Karan Pinto

Alexandr Sedykh, Maninadh Podapaka, Asel Sagingalieva et al.

Finding the distribution of the velocities and pressures of a fluid by solving the Navier-Stokes equations is a principal task in the chemical, energy, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as in mechanical engineering and the design of pipeline systems. With existing solvers, such as OpenFOAM and Ansys, simulations of fluid dynamics in intricate geometries are computationally expensive and require re-simulation whenever the geometric parameters or the initial and boundary conditions are altered. Physics-informed neural networks are a promising tool for simulating fluid flows in complex geometries, as they can adapt to changes in the geometry and mesh definitions, allowing for generalization across fluid parameters and transfer learning across different shapes. We present a hybrid quantum physics-informed neural network that simulates laminar fluid flows in 3D Y-shaped mixers. Our approach combines the expressive power of a quantum model with the flexibility of a physics-informed neural network, resulting in a 21% higher accuracy compared to a purely classical neural network. Our findings highlight the potential of machine learning approaches, and in particular hybrid quantum physics-informed neural network, for complex shape optimization tasks in computational fluid dynamics. By improving the accuracy of fluid simulations in complex geometries, our research using hybrid quantum models contributes to the development of more efficient and reliable fluid dynamics solvers.

Serge Rainjonneau, Igor Tokarev, Sergei Iudin et al.

Earth imaging satellites are a crucial part of our everyday lives that enable global tracking of industrial activities. Use cases span many applications, from weather forecasting to digital maps, carbon footprint tracking, and vegetation monitoring. However, there are limitations; satellites are difficult to manufacture, expensive to maintain, and tricky to launch into orbit. Therefore, satellites must be employed efficiently. This poses a challenge known as the satellite mission planning problem, which could be computationally prohibitive to solve on large scales. However, close-to-optimal algorithms, such as greedy reinforcement learning and optimization algorithms, can often provide satisfactory resolutions. This paper introduces a set of quantum algorithms to solve the mission planning problem and demonstrate an advantage over the classical algorithms implemented thus far. The problem is formulated as maximizing the number of high-priority tasks completed on real datasets containing thousands of tasks and multiple satellites. This work demonstrates that through solution-chaining and clustering, optimization and machine learning algorithms offer the greatest potential for optimal solutions. This paper notably illustrates that a hybridized quantum-enhanced reinforcement learning agent can achieve a completion percentage of 98.5% over high-priority tasks, significantly improving over the baseline greedy methods with a completion rate of 75.8%. The results presented in this work pave the way to quantum-enabled solutions in the space industry and, more generally, future mission planning problems across industries.

Asel Sagingalieva, Stefan Komornyik, Arsenii Senokosov et al.

Accurate forecasting of photovoltaic power is essential for reliable grid integration, yet remains difficult due to highly variable irradiance, complex meteorological drivers, site geography, and device-specific behavior. Although contemporary machine learning has achieved successes, it is not clear that these approaches are optimal: new model classes may further enhance performance and data efficiency. We investigate hybrid quantum neural networks for time-series forecasting of photovoltaic power and introduce two architectures. The first, a Hybrid Quantum Long Short-Term Memory model, reduces mean absolute error and mean squared error by more than 40% relative to the strongest baselines evaluated. The second, a Hybrid Quantum Sequence-to-Sequence model, once trained, it predicts power for arbitrary forecast horizons without requiring prior meteorological inputs and achieves a 16% lower mean absolute error than the best baseline on this task. Both hybrid models maintain superior accuracy when training data are limited, indicating improved data efficiency. These results show that hybrid quantum models address key challenges in photovoltaic power forecasting and offer a practical route to more reliable, data-efficient energy predictions.

Nayoung Lee, Minsoo Shin, Asel Sagingalieva et al.

Accurate prediction and stabilization of blast furnace temperatures are crucial for optimizing the efficiency and productivity of steel production. Traditional methods often struggle with the complex and non-linear nature of the temperature fluctuations within blast furnaces. This paper proposes a novel approach that combines hybrid quantum machine learning with pulverized coal injection control to address these challenges. By integrating classical machine learning techniques with quantum computing algorithms, we aim to enhance predictive accuracy and achieve more stable temperature control. For this we utilized a unique prediction-based optimization method. Our method leverages quantum-enhanced feature space exploration and the robustness of classical regression models to forecast temperature variations and optimize pulverized coal injection values. Our results demonstrate a significant improvement in prediction accuracy over 25 percent and our solution improved temperature stability to +-7.6 degrees of target range from the earlier variance of +-50 degrees, highlighting the potential of hybrid quantum machine learning models in industrial steel production applications.