Student Scholars Journal

Student Scholars Journal

Quantum Machine Learning: Harnessing Quantum Computing for Pattern Recognition

By Darren Cheah
Published May 20, 2025 • Pages 110-134

Abstract

Classical machine learning algorithms face computational limitations when processing high-dimensional datasets, while quantum computing offers theoretical advantages through quantum parallelism and entanglement. This study implements quantum machine learning algorithms including quantum support vector machines (QSVM), variational quantum eigensolvers (VQE), and quantum neural networks on IBM quantum processors. We evaluated performance on classification tasks using UCI machine learning datasets and synthetic high-dimensional data. QSVM achieved 94.7% accuracy on the Iris dataset using only 16 qubits, while quantum neural networks demonstrated quadratic speedup potential for certain problem classes. Current quantum hardware limitations and noise effects are analyzed, with projections for near-term quantum advantage in specific machine learning applications.

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Journal Details

Journal:Student Scholars Journal
Volume:2
Issue:2
Pages:110-134
Year:2025

Publication Timeline

Received:April 21, 2025
Revised:April 26, 2025
Accepted:May 8, 2025
Published:May 20, 2025

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Article ID:ssj-2025-v2i2-005
Keywords:6 keywords
Subject Areas:3 areas
Authors:1 authors

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Darren CheahCorresponding
Taylor's International School, Malaysia
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