromachining)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,153 Views
16 Pages

Efficient Encoding of the Traveling Salesperson Problem on a Quantum Computer

  • John P. T. Stenger,
  • Sean T. Crowe,
  • Joseph A. Diaz,
  • Ramiro Rodriguez,
  • Daniel Gunlycke and
  • Joanna N. Ptasinski

We propose an amplitude encoding of the traveling salesperson problem along with a method for calculating the cost function using a probability distribution obtained on a quantum computer. Our encoding requires a number of qubits that grows logarithm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
727 Views
28 Pages

Time-Entangled Quantum Blockchain with Phase Encoding for Classical Data

  • Ruwanga Konara,
  • Kasun De Zoysa,
  • Anuradha Mahasinghe,
  • Asanka Sayakkara and
  • Nalin Ranasinghe

Rapid progress in quantum computing threatens the long-term security of classical cryptographic primitives, and with them the integrity of contemporary blockchain systems that rely fundamentally on computational hardness assumptions. Hence, quantum-n...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Communication and Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,494 Views
22 Pages

14 January 2026

In this paper, we explore the spiking encoding methodology within spiking neural networks for affective state recognition, deriving inspiration from the principles of quantum entanglement. A pioneering encoding strategy is proposed based on the strat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emotion Recognition Based on Sensors (3rd Edition))
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,596 Views
15 Pages

Efficient High-Dimensional Quantum Key Distribution with Hybrid Encoding

  • Yonggi Jo,
  • Hee Su Park,
  • Seung-Woo Lee and
  • Wonmin Son

17 January 2019

We propose a schematic setup of quantum key distribution (QKD) with an improved secret key rate based on high-dimensional quantum states. Two degrees-of-freedom of a single photon, orbital angular momentum modes, and multi-path modes, are used to enc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entropic Uncertainty Relations and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,516 Views
27 Pages

18 January 2025

Quantum reservoir computing (QRC) has emerged as a promising paradigm for harnessing near-term quantum devices to tackle temporal machine learning tasks. Yet, identifying the mechanisms that underlie enhanced performance remains challenging, particul...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Computing in the NISQ Era)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,736 Views
10 Pages

In this paper, we introduce a novel coding scheme, which allows single quantum systems to encode multi-qubit registers. This allows for more efficient use of resources and the economy in designing quantum systems. The scheme is based on the notion of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue MOCAST 2021)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,990 Views
50 Pages

16 April 2025

The Categorical Compositional Distributional (DisCoCat) model has been proven to be very successful in modelling sentence meaning as the interaction of word meanings. Words are modelled as quantum states, interacting guided by grammar. This model of...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Information Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,254 Views
29 Pages

Quantum image transmission is a critical enabler for next-generation communication systems, allowing for the reliable exchange of high-quality visual data over error-prone quantum channels. Existing quantum-encoding schemes, however, often suffer fro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,295 Views
22 Pages

A Comparative Study of Quantum Feature Maps and Quantum Classifiers for Heart Disease Prediction

  • Muhammad Minoar Hossain,
  • Md. Hasibul Hassan Himal and
  • Arslan Munir

21 May 2026

This research introduces a quantum machine learning (QML) approach for predicting heart disease (HD). The method combines preprocessing of data with quantum feature map (QFM) and quantum classification techniques. In the method, clinical data of HD a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
722 Views
32 Pages

We investigate the structural limits of Variational Quantum Classifiers (VQC) for network anomaly detection in the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) era. Using the official 20% research subset of NSL-KDD, we train a 4-qubit classifier that embe...

(This article belongs to the Section Network Security and Privacy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,413 Views
16 Pages

15 November 2022

Quantum Machine Learning (QML) has not yet demonstrated extensively and clearly its advantages compared to the classical machine learning approach. So far, there are only specific cases where some quantum-inspired techniques have achieved small incre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Machine Learning 2022)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,772 Views
13 Pages

24 October 2024

The book Quantum Machine Learning: What Quantum Computing Means to Data Mining, by Peter Wittek, made quantum machine learning popular to a wider audience. The promise of quantum machine learning for big data is that it will lead to new applications...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Information)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
325 Views
15 Pages

This work explores the practical application of the Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT) for image alignment, focusing on the estimation of rotation angles in grayscale images containing structured line patterns and text. Motivated by the need to demonstr...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 15th International Scientific Conference TechSys 2026—Engineering, Technologies and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,865 Views
34 Pages

11 August 2025

This paper proposes a novel quantum image transmission framework to address the limitations of existing single-qubit time domain systems, which struggle with noise resilience and scalability. The framework integrates frequency domain processing with...

(This article belongs to the Section Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,927 Views
26 Pages

24 November 2022

In order to solve various security risks faced by image privacy protection, we propose a 3D cuboid image encryption scheme based on message-encoded controlled alternate quantum walks. Firstly, we calculated the initial parameters of the quantum syste...

  • Review
  • Open Access
521 Views
19 Pages

Structured Light Enables High-Precision Quantum Metrology

  • Xu-Li Yan,
  • Rui-Ping Jia,
  • Zhou-Xiang Wang,
  • Miao Yan and
  • Jia-Qi Lü

The high-precision estimation of spatial parameters, such as transverse displacement, beam tilt and angular rotation, is of great importance in precision measurement, optical imaging and quantum sensing. Structured light, with controllable spatial mo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations in Structured Optical Field: From Fundamentals to Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,636 Views
16 Pages

11 August 2022

Quantum error correction (QEC) is an effective way to overcome quantum noise and de-coherence, meanwhile the fault tolerance of the encoding circuit, syndrome measurement circuit, and logical gate realization circuit must be ensured so as to achieve...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Computation and Quantum Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,559 Views
32 Pages

Solving Multidimensional Partial Differential Equations Using Efficient Quantum Circuits

  • Manu Chaudhary,
  • Kareem El-Araby,
  • Alvir Nobel,
  • Vinayak Jha,
  • Dylan Kneidel,
  • Ishraq Islam,
  • Manish Singh,
  • Sunday Ogundele,
  • Ben Phillips and
  • Esam El-Araby
  • + 4 authors

20 March 2025

Quantum computing has the potential to solve certain compute-intensive problems faster than classical computing by leveraging the quantum mechanical properties of superposition and entanglement. This capability can be particularly useful for solving...

(This article belongs to the Section Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
151 Views
19 Pages

30 September 2026

Image reconstruction and generation have become fundamental tasks in computer vision and quantum-inspired machine learning. Existing quantum-inspired variational autoencoders have demonstrated promising capabilities; however, they often suffer from l...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Theory and Methodology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,480 Views
19 Pages

Lattice Surgery for Dummies

  • Avimita Chatterjee,
  • Subrata Das and
  • Swaroop Ghosh

17 March 2025

Quantum error correction (QEC) plays a crucial role in correcting noise and paving the way for fault-tolerant quantum computing. This field has seen significant advancements, with new quantum error correction codes emerging regularly to address error...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,719 Views
39 Pages

Edge artificial intelligence (Edge AI) requires real-time inference under stringent constraints on computation, memory, energy, and connectivity. Although training can be offloaded to servers, efficient, high-capacity inference and rapid on-device ad...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Engineering Applications, 2nd Edition)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
814 Views
23 Pages

Systems-Level Support for Hybrid Quantum-Classical Learning: A Systematic Review with a Medical Imaging Translation Lens

  • Maqsudur Rahman,
  • Pintu Chandra Paul,
  • Amena Begum,
  • Kashmi Sultana,
  • Nahida Akter,
  • Anup Majumder,
  • Mengran Zhu,
  • Ze Sheng,
  • Wangjiaxuan Xin and
  • Jun Zhuang
  • + 1 author

Hybrid quantum-classical learning pipelines combine conventional accelerators, quantum runtimes, and quantum processing units (QPUs), creating scheduling, memory, isolation, encoding, and deployment challenges that are not captured by application-lev...

(This article belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,789 Views
14 Pages

7 December 2021

The factorial-additive optimality of primes, i.e., that the sum of prime factors is always minimum, implies that prime numbers are a solution to an integer linear programming (ILP) encoding optimization problem. The summative optimality of primes fol...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
644 Views
34 Pages

A Quantum Algorithm for Multidimensional Partial Differential Equations with Practical Case Studies

  • Manu Chaudhary,
  • Kareem El-Araby,
  • Devon Bontrager,
  • Alvir Nobel,
  • Shima Mohaghegh,
  • Kieran Egan,
  • Manish Singh,
  • Trey Campbell,
  • Jacob Spry and
  • Esam El-Araby
  • + 5 authors

7 July 2026

Partial differential equations (PDEs) play a central role in scientific and engineering analysis, with applications spanning fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, and financial modeling, where they are used to d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Software Frameworks and Workload Management on Quantum and HPC Ecosystems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
344 Views
38 Pages

A Residual-Adaptive Preconditioned ψ-Fractional Quantum Pseudo-Spectral Method: Delay-Memory Differential Equations

  • Kavitha Velusamy,
  • Sowmiya Ramasamy,
  • George Washington Samuelraj Chrysolite,
  • Mallika Arjunan Mani and
  • Seenith Sivasundaram

6 August 2026

We develop a residual-adaptive preconditioned quantum pseudo-spectral method for generalised ψ-Caputo initial-value problems containing a discrete delay, weakly singular hereditary memory, and nonlinear reaction terms. A ψ-fractional Chebyshe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Calculus and Fractional Differential Equations: Theory and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,672 Views
17 Pages

Towards a Multi-Pixel Photon-to-Digital Converter for Time-Bin Quantum Key Distribution

  • Simon Carrier,
  • Michel Labrecque-Dias,
  • Ramy Tannous,
  • Pascal Gendron,
  • Frédéric Nolet,
  • Nicolas Roy,
  • Tommy Rossignol,
  • Frédéric Vachon,
  • Samuel Parent and
  • Jean-François Pratte
  • + 2 authors

23 March 2023

We present an integrated single-photon detection device custom designed for quantum key distribution (QKD) with time-bin encoded single photons. We implemented and demonstrated a prototype photon-to-digital converter (PDC) that integrates an 8 ×...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,467 Views
37 Pages

Quantum–Classical Optimization for Efficient Genomic Data Transmission

  • Ismael Soto,
  • Verónica García and
  • Pablo Palacios Játiva

30 August 2025

This paper presents a hybrid computational architecture for efficient and robust digital transmission inspired by helical genetic structures. The proposed system integrates advanced modulation schemes, such as multi-pulse-position modulation (MPPM),...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Computational Modeling and Optimization in Operations Research and Supply Chain Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,943 Views
9 Pages

Dimensionality Reduction with Variational Encoders Based on Subsystem Purification

  • Raja Selvarajan,
  • Manas Sajjan,
  • Travis S. Humble and
  • Sabre Kais

17 November 2023

Efficient methods for encoding and compression are likely to pave the way toward the problem of efficient trainability on higher-dimensional Hilbert spaces, overcoming issues of barren plateaus. Here, we propose an alternative approach to variational...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Applied Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,664 Views
24 Pages

Optical Color Image Encryption Algorithm Based on Two-Dimensional Quantum Walking

  • Guohao Cui,
  • Xiaoyi Zhou,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Wentao Hao,
  • Anshun Zhou and
  • Jianqiang Ma

The double random phase encoding (DRPE) image encryption method has garnered significant attention in color image processing and optical encryption thanks to its R, G, and B parallel encryption. However, DRPE-based color image encryption faces two ch...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,134 Views
15 Pages

11 October 2019

In the context of multiparameter quantum estimation theory, we investigate the construction of linear schemes in order to infer two classical parameters that are encoded in the quadratures of two quantum coherent states. The optimality of the scheme...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Optics for Fundamental Quantum Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,829 Views
17 Pages

23 October 2022

Quantum communication can be realized by transmitting photons that carry quantum information. Due to decoherence, the information encoded in the quantum state of a single photon can be distorted, which leads to communication errors. In particular, we...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Quantum Optics and Quantum Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,564 Views
14 Pages

Designing Functionalized Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules for Cancer Treatment

  • Daria Kalenichenko,
  • Galina Nifontova,
  • Alexander Karaulov,
  • Alyona Sukhanova and
  • Igor Nabiev

13 November 2021

The engineering of delivery systems for drugs and contrasting labels ensuring the simultaneous imaging and treatment of malignant tumors is an important hurdle in developing new tools for cancer therapy and diagnosis. Polyelectrolyte microcapsules (M...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nanomaterials for Applied Nanotechnology and Nanoscience)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,568 Views
22 Pages

A Quantum Computing-Based Accelerated Model for Image Classification Using a Parallel Pipeline Encoded Inception Module

  • Shtwai Alsubai,
  • Abdullah Alqahtani,
  • Adel Binbusayyis,
  • Mohemmed Sha,
  • Abdu Gumaei and
  • Shuihua Wang

30 May 2023

Image classification is typically a research area that trains an algorithm for accurately identifying subjects in images that have never been seen before. Training a model to recognize images within a dataset is significant as image classification ge...

(This article belongs to the Section C2: Dynamical Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,366 Views
20 Pages

30 November 2021

The unprecedented success of classical neural networks and the recent advances in quantum computing have motivated the research community to explore the interplay between these two technologies, leading to the so-called quantum neural networks. In fa...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,316 Views
20 Pages

1 December 2023

We analyze autocompensation possibilities in entanglement-based QKD protocols. In particular, we study the seminal BBM92 protocol and find that an autocompensating technique is possible, although with severe limitations. This prompts the introduction...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Optics: Theory, Methods and Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
204 Citations
39,547 Views
41 Pages

Quantum Machine Learning: A Review and Case Studies

  • Amine Zeguendry,
  • Zahi Jarir and
  • Mohamed Quafafou

3 February 2023

Despite its undeniable success, classical machine learning remains a resource-intensive process. Practical computational efforts for training state-of-the-art models can now only be handled by high speed computer hardware. As this trend is expected t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Machine Learning 2022)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,760 Views
31 Pages

9 February 2022

Loading data efficiently from classical memories to quantum computers is a key challenge of noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers. Such a problem can be addressed through quantum generative adversarial networks (qGANs), which are noise tolerant...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,242 Views
37 Pages

Hybrid Quantum–Classical Architectures in Medical Imaging: A Taxonomy-Based Survey of COVID-19 Models

  • Seyedeh Aram Salehi,
  • Hanieh Naderi,
  • Seyyed Amir Asghari,
  • Javad Chaharlang and
  • Yvon Savaria

This paper reviews hybrid quantum–classical (HQC) architectures for COVID-19-related respiratory medical-image analysis. To address the heterogeneity of existing studies, we propose an architecture-centric taxonomy based on the functional role...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Computing and Information Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,315 Views
12 Pages

A Hybrid Quantum Image-Matching Algorithm

  • Guoqiang Shu,
  • Zheng Shan,
  • Shiqin Di,
  • Xiaodong Ding and
  • Congcong Feng

13 December 2022

Image matching is an important research topic in computer vision and image processing. However, existing quantum algorithms mainly focus on accurate matching between template pixels, and are not robust to changes in image location and scale. In addit...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

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