Training and Research

PhD Programme Courses/classes

This page lists the training activities for the PhD programme for the academic year 2025/2026. Additional activities will be added during the year. Please check back regularly for updates!

Instructions for lecturers: managing lessons

Credits

3

Language

Italiano e Inglese

Class attendance

Free Choice

Location

VERONA

Learning objectives

The goal of this course is to show what benefits current and future quantum technologies can provide to machine learning in terms of achieving a better performance of methods that are computationally challenging for classical computers.
In particular, the students will be given the adequate notions and knowledge to be able to distinguish between quantum computing paradigms relevant for machine learning; identify problems in machine learning that would benefit from using quantum resources; implement learning algorithms on quantum computers using the available public platforms.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Linear Algebra; Probability and Statistics

Program

The course will award 3 CFU (12 hours frontal lectures). The following is preliminary list of topics that will be discussed:
•Introduction to Quantum Systems;
•Quantum Computation: Gate Model, Variational Circuits;
•Classical-Quantum Learning Algorithms: Encoding Classical Information, Quantum-enhanced Kernel Methods, Quantum Neural Networks;
•Fault-tolerant Quantum Machine Learning;
•Practice: Implementation of the discussed methods on real quantum computers.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Slides and blackboard

Learning assessment procedures

Presentation of a research work on the subject of the course.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Assessment

Ability to understand the research work in the field.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

no numerical evaluation