6–11 Dec 2026
Stellenbosch University
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Covert Quantum Learning: Privately and Verifiably Learning from Quantum Data

7 Dec 2026, 14:30
20m
Jan Mouton Learning Centre (Stellenbosch University)

Jan Mouton Learning Centre

Stellenbosch University

Speakers

Abhishek Anand (Caltech) Ari Karchmer (Morgan Stanley) Matthias C Caro (University of Warwick) Saachi Mutreja (Columbia University)

Description

Quantum learning from remotely accessed quantum compute and data must address two key challenges: verifying the correctness of data (verifiability) and ensuring the privacy of the learner’s conclusions (covertness). Inspired by the classical covert (verifiable) learning model of Canetti and Karchmer (TCC 2021), we propose the first models of covert verifiable learning in quantum learning theory and realize them without computational hardness assumptions for remote data access scenarios motivated by established quantum data advantages. Namely, we design covert algorithms for:

(1) learning quadratic functions from public quantum examples and private quantum statistical queries;

(2) Pauli shadow tomography and stabilizer state learning from public multi-copy and private single-copy quantum measurements;

(3) verifiably solving Forrelation and Simon's problem from public quantum queries and private classical queries when the adversary is an i.i.d. ancilla-free eavesdropper.

Our models and corresponding algorithms demonstrate that important, large quantum advantages in learning are privately and verifiably achievable even with untrusted, remote data.

Topic Theoretical foundations of quantum learning
Additional Topic Quantum state reconstruction from data

Authors

Abhishek Anand (Caltech) Ari Karchmer (Morgan Stanley) Matthias C Caro (University of Warwick) Saachi Mutreja (Columbia University)

Presentation materials