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Machine Learning for Practical Quantum Error Mitigation (ML-QEM)

Haoran Liao

Research talk · 2023 · Qiskit Seminar · 19 pages

Introduces the trade-offs among error mitigation methods (PEC is unbiased but costly, ZNE is cheaper but biased) and proposes front-loading the cost into training a model that mitigates expectation values at runtime without extra circuits. Compares linear regression, random forest, multi-layer perceptron and graph neural network models on random and Trotterized Ising circuits in noisy simulation and on hardware, including mimicking ZNE on a 100-qubit experiment.

  • Three-step ML-QEM workflow: generate training data, train, mitigate at runtime
  • Comparison with Clifford data regression and why linear models are not enough in general
  • Four model families compared; random forest consistently performs best
  • Benchmarks on random 4-qubit circuits and Trotterized 1D transverse-field Ising circuits versus digital ZNE

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@misc{liao2023machinelearning,
  author = {Haoran Liao},
  title = {{Machine Learning for Practical Quantum Error Mitigation (ML-QEM)}},
  howpublished = {Talk, Qiskit Seminar},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://zlatko-minev.github.io/zlatko-minev-quantum-repository/items/2023-machine-learning-for-practical-quantum-error/},
  note = {Slides}
}

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