Opening and Welcome (09h00-09h15) [Joongheon Kim, Soohyun Park, Jihong Park, Shaukat Ali]
Keynote 1 (09h20-10h30): Quantum Machine Learning: An Interplay between Quantum Computing and Machine Learning by Jun QI, Fudan University (Session Chair: Joongheon Kim
Abstract:
Quantum Machine Learning (QML) is an emerging field at the intersection of quantum computing and machine learning, potentially revolutionizing data processing and problem-solving. QML seeks to develop algorithms surpassing its classical counterparts' capabilities by harnessing quantum phenomena such as superposition and entanglement. Our research focuses on creating quantum and quantum-inspired algorithms while leveraging classical machine learning theory to scale up QML for applications in complex domains like materials science, genomics, and life sciences.
Biography:
Dr. Jun Qi is an Assistant Professor of Electronic Engineering at Fudan University and a Visiting Research Faculty member in Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2022. Prior to academia, he was a Research Software Development Engineer in the Deep Learning Technology Center at Microsoft Research, following a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington. Dr. Qi's research focuses on Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum Optimization, supported by grants from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council and the Hong Kong Research Impact Fund. His achievements include winning first prize in the Xanadu AI Quantum Machine Learning Competition in 2019 and having an ICASSP paper on quantum speech recognition nominated for best paper in 2022. Additionally, he has chaired special sessions on Quantum Machine Learning at ICASSP'23, ICASSP'24, and QCE'24, and delivered tutorials on Quantum Computing and Machine Learning at IJCAI'21, ICASSP'22, ICASSP'24, and QCE'24.
Coffee Break (10h30-11h00)
Session 1 (11h00-12h30): Quantum Optimization, Approximation, and Control (Session Chair: Shaukat Ali)
Comparing the Performance of Learned and Handmade one-hot QUBO Models for Quantum Annealing
Philippe Codognet (JFLI & UPMC), Florian Richoux (AIST) and Jean-Francois Baffier (RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Center)
Quantum Error Mitigation in Open Systems using Diffusion Models: Stochastic Differential Equation and Schrodinger - Bridge Approaches
Joo Yong Shim (Korea Univ) and Joongheon Kim (Korea Univ)
Realizing Cooperative Global Internet Services for Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks: A Quantum Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Framework
Gyu Seon Kim (Korea Univ), Yeryeong Cho (Korea Univ), Soohyun Park (Sookmyung W. Univ), Soyi Jung (Ajou Univ) and Joongheon Kim (Korea Univ)
Lunch (12h30-14h00)
Session 2 (14h00-15h30): Quantum Distributed Learning (Session Chair: Joongheon Kim)
Fidelity-Aware Uniform Quantum Federated Learning
Seok Bin Son (Korea Univ) and Soohyun Park (Sookmyung W. Univ)
Depth-Controllable Quantum Federated Learning
Soohyun Park (Sookmyung W. Univ), Hankyul Baek (Korea Univ), Jihong Park (Singapore Univ of Tech and Design), Mehdi Bennis (Univ of Oulu), Soyi Jung (Ajou Univ) and Joongheon Kim (Korea Univ)
Shifting from Knowledge to Infidelity Distillation for Fast and Accurate Distributed Quantum Machine Learning
Jinhyuk Kim (Yonsei Univ), Seungeun Oh (Yonsei Univ), Jihong Park (Singapore Univ of Tech and Design), Hankyul Baek (Korea Univ), Hyunsoo Lee (Korea Univ), Joongheon Kim (Korea Univ) and Seong-Lyun Kim (Yonsei Univ)
Coffee Break (15h30-16h00)
Session 3 (16h00-17h00): Quantum Generative Models (Session Chair: Florian Richoux)
Multi-Channel Quantum Convolutional Neural Network
Emily Jimin Roh (Korea Univ), Joo Yong Shim (Korea Univ), Soohyun Park (Sookmyung W. Univ) and Joongheon Kim (Korea Univ)
Quantum Style Transfer in Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing
Emily Jimin Roh (Korea Univ), Joo Yong Shim (Korea Univ), Soohyun Park (Sookmyung W. Univ) and Joongheon Kim (Korea Univ)
Closing (17h00-17h15) [Joongheon Kim, Soohyun Park, Jihong Park, Shaukat Ali]