HiQC: hybrid quantum classical deep learning with parameter efficient quantum modules
摘要
As deep learning models grow in complexity, they suffer from increasing redundant parameters and high computational costs. Quantum computing offers a new computational paradigm; however, fully quantum AI remains impractical due to current quantum hardware constraints. This raises a fundamental problem: Can quantum AI serve as an efficient module within classical AI architectures to enhance performance while reducing computational overhead? In this work, we explore a hybrid quantum-classical AI framework that embeds parameter-efficient quantum computing modules within classical deep learning models. Specifically, we incorporate a quantum bottleneck module into a U-Net architecture, called QB-Net. Experiments and quantitative analysis in real-world datasets for medical and natural image processing demonstrate that QB-Net reduces up to 36.3