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SymQNet addresses the computational bottleneck in adaptive quantum control by using offline reinforcement learning to accelerate experiment selection. This approach drastically reduces decision latency compared to traditional Bayesian methods, making high-speed calibration of multi-qubit devices feasible for practical workloads. The method effectively bridges machine learning techniques with real-time requirements essential for scaling quantum hardware characterization.
SymQNet: Amortized Acquisition for Low-Latency Adaptive Hamiltonian Learning
arXiv:2606.12808v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Adaptive Hamiltonian learning is central to calibrating and characterizing quantum devices. In an adaptive controller, choosing the next experiment is itself a computation. Bayesian design rules are recomputed after every posterior update, and that step can take seconds. Across hundreds of shots, those seconds become a significant wall-clock cost for adaptivity. We introduce SymQNet, an amortized reinforcement-learning approach for low-latency adaptive Hamiltonian learning. SymQNet learns a posterior-conditioned acquisition policy offline, then uses a fast policy forward pass online while retaining Bayesian posterior feedback. On transverse-field Ising benchmarks, SymQNet substantially reduces acquisition latency relative to bounded Fisher-information search and bounded two-step Bayesian active learning by disagreement (BALD). At five qubits, it reduces acquisition-only decision latency by 47.1x and 72.6x relative to these online baselines; at twelve qubits, full simulated steps take 1.02 seconds for SymQNet versus 13.27 seconds for bounded two-step BALD. Overall, we show that learned acquisition can make adaptive Hamiltonian learning practical for repeated low-latency workloads.
Abstract:Adaptive Hamiltonian learning is central to calibrating and characterizing quantum devices. In an adaptive controller, choosing the next experiment is itself a computation. Bayesian design rules are recomputed after every posterior update, and that step can take seconds. Across hundreds of shots, those seconds become a significant wall-clock cost for adaptivity. We introduce SymQNet, an amortized reinforcement-learning approach for low-latency adaptive Hamiltonian learning. SymQNet learns a posterior-conditioned acquisition policy offline, then uses a fast policy forward pass online while retaining Bayesian posterior feedback. On transverse-field Ising benchmarks, SymQNet substantially reduces acquisition latency relative to bounded Fisher-information search and bounded two-step Bayesian active learning by disagreement (BALD). At five qubits, it reduces acquisition-only decision latency by 47.1x and 72.6x relative to these online baselines; at twelve qubits, full simulated steps take 1.02 seconds for SymQNet versus 13.27 seconds for bounded two-step BALD. Overall, we show that learned acquisition can make adaptive Hamiltonian learning practical for repeated low-latency workloads.
Machine Learning (cs.LG); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
arXiv:2606.12808 [cs.LG]
(or arXiv:2606.12808v4 [cs.LG] for this version)
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