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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2023.13
Quantum Policy Gradient Algorithms

Authors: Sofiene Jerbi, Arjan Cornelissen, Maris Ozols, and Vedran Dunjko

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 266, 18th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2023)

Abstract
Understanding the power and limitations of quantum access to data in machine learning tasks is primordial to assess the potential of quantum computing in artificial intelligence. Previous works have already shown that speed-ups in learning are possible when given quantum access to reinforcement learning environments. Yet, the applicability of quantum algorithms in this setting remains very limited, notably in environments with large state and action spaces. In this work, we design quantum algorithms to train state-of-the-art reinforcement learning policies by exploiting quantum interactions with an environment. However, these algorithms only offer full quadratic speed-ups in sample complexity over their classical analogs when the trained policies satisfy some regularity conditions. Interestingly, we find that reinforcement learning policies derived from parametrized quantum circuits are well-behaved with respect to these conditions, which showcases the benefit of a fully-quantum reinforcement learning framework.
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Sofiene Jerbi, Arjan Cornelissen, Maris Ozols, and Vedran Dunjko. Quantum Policy Gradient Algorithms. In 18th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 266, pp. 13:1-13:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{jerbi_et_al:LIPIcs.TQC.2023.13,
  author =	{Jerbi, Sofiene and Cornelissen, Arjan and Ozols, Maris and Dunjko, Vedran},
  title =	{{Quantum Policy Gradient Algorithms}},
  booktitle =	{18th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2023)},
  pages =	{13:1--13:24},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-283-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{266},
  editor =	{Fawzi, Omar and Walter, Michael},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2023.13},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-183230},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2023.13},
  annote =	{Keywords: quantum reinforcement learning, policy gradient methods, parametrized quantum circuits}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2023.29
Quantum Majority Vote

Authors: Harry Buhrman, Noah Linden, Laura Mančinska, Ashley Montanaro, and Maris Ozols

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 251, 14th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2023)

Abstract
Majority vote is a basic method for amplifying correct outcomes that is widely used in computer science and beyond. While it can amplify the correctness of a quantum device with classical output, the analogous procedure for quantum output is not known. We introduce quantum majority vote as the following task: given a product state |ψ_1⟩ ⊗ … ⊗ |ψ_n⟩ where each qubit is in one of two orthogonal states |ψ⟩ or |ψ^⟂⟩, output the majority state. We show that an optimal algorithm for this problem achieves worst-case fidelity of 1/2 + Θ(1/√n). Under the promise that at least 2/3 of the input qubits are in the majority state, the fidelity increases to 1 - Θ(1/n) and approaches 1 as n increases. We also consider the more general problem of computing any symmetric and equivariant Boolean function f: {0,1}ⁿ → {0,1} in an unknown quantum basis, and show that a generalization of our quantum majority vote algorithm is optimal for this task. The optimal parameters for the generalized algorithm and its worst-case fidelity can be determined by a simple linear program of size O(n). The time complexity of the algorithm is O(n⁴ log n) where n is the number of input qubits.
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Harry Buhrman, Noah Linden, Laura Mančinska, Ashley Montanaro, and Maris Ozols. Quantum Majority Vote. In 14th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 251, p. 29:1, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{buhrman_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2023.29,
  author =	{Buhrman, Harry and Linden, Noah and Man\v{c}inska, Laura and Montanaro, Ashley and Ozols, Maris},
  title =	{{Quantum Majority Vote}},
  booktitle =	{14th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2023)},
  pages =	{29:1--29:1},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-263-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{251},
  editor =	{Tauman Kalai, Yael},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2023.29},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-175321},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2023.29},
  annote =	{Keywords: quantum algorithms, quantum majority vote, Schur-Weyl duality}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ITC.2021.21
Quantum-Access Security of the Winternitz One-Time Signature Scheme

Authors: Christian Majenz, Chanelle Matadah Manfouo, and Maris Ozols

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 199, 2nd Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC 2021)

Abstract
Quantum-access security, where an attacker is granted superposition access to secret-keyed functionalities, is a fundamental security model and its study has inspired results in post-quantum security. We revisit, and fill a gap in, the quantum-access security analysis of the Lamport one-time signature scheme (OTS) in the quantum random oracle model (QROM) by Alagic et al. (Eurocrypt 2020). We then go on to generalize the technique to the Winternitz OTS. Along the way, we develop a tool for the analysis of hash chains in the QROM based on the superposition oracle technique by Zhandry (Crypto 2019) which might be of independent interest.
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Christian Majenz, Chanelle Matadah Manfouo, and Maris Ozols. Quantum-Access Security of the Winternitz One-Time Signature Scheme. In 2nd Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 199, pp. 21:1-21:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@InProceedings{majenz_et_al:LIPIcs.ITC.2021.21,
  author =	{Majenz, Christian and Manfouo, Chanelle Matadah and Ozols, Maris},
  title =	{{Quantum-Access Security of the Winternitz One-Time Signature Scheme}},
  booktitle =	{2nd Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC 2021)},
  pages =	{21:1--21:22},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-197-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{199},
  editor =	{Tessaro, Stefano},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITC.2021.21},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-143406},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITC.2021.21},
  annote =	{Keywords: quantum cryptography, one-time signature schemes, quantum random oracle model, post-quantum cryptography, quantum world, hash-based signatures, information-theoretic security}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.26
Span Programs and Quantum Time Complexity

Authors: Arjan Cornelissen, Stacey Jeffery, Maris Ozols, and Alvaro Piedrafita

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 170, 45th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2020)

Abstract
Span programs are an important model of quantum computation due to their correspondence with quantum query and space complexity. While the query complexity of quantum algorithms obtained from span programs is well-understood, it is not generally clear how to implement certain query-independent operations in a time-efficient manner. In this work, we prove an analogous connection for quantum time complexity. In particular, we show how to convert a sufficiently-structured quantum algorithm for f with time complexity T into a span program for f such that it compiles back into a quantum algorithm for f with time complexity 𝒪̃(T). This shows that for span programs derived from algorithms with a time-efficient implementation, we can preserve the time efficiency when implementing the span program, which means that span programs capture time, query and space complexities and are a complete model of quantum algorithms. One practical advantage of being able to convert quantum algorithms to span programs in a way that preserves time complexity is that span programs compose very nicely. We demonstrate this by improving Ambainis’s variable-time quantum search result using our construction through a span program composition for the OR function.
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Arjan Cornelissen, Stacey Jeffery, Maris Ozols, and Alvaro Piedrafita. Span Programs and Quantum Time Complexity. In 45th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 170, pp. 26:1-26:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)

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@InProceedings{cornelissen_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.26,
  author =	{Cornelissen, Arjan and Jeffery, Stacey and Ozols, Maris and Piedrafita, Alvaro},
  title =	{{Span Programs and Quantum Time Complexity}},
  booktitle =	{45th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2020)},
  pages =	{26:1--26:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-159-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{170},
  editor =	{Esparza, Javier and Kr\'{a}l', Daniel},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.26},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-126947},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2020.26},
  annote =	{Keywords: quantum query algorithms, span programs, variable-time quantum search}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2019.1
On Quantum Chosen-Ciphertext Attacks and Learning with Errors

Authors: Gorjan Alagic, Stacey Jeffery, Maris Ozols, and Alexander Poremba

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 135, 14th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2019)

Abstract
Quantum computing is a significant threat to classical public-key cryptography. In strong "quantum access" security models, numerous symmetric-key cryptosystems are also vulnerable. We consider classical encryption in a model which grants the adversary quantum oracle access to encryption and decryption, but where the latter is restricted to non-adaptive (i.e., pre-challenge) queries only. We define this model formally using appropriate notions of ciphertext indistinguishability and semantic security (which are equivalent by standard arguments) and call it QCCA1 in analogy to the classical CCA1 security model. Using a bound on quantum random-access codes, we show that the standard PRF-based encryption schemes are QCCA1-secure when instantiated with quantum-secure primitives. We then revisit standard IND-CPA-secure Learning with Errors (LWE) encryption and show that leaking just one quantum decryption query (and no other queries or leakage of any kind) allows the adversary to recover the full secret key with constant success probability. In the classical setting, by contrast, recovering the key requires a linear number of decryption queries. The algorithm at the core of our attack is a (large-modulus version of) the well-known Bernstein-Vazirani algorithm. We emphasize that our results should not be interpreted as a weakness of these cryptosystems in their stated security setting (i.e., post-quantum chosen-plaintext secrecy). Rather, our results mean that, if these cryptosystems are exposed to chosen-ciphertext attacks (e.g., as a result of deployment in an inappropriate real-world setting) then quantum attacks are even more devastating than classical ones.
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Gorjan Alagic, Stacey Jeffery, Maris Ozols, and Alexander Poremba. On Quantum Chosen-Ciphertext Attacks and Learning with Errors. In 14th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2019). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 135, pp. 1:1-1:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2019)

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@InProceedings{alagic_et_al:LIPIcs.TQC.2019.1,
  author =	{Alagic, Gorjan and Jeffery, Stacey and Ozols, Maris and Poremba, Alexander},
  title =	{{On Quantum Chosen-Ciphertext Attacks and Learning with Errors}},
  booktitle =	{14th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2019)},
  pages =	{1:1--1:23},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-112-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2019},
  volume =	{135},
  editor =	{van Dam, Wim and Man\v{c}inska, Laura},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2019.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-103939},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2019.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: quantum chosen-ciphertext security, quantum attacks, learning with errors}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2018.6
Trading Inverses for an Irrep in the Solovay-Kitaev Theorem

Authors: Adam Bouland and Maris Ozols

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 111, 13th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2018)

Abstract
The Solovay-Kitaev theorem states that universal quantum gate sets can be exchanged with low overhead. More specifically, any gate on a fixed number of qudits can be simulated with error epsilon using merely polylog(1/epsilon) gates from any finite universal quantum gate set G. One drawback to the theorem is that it requires the gate set G to be closed under inversion. Here we show that this restriction can be traded for the assumption that G contains an irreducible representation of any finite group G. This extends recent work of Sardharwalla et al. [Sardharwalla et al., 2016], and applies also to gates from the special linear group. Our work can be seen as partial progress towards the long-standing open problem of proving an inverse-free Solovay-Kitaev theorem [Dawson and Nielsen, 2006; Kuperberg, 2015].
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Adam Bouland and Maris Ozols. Trading Inverses for an Irrep in the Solovay-Kitaev Theorem. In 13th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 111, pp. 6:1-6:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@InProceedings{bouland_et_al:LIPIcs.TQC.2018.6,
  author =	{Bouland, Adam and Ozols, Maris},
  title =	{{Trading Inverses for an Irrep in the Solovay-Kitaev Theorem}},
  booktitle =	{13th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2018)},
  pages =	{6:1--6:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-080-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{111},
  editor =	{Jeffery, Stacey},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2018.6},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-92539},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2018.6},
  annote =	{Keywords: Solovay-Kitaev theorem, quantum gate sets, gate set compilation}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2013.50
Easy and Hard Functions for the Boolean Hidden Shift Problem

Authors: Andrew M. Childs, Robin Kothari, Maris Ozols, and Martin Roetteler

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 22, 8th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2013)

Abstract
We study the quantum query complexity of the Boolean hidden shift problem. Given oracle access to f(x+s) for a known Boolean function f, the task is to determine the n-bit string s. The quantum query complexity of this problem depends strongly on f. We demonstrate that the easiest instances of this problem correspond to bent functions, in the sense that an exact one-query algorithm exists if and only if the function is bent. We partially characterize the hardest instances, which include delta functions. Moreover, we show that the problem is easy for random functions, since two queries suffice. Our algorithm for random functions is based on performing the pretty good measurement on several copies of a certain state; its analysis relies on the Fourier transform. We also use this approach to improve the quantum rejection sampling approach to the Boolean hidden shift problem.
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Andrew M. Childs, Robin Kothari, Maris Ozols, and Martin Roetteler. Easy and Hard Functions for the Boolean Hidden Shift Problem. In 8th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2013). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 22, pp. 50-79, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2013)

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@InProceedings{childs_et_al:LIPIcs.TQC.2013.50,
  author =	{Childs, Andrew M. and Kothari, Robin and Ozols, Maris and Roetteler, Martin},
  title =	{{Easy and Hard Functions for the Boolean Hidden Shift Problem}},
  booktitle =	{8th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC 2013)},
  pages =	{50--79},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-55-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2013},
  volume =	{22},
  editor =	{Severini, Simone and Brandao, Fernando},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2013.50},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-43203},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.TQC.2013.50},
  annote =	{Keywords: Boolean hidden shift problem, quantum algorithms, query complexity, Fourier transform, bent functions}
}
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