[ { "citation": "\u010cindrak et al. (2026). Memory-Nonlinearity Trade-off across Quantum Reservoir Computing Frameworks. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21371", "evidence_atoms": [ { "atom_type": "claim", "confidence": "high", "content": "QRC performance reflects a memory-nonlinearity trade-off across protocol families.", "locator": "knowledge/papers/2603.21371.txt", "source_ref": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21371" } ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Analyzes how QRC performance varies with memory-vs-nonlinearity operating regimes across frameworks.", "title": "Memory-Nonlinearity Trade-off across Quantum Reservoir Computing Frameworks", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21371", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Brusaschi et al. (2026). Quantum inference on a classically trained quantum extreme learning machine. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20167", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Studies train/infer separation for QELM with classical training and quantum inference.", "title": "Quantum inference on a classically trained quantum extreme learning machine", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20167", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Memory-enhanced quantum extreme learning machines for characterizing non-Markovian dynamics (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17182", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Introduces memory-augmented QELM designs for non-Markovian characterization tasks.", "title": "Memory-enhanced quantum extreme learning machines for characterizing non-Markovian dynamics", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17182", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Efficient time-series prediction on NISQ devices via time-delayed quantum extreme learning machine (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21544", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Proposes time-delayed QELM for NISQ-friendly sequence prediction.", "title": "Efficient time-series prediction on NISQ devices via time-delayed quantum extreme learning machine", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21544", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Quantum Reservoir Autoencoder: Conditions, Protocol, and Noise Resilience (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19700", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Defines a QRC autoencoder protocol and studies robustness under noise.", "title": "Quantum Reservoir Autoencoder: Conditions, Protocol, and Noise Resilience", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19700", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Spectral Phase Encoding for Quantum Kernel Methods (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19644", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Presents spectral phase encoding techniques for quantum kernel models.", "title": "Spectral Phase Encoding for Quantum Kernel Methods", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19644", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Theory and interpretability of Quantum Extreme Learning Machines: a Pauli-transfer matrix approach (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18377", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Builds interpretability tools for QELM using Pauli-transfer matrix analysis.", "title": "Theory and interpretability of Quantum Extreme Learning Machines: a Pauli-transfer matrix approach", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18377", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "A Programmable Linear Optical Quantum Reservoir with Measurement Feedback for Time Series Analysis (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17440", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Introduces a programmable linear-optical reservoir with measurement feedback.", "title": "A Programmable Linear Optical Quantum Reservoir with Measurement Feedback for Time Series Analysis", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17440", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Kernel-based optimization of measurement operators for quantum reservoir computers (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14677", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Derives kernel-based measurement-operator optimization for QRC readouts.", "title": "Kernel-based optimization of measurement operators for quantum reservoir computers", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14677", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "QuaRK: A Quantum Reservoir Kernel for Time Series Learning (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13531", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Defines a reservoir-derived kernel for quantum time-series learning.", "title": "QuaRK: A Quantum Reservoir Kernel for Time Series Learning", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13531", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "A Quantum Reservoir Computing Approach to Quantum Stock Price Forecasting in Quantum-Invested Markets (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13094", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Applies QRC methodology to financial forecasting benchmarks.", "title": "A Quantum Reservoir Computing Approach to Quantum Stock Price Forecasting in Quantum-Invested Markets", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13094", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Practical Quantum Reservoir Computing in Rydberg Atom Arrays (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00610", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Explores practical implementation constraints for Rydberg-array QRC.", "title": "Practical Quantum Reservoir Computing in Rydberg Atom Arrays", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00610", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Margin-Based Generalisation Bounds for Quantum Kernel Methods under Local Depolarising Noise (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.23084", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Provides margin-based generalization analysis for noisy quantum kernels.", "title": "Margin-Based Generalisation Bounds for Quantum Kernel Methods under Local Depolarising Noise", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.23084", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Practical Evaluation of Quantum Kernel Methods for Radar Micro-Doppler Classification on NISQ Hardware (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22194", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Benchmarks quantum kernels on radar micro-Doppler classification.", "title": "Practical Evaluation of Quantum Kernel Methods for Radar Micro-Doppler Classification on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) Hardware", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22194", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Quantum Wiener architecture for quantum reservoir computing (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04812", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Introduces Wiener-style architectural modeling for QRC.", "title": "Quantum Wiener architecture for quantum reservoir computing", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04812", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Image Denoising via Quantum Reservoir Computing (2025). https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18612", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Applies QRC to image denoising tasks.", "title": "Image Denoising via Quantum Reservoir Computing", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18612", "year": 2025 }, { 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QRC applications.", "title": "From quantum feature maps to quantum reservoir computing: perspectives and applications", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01797", "year": 2025 }, { "citation": "Entanglement and Classical Simulability in Quantum Extreme Learning Machines (2025). https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06873", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Studies entanglement onset, transition behavior, and simulability limits in QELM image-classification settings.", "title": "Entanglement and Classical Simulability in Quantum Extreme Learning Machines", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06873", "year": 2025 }, { "citation": "Feedback Connections in Quantum Reservoir Computing with Mid-Circuit Measurements (2025). https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22380", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Analyzes feedback-enhanced QRC with mid-circuit measurement design.", "title": "Feedback Connections in Quantum Reservoir Computing with Mid-Circuit Measurements", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22380", 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https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.11831", "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Reviews opportunities and open directions for QRC/QELM development.", "title": "Opportunities in Quantum Reservoir Computing and Extreme Learning Machines", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.11831", "year": 2021 }, { "citation": "Schuld (2021). 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The Echo State Approach to Analysing and Training Recurrent Neural Networks. https://www.ai.rug.nl/minds/uploads/EchoStatesTechRep.pdf", "source_type": "report", "summary": "Technical report introducing echo-state networks and training perspective for reservoirs.", "title": "The Echo State Approach to Analysing and Training Recurrent Neural Networks", "url": "https://www.ai.rug.nl/minds/uploads/EchoStatesTechRep.pdf", "year": 2001 }, { "assumptions": [ "QRC performance is governed by a tunable memory-nonlinearity trade-off measurable via IPC decomposition.", "Hamiltonian and measured observables constrain effective degrees of freedom more than encoding choice.", "Task suitability is benchmark-dependent; Lorenz and Mackey-Glass are used as stress tests for nonlinearity and memory." ], "citation": "\u010cindrak et al. (2026). Memory-Nonlinearity Trade-off across Quantum Reservoir Computing Frameworks. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21371", "claims": [ "Distinct QRC protocols exhibit the same qualitative memory-nonlinearity trade-off curve.", "Intermediate operating regimes can outperform fully reset baselines on total IPC and prediction error.", "Near localization-ergodicity transition and moderate dissipation, nonlinear capacity peaks while retaining usable memory." ], "evidence_atoms": [ { "atom_type": "claim", "confidence": "high", "content": "QRC performance reflects a memory-nonlinearity trade-off across protocol families.", "locator": "knowledge/papers/2603.21371.txt", "source_ref": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21371" } ], "key_equations": [ "dx/dt = \u03c3 (y - x), dy/dt = x(\u03c1 - z) - y, dz/dt = xy - \u03b2z (Lorenz-63; \u03c3=10, \u03c1=28, \u03b2=8/3).", "dx/dt = \u03b2 x(t-\u03c4_MG)/(1 + x(t-\u03c4_MG)^10) - \u03b3 x(t) (Mackey-Glass benchmark dynamic).", "IPC_tot = IPC_1 + IPC_{\u22652}, where IPC_1 tracks linear memory and IPC_{\u22652} tracks nonlinear response." ], "parameters": [ "Lorenz parameters: \u03c3=10, \u03c1=28, \u03b2=8/3; integration dt=0.001; discretization \u0394t=0.1.", "Phase-transition control parameter: transverse field h (localized regime h<0.1, critical region near h\u22480.5, ergodic for large h).", "Dissipative regime control parameter: Lindblad decay rate \u03b3 with intermediate \u03b3 maximizing IPC_tot." ], "procedures": [ "Compute IPC decomposition (linear memory IPC_1 and nonlinear IPC_{\u22652}) across protocol settings.", "Benchmark on Lorenz x\u2192x, Lorenz x\u2192z, and Mackey-Glass predictions using normalized RMSE.", "Sweep reset length, measurement strength, Ising field, and dissipation to identify IPC-performance maxima." ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Analyzes how QRC performance varies with memory-vs-nonlinearity operating regimes across frameworks.", "title": "Memory-Nonlinearity Trade-off across Quantum Reservoir Computing Frameworks", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21371", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Brusaschi et al. (2026). Quantum inference on a classically trained quantum extreme learning machine. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20167", "key_equations": [ "ing M labels or values {ym }M m=0 (e.g., an entanglement", "ym \u223c wmb xb = wmb Tr(\u00b5b \u03c1(r) ), (1)", "suitable metric, such as the mean squared error MSE = tion implemented by the QELM to the signal and idler", "cally requires the estimation of expectation values, possi- \u03b1j = (0, . . . , \u03b1j , . . . , 0), and shapes its amplitude by ap-", "tegration time [2, 24], the achievable speedup is modest, Therefore, Ckj \u221d Ikj only if U\u0303i = U\u2020QELM,i , i.e., the", "The paradigm shift introduced here is to exploit the The set of intensities Ib=kj replace the POVM outcomes" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Studies train/infer separation for QELM with classical training and quantum inference.", "title": "Quantum inference on a classically trained quantum extreme learning machine", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20167", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Memory-enhanced quantum extreme learning machines for characterizing non-Markovian dynamics (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17182", "key_equations": [ "non-Markovian quantum dynamics. Section III QELM P\u0302m (\u03c7) = cos(\u03c7)I + i sin(\u03c7)S\u0302m (3)", "\u03bb (\u03c1) = K\u0302im \u03c1K\u0302im\u2020 , (4)", "K\u03021,2,3 = \u03bb/4\u03c3\u0302x,y,z ., and 0 \u2264 \u03bb \u2264 1.", "channel to the bath [33]. In Ref. [34], the channel in- \u03bb = 1, the bath is reset to a completely mixed state", "due to the tunability of its non-Markovian character. In Conversely, \u03bb = 0 preserves bath correlations, max-", "\u201csystem qubits\u201d Sn with n = 1, . . . , N . The dynamics of der their Hamiltonian eq. 1 for the same time in-" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Introduces memory-augmented QELM designs for non-Markovian characterization tasks.", "title": "Memory-enhanced quantum extreme learning machines for characterizing non-Markovian dynamics", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17182", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Efficient time-series prediction on NISQ devices via time-delayed quantum extreme learning machine (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21544", "key_equations": [ "superconducting processor ibm kawasaki as well as its state matrix Xt,k = xt,k with X \u2208 RT,K and xt =", "The effectiveness of TD-QELM is evaluated using the time-multiplexing at NV times \u03c4n = nT /NV with n \u2208", "Nonlinear AutoRegressive Moving Average (NARMA) {1, 2, . . . , NV } is employed, resulting in a total of NR =", "QRC protocol across different noise conditions. In partic- yt = xt wout , (4)", "due to increasing noise accumulation. These results indi- mize the loss L = (y \u2212 y\u0302)2 , and are obtained as", "efficient time-series forecasting on current NISQ devices. wout = (X \u22a4 X)\u22121 X \u22a4 y\u0302, (5)" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Proposes time-delayed QELM for NISQ-friendly sequence prediction.", "title": "Efficient time-series prediction on NISQ devices via time-delayed quantum extreme learning machine", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21544", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Quantum Reservoir Autoencoder: Conditions, Protocol, and Noise Resilience (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19700", "key_equations": [ "noise (p = 0.005), the MSE degrades to 10\u22123 \u201310\u22121 . Asymmetric resource allocation\u201410 shots for", "vectors [4, 5]. A trainable linear readout layer y\u0302 = V W tion. Unlike quantum autoencoders, the QRA keeps the", "the more direct input\u2013output relationship of parallel- provement (mean 102\u00d7, 16 seeds \u00d7 3 trials = 48", "making reversibility challenging, also provides a rich fea- (d = 31) and baseline comparison, we identify", "ture space:\u0001 with Nq = 10 data qubits, QRC extracts the iterative protocol structure\u2014not the feature", "3Nq + N2q + 1 = 76 features per time step without in- dimension\u2014as the dominant noise bottleneck." ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Defines a QRC autoencoder protocol and studies robustness under noise.", "title": "Quantum Reservoir Autoencoder: Conditions, Protocol, and Noise Resilience", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19700", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Spectral Phase Encoding for Quantum Kernel Methods (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19644", "key_equations": [ "D(\u03d5) = diag ei\u03d50 , ei\u03d51 , . . . , ei\u03d5m\u22121 , (1)", "allowing the encoding to be implemented using n = \u2308log2 m\u2309 qubits.", "|\u03c8(x)\u27e9 = \u221a e |j\u27e9 , (2)", "same kernel-based learning framework. Given a dataset {(xi , yi )}N i=1 , clas-", "noise level we subsample N = 150 examples using class-balanced sampling", "\u03c3 = 0.20 corresponds to perturbations with variance 0.04 in the [0, 1] do-" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Presents spectral phase encoding techniques for quantum kernel models.", "title": "Spectral Phase Encoding for Quantum Kernel Methods", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19644", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Theory and interpretability of Quantum Extreme Learning Machines: a Pauli-transfer matrix approach (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18377", "key_equations": [ "d2 ) on the d-dimensional Hilbert space H, where d = 2n in terms of the number of qubits n. Given", "f (x) = wk tr[Mk \u03c1(x)], (2.1)", "where {Mk }m k=1 are a set of measurement operators in M(H), and \u03c1(x) \u2208 M(H) is the density", "an initial state, \u03c1(x) = E(\u00b7 \u00b7 \u00b7 Exenc (\u03c10 ) \u00b7 \u00b7 \u00b7 ). The trainable weights wk are determined by minimizing", "where L is a loss function, \u03bb is a regularization parameter, and {(xi , yi )}P i=1 are P training data", "points. Typical loss functions are the least-squares loss L(y\u0302, y) = 21 (y\u0302 \u2212 y)2 for regression (including" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Builds interpretability tools for QELM using Pauli-transfer matrix analysis.", "title": "Theory and interpretability of Quantum Extreme Learning Machines: a Pauli-transfer matrix approach", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18377", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "A Programmable Linear Optical Quantum Reservoir with Measurement Feedback for Time Series Analysis (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17440", "key_equations": [ "through an M -mode linear optical network described by a unitary V \u2208 U (M ). Let |S\u27e9 = |s1 s2 . . . sM \u27e9 be", "the input Fock state with j=1 sj = N . The output Fock basis is enumerated as {|Q\u2113 \u27e9}\u2113=1 , where each", "|Q\u2113 \u27e9 = q1 q2 . . . qM satisfying j=1 qj = N and dpnr = N . The transition probability is", "p (|S\u27e9 \u2192 |Q\u2113 \u27e9) = QM QM (\u2113) , (1)", "i=1 si ! j=1 qj !", "where per(A) = \u03c3\u2208SN i=1 Ai,\u03c3(i) is the matrix permanent (it appears because amplitudes over all in-" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Introduces a programmable linear-optical reservoir with measurement feedback.", "title": "A Programmable Linear Optical Quantum Reservoir with Measurement Feedback for Time Series Analysis", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17440", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Kernel-based optimization of measurement operators for quantum reservoir computers (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14677", "key_equations": [ "D Hilbert space dimension (D = 2N )", "Table I. Summary of notation used in this work. \u22c6 For QELMs, x = zt and d = d\u2032 , while for stateful QRCs,", "We consider an N -qubit model, with dimension D = 2N of its Hilbert space H, described by the", "density matrix is an element of the (D2 = 4N )-dimensional space M(H) of Hermitian operators", "f (x) = wk tr[Mk \u03c1(x)], (2.2)", "xt := (zt\u2212L , . . . , zt ). (2.3)" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Derives kernel-based measurement-operator optimization for QRC readouts.", "title": "Kernel-based optimization of measurement operators for quantum reservoir computers", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14677", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "QuaRK: A Quantum Reservoir Kernel for Time Series Learning (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13531", "key_equations": [ "via efficient measurement of the quantum reservoir featur- X = (\ud835\udc4b\ud835\udc61 : \ud835\udc61 \u2208 Z\u2212 ): \ud835\udc4c0 = \ud835\udc3b \u2605 (X), where the process IO is distributed", "tion dimension, reservoir size, multiplexing, measurement \ud835\udc61 = 0) and we\u2019d like to make a prediction \ud835\udc4c0 from such historical", "\ud835\udc45(\ud835\udc3b ) := E\ud835\udc43 [\u2113 (\ud835\udc3b (X), \ud835\udc4c0 )]. (1)", "We denote by Z\u2212 := {. . . , \u22122, \u22121, 0} the set of non-positive inte-", "[\ud835\udc5a] := {1, . . . , \ud835\udc5a}; for any set A, |A| denotes its cardinality. Ran-", "in bold roman (e.g. X = (\ud835\udc4b\ud835\udc61 : \ud835\udc61 \u2208 Z\u2212 ), IO = ((\ud835\udc4b\ud835\udc61 , \ud835\udc4c\ud835\udc61 ) : \ud835\udc61 \u2208" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Defines a reservoir-derived kernel for quantum time-series learning.", "title": "QuaRK: A Quantum Reservoir Kernel for Time Series Learning", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13531", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "A Quantum Reservoir Computing Approach to Quantum Stock Price Forecasting in Quantum-Invested Markets (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13094", "key_equations": [ "\u2206n (u) = \u22060 + ru,", "regression and output (see Fig 1). This model is moti- \u2126n (u) = \u21260 + ru,", "H\u0302(u) = \u2212\u2206n (u)\u03c3\u0302n + \u03c3\u0302n + . tum state evolution (i.e. modulating decoherence or co-", "\u03c3\u0302nd = 0.5(1\u0302 \u2212 \u03c3\u0302nz ). \u03c3\u0302nx,y,z are Pauli matrices describing = \u2212 [H(t), \u03c1(t)] + L[\u03c1]. (2)", "L[\u03c1] = (Cn \u03c1(t)Cn+ \u2212 0.5[Cn+ Cn , \u03c1(t)]). (3)", "Wtrain = \uf8ec ." ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Applies QRC methodology to financial forecasting benchmarks.", "title": "A Quantum Reservoir Computing Approach to Quantum Stock Price Forecasting in Quantum-Invested Markets", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13094", "year": 2026 }, { "citation": "Practical Quantum Reservoir Computing in Rydberg Atom Arrays (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00610", "key_equations": [ "multiple local observables. Our results demonstrate a atom array system is (\u210f = 1) [23, 27, 28]", "sensitive to dynamical phases of matter and decoherence H\u0302 = \u2206i n\u0302i + \u03c3\u0302 + 6 n\u0302i n\u0302j , (1)", "2 i=1 i Rij", "noise due to its single-step nature. Additionally, in the i=1 ij=1 i=1", "and should be considered with caution, as the compar- where \u03c3\u0302ia (a = x, y, z) are the Pauli operators, h is the", "over quantum networks [43], spin-network QRC [44], or = L\u0302\u03c1\u0302 = \u2212i[H\u0302, \u03c1\u0302] + \u0393 L\u0302i \u03c1\u0302L\u0302i \u2212 {L\u0302i L\u0302i , \u03c1\u0302} ,", "oscillator-based QRC [45]. However, there remains much dt i=1" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Investigates entanglement advantages under dissipation/frequency controls.", "title": "Frequency- and dissipation-dependent entanglement advantage in spin-network Quantum Reservoir Computing", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08998", "year": 2024 }, { "citation": "Quantum reservoir computing with repeated measurements on superconducting devices (2023). https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06706", "key_equations": [ "superconducting quantum computers, it can be adapted \u03c1t t = Tra Mmt U\u0302 (ut )(\u03c1t\u22121t\u22121 \u2297\u03c3a )U\u0302 \u2020 (ut )Mm", "qubits, like silicon. where \u03c3a = (|0\u27e9a \u27e80|)\u2297n and", "In this paper, we provide an experimental demonstra- Mmt = Is \u2297 |mi,t \u27e9a \u27e8mi,t |. (2)", "tion of the proposed QRC scheme on the IBM super- i=1", "memory are required. These experimental studies will the bit-string mt = m1,t \u00b7 \u00b7 \u00b7 mn,t is the measurement re-", "p(mt ) = Tr(Mmt U\u0302 (ut )(\u03c1t\u22121t\u22121 \u2297 \u03c3a )U\u0302 \u2020 (ut )Mm" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Studies repeated-measurement QRC on superconducting hardware.", "title": "Quantum reservoir computing with repeated measurements on superconducting devices", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06706", "year": 2023 }, { "citation": "Several fitness functions and entanglement gates in quantum kernel generation (2023). https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03307", "key_equations": [ "max L(\u03b1) = \u03b1i \u2212 \u03b1i \u03b1j yi yj xi \u00b7 xj", "2 i=1 j=1", "s.t. \u03b1i yi = 0, \u03b1i \u2265 0", "max L(\u03b1) = \u03b1i \u2212 \u03b1i \u03b1j yi yj \u03a6(xi ) \u00b7 \u03a6(xj )", "2 i=1 j=1", "s.t. \u03b1i yi = 0, \u03b1i \u2265 0" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Explores kernel construction sensitivity to fitness functions and entangling gates.", "title": "Several fitness functions and entanglement gates in quantum kernel generation", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03307", "year": 2023 }, { "citation": "Quantum Kernel for Image Classification of Real World Manufacturing Defects (2022). https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.08693", "key_equations": [ "Table 1: Quantum Kernel Angle Encoding Results with Image Data (N=60, Train=42, Test=18)", "Table 2: Quantum Kernel IQP Encoding Results with Image Data (N=60, Train=42, Test=18)" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Applies quantum-kernel classifiers to real manufacturing-defect images.", "title": "Quantum Kernel for Image Classification of Real World Manufacturing Defects", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.08693", "year": 2022 }, { "citation": "The role of entanglement for enhancing the efficiency of quantum kernels towards classification (2022). https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.05142", "key_equations": [ "comparison to the classical support vector machine. Surpris- Accuracy = (1)", "P recision(P ) =", "[21, 22] for maximum number of features, however in both P recision(N ) = (2)", "In addition to the IMDb review data, we also validate our Recall(P ) =", "proposed fully entangled circuit as the most efficient circuit Recall(N ) = (3)", "F 1 \u2212 Score = 2 \u2217 (4)" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Analyzes how entanglement affects quantum-kernel efficiency.", "title": "The role of entanglement for enhancing the efficiency of quantum kernels towards classification", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.05142", "year": 2022 }, { "citation": "Time Series Quantum Reservoir Computing with Weak and Projective Measurements (2022). https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.06809", "key_equations": [ "ther on repeating (part of) the reservoir dynamics or on tum system state in discrete time steps, with k = t/\u2206t", "mation in the system. In this work, we analyze the effect \u03c1uk = Lk [\u03c1uk\u22121 ] (1)", "tocol (RSP), is sketched in Fig. 1(b). It was used in the \u03c1 Vk = \u0001, (3)", "conditions, so that the reservoir computer depends effec- \u03c1k = dVk \u03c1Vk P (Vk ) = dVk (MVk \u25e6 Lk ) [\u03c1k\u22121 ],", "l = 1, ..., Nmeas , allow one to approximate the expec- In order to account for the measurements during the", "proportional to 1/ Nmeas . In other words, the statis- MVk [\u03c1] = \u03a6\u0302Vk \u03c1\u03a6\u0302\u2020Vk . (5)" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Compares weak vs projective measurements in time-series QRC.", "title": "Time Series Quantum Reservoir Computing with Weak and Projective Measurements", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.06809", "year": 2022 }, { "citation": "Computing with two quantum reservoirs connected via optimized two-qubit nonselective measurements (2022). https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.07969", "key_equations": [ "R p , p = 1, . . . M with similar structures, each consisting of n p qubits. A quantum state of a particular QR at the timestep i is", "described by the positive Hermitian density operator \u03c1\u0302 p [i] with the unit trace tr (\u03c1\u0302 p [i]) = 1, \u2200i. In the case of multiple reservoirs,", "we assume that all reservoirs are completely uncorrelated at an initial time: \u03c1\u0302[i] = \u2297M p=1 \u03c1\u0302 p [i]. The unitary evolution dynamics", "of each QR is governed by a fully connected Ising-type Hamiltonian H\u0302R p = \u2211 Ji j X\u0302i X\u0302 j + hip Z\u0302i , where X\u0302, Z\u0302 are Pauli operators.", "{\u03a6e } : \u03a6e [\u03c1\u0302] = \u03c1\u0302(\u2022 p ) (~s[i]) \u2297 tr(\u2022 p ) (\u03c1\u0302) . (1)", "Ntotal = \u2211Mp=1 n p to be the total number of qubits in the QR system. We use a random binary signal as an input in the present" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Studies coupled-reservoir architectures with optimized nonselective measurements.", "title": "Computing with two quantum reservoirs connected via optimized two-qubit nonselective measurements", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.07969", "year": 2022 }, { "citation": "Opportunities in Quantum Reservoir Computing and Extreme Learning Machines (2021). https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.11831", "key_equations": [ "xk = f (sk , xk\u22121 ), (1)", "labels each time step or instance. The sub-index i is asso- yk = h(xout", "also on past inputs. This is seen recurrently iterating Eq. 1, xl = f (sl ), (3)", "e.g. for three steps xk = f (sk , f (sk\u22121 , f (sk\u22122 , xk\u22123 ))) . As", "given as a series of real numbers, {sk }, with k = 0, 1, ... , In this section, we will describe recently proposed compu-", "\u2206t, so that time is given by t = k\u2206t, whereas for a QELM whether a given task is classical or quantum. We consider" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Reviews opportunities and open directions for QRC/QELM development.", "title": "Opportunities in Quantum Reservoir Computing and Extreme Learning Machines", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.11831", "year": 2021 }, { "citation": "Schuld (2021). Supervised quantum machine learning models are kernel methods. https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.11020", "key_equations": [ "\u03c1(x) = \u2223\u03c6(x)\u27e9\u27e8\u03c6(x)\u2223 as the feature \u201cvectors\u201d2 instead of the Dirac vectors \u2223\u03c6(x)\u27e9 (see Section V A). This was first", "\u03ba(x, x\u2032 ) = tr [\u03c1(x\u2032 )\u03c1(x)], or, for pure states, \u03ba(x, x\u2032 ) = \u2223 \u27e8\u03c6(x\u2032 ) \u2223\u03c6(x) \u27e9 \u22232 (see in particular Ref. [12]). I will call these", "space of functions x \u2192 gx (\u22c5) = \u03ba(x, \u22c5), which are constructed from the kernel. The RKHS contains one such function", "fopt (x) = \u2211 \u03b1m tr [\u03c1(xm )\u03c1(x)] = tr [( \u2211 \u03b1m \u03c1(xm )) \u03c1(x)] , (1)", "m=1 m=1", "where xm , m = 1, . . . , M is the training data and \u03b1m \u2208 R (see Section VI B). Looking at the expression in the round" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Establishes kernel-method interpretation for broad classes of supervised quantum models.", "title": "Supervised quantum machine learning models are kernel methods", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.11020", "year": 2021 }, { "citation": "The effect of data encoding on the expressive power of variational quantum machine learning models (2020). https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.08605", "key_equations": [ "encode data inputs x = (x1 , . . . , xN ) as well as train- .", "able weights \u03b8 = (\u03b81 , . . . , \u03b8M ). The circuit is measured", "body of literature, motivated by the dilemma of inves- ing of layers of trainable circuit blocks W = W (\u03b8) and data", "In this paper we investigate these questions in a f\u03b8 (x) = c\u03c9 (\u03b8)ei\u03c9x , (1)", "f\u03b8 (x) = cn (\u03b8)einx , (2) mally distinguish between data classes [27]. A central", "tors under a special kind of classical data pre-processing. f\u03b8 (x) = h0| U \u2020 (x, \u03b8)M U (x, \u03b8) |0i , (3)" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Characterizes encoding-induced expressivity via Fourier-spectrum analysis.", "title": "The effect of data encoding on the expressive power of variational quantum machine learning models", "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.08605", "year": 2020 }, { "assumptions": [ "High-dimensional transient dynamics can be linearly decoded." ], "citation": "Maass, Natschl\u00e4ger, Markram (2002). Real-time computing without stable states. https://doi.org/10.1162/089976602760407955", "claims": [ "Untrained recurrent dynamics with linear readout can solve temporal tasks." ], "key_equations": [ "y_k(t)=sum_i w_ki x_i(t)" ], "source_type": "paper", "summary": "Foundational liquid-state computing formulation underlying reservoir-computing principles.", "title": "Real-time computing without stable states: A new framework for neural computation based on perturbations", "url": "https://doi.org/10.1162/089976602760407955", "year": 2002 }, { "assumptions": [ "Echo-state property ensures input-driven state stability." ], "citation": "Jaeger (2001). The Echo State Approach to Analysing and Training Recurrent Neural Networks. https://www.ai.rug.nl/minds/uploads/EchoStatesTechRep.pdf", "claims": [ "Linear readout training over fixed recurrent core is effective." ], "key_equations": [ "x(t+1)=f(Wx(t)+W_in u(t+1)+W_fb y(t))" ], "source_type": "report", "summary": "Technical report introducing echo-state networks and training perspective for reservoirs.", "title": "The Echo State Approach to Analysing and Training Recurrent Neural Networks", "url": "https://www.ai.rug.nl/minds/uploads/EchoStatesTechRep.pdf", "year": 2001 } ]