Towards Quantum Inspired Convolution Networks
Deep Convolution Neural Networks (CNNs), rooted by the pioneer work of cite{Hinton1986,LeCun1985,Alex2012}, and summarized in cite{LeCunBengioHinton2015}, have been shown to be very useful in a variety of fields. The state-of-the art CNN machines such as image rest net cite{He_2016_CVPR} are described by real value inputs and kernel convolutions followed by the local and non-linear rectified linear outputs. Understanding the role of these layers, the accuracy and limitations of them, as well as making them more efficient (fewer parameters) are all ongoing research questions. Inspired in quantum theory, we propose the use of complex value kernel functions, followed by the local non-linear absolute (modulus) operator square. We argue that an advantage of quantum inspired complex kernels is robustness to realistic unpredictable scenarios (such as clutter noise, data deformations). We study a concrete problem of shape detection and show that when multiple overlapping shapes are deformed and/or clutter noise is added, a convolution layer with quantum inspired complex kernels outperforms the statistical/classical kernel counterpart and a "Bayesian shape estimator" . The superior performance is due to the quantum phenomena of interference, not present in classical CNNs.
 Abstract: The paper presents an interesting, but very preliminary idea, to use quantum inspired complex kernels that can be potentially used inside CNNs. Format review: The paper is well written in general, has clear language and explanations. The figures and tables are well formatted and are visually appealing. Method review: It is very hard to assess the validity of the method for anyone not familiar with the quantum physics field. The proposal seems sound, but it is also not complete, as the title of the paper suggests. Experiments review: The experiment is too limited to derive any meaningful conclusions. Even with the extensions (experiments with noisy data) the authors offer, the problem proposed is too simple to demonstrate that the method is really useful. Conclusion: It is a very interesting idea that should be further developed and tested. The paper is possibly the tip of an iceberg in a novel, promising field. However, the validity of the method is hard to assess theoretically and the experiments are very weak to prove anything.
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Towards Quantum Inspired Convolution Networks
Deep Convolution Neural Networks (CNNs), rooted by the pioneer work of cite{Hinton1986,LeCun1985,Alex2012}, and summarized in cite{LeCunBengioHinton2015}, have been shown to be very useful in a variety of fields. The state-of-the art CNN machines such as image rest net cite{He_2016_CVPR} are described by real value inputs and kernel convolutions followed by the local and non-linear rectified linear outputs. Understanding the role of these layers, the accuracy and limitations of them, as well as making them more efficient (fewer parameters) are all ongoing research questions. Inspired in quantum theory, we propose the use of complex value kernel functions, followed by the local non-linear absolute (modulus) operator square. We argue that an advantage of quantum inspired complex kernels is robustness to realistic unpredictable scenarios (such as clutter noise, data deformations). We study a concrete problem of shape detection and show that when multiple overlapping shapes are deformed and/or clutter noise is added, a convolution layer with quantum inspired complex kernels outperforms the statistical/classical kernel counterpart and a "Bayesian shape estimator" . The superior performance is due to the quantum phenomena of interference, not present in classical CNNs.
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 Abstract: The paper presents an interesting, but very preliminary idea, to use quantum inspired complex kernels that can be potentially used inside CNNs. Format review: The paper is well written in general, has clear language and explanations. The figures and tables are well formatted and are visually appealing. Method review: It is very hard to assess the validity of the method for anyone not familiar with the quantum physics field. The proposal seems sound, but it is also not complete, as the title of the paper suggests. Experiments review: The experiment is too limited to derive any meaningful conclusions. Even with the extensions (experiments with noisy data) the authors offer, the problem proposed is too simple to demonstrate that the method is really useful. Conclusion: It is a very interesting idea that should be further developed and tested. The paper is possibly the tip of an iceberg in a novel, promising field. However, the validity of the method is hard to assess theoretically and the experiments are very weak to prove anything.
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 Abstract: The paper presents an interesting, but very preliminary idea, to use quantum inspired complex kernels that can be potentially used inside CNNs. Format review: The paper is well written in general, has clear language and explanations. The figures and tables are well formatted and are visually appealing. Method review: It is very hard to assess the validity of the method for anyone not familiar with the quantum physics field. The proposal seems sound, but it is also not complete, as the title of the paper suggests. Experiments review: The experiment is too limited to derive any meaningful conclusions. Even with the extensions (experiments with noisy data) the authors offer, the problem proposed is too simple to demonstrate that the method is really useful. Conclusion: It is a very interesting idea that should be further developed and tested. The paper is possibly the tip of an iceberg in a novel, promising field. However, the validity of the method is hard to assess theoretically and the experiments are very weak to prove anything.