Enhancing Gradient Variance and Differential Privacy in Quantum Federated Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05377v1
• Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:29:52 GMT
• Title: Enhancing Gradient Variance and Differential Privacy in Quantum Federated Learning
• Authors: Duc-Thien Phan, Minh-Duong Nguyen, Quoc-Viet Pham, Huilong Pi,
• Abstract summary: Quantum Neural Network (QNN) as the local model has recently confronted notable challenges.<n>We propose a new QFL technique that incorporates differential privacy and introduces a dedicated noise estimation strategy.<n>We show that our algorithm effectively balances convergence, reduces communication costs, and mitigates the adverse effects of intermediate quantum noise.
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• Abstract: Upon integrating Quantum Neural Network (QNN) as the local model, Quantum Federated Learning (QFL) has recently confronted notable challenges. Firstly, exploration is hindered over sharp minima, decreasing learning performance. Secondly, the steady gradient descent results in more stable and predictable model transmissions over wireless channels, making the model more susceptible to attacks from adversarial entities. Additionally, the local QFL model is vulnerable to noise produced by the quantum device's intermediate noise states, since it requires the use of quantum gates and circuits for training. This local noise becomes intertwined with learning parameters during training, impairing model precision and convergence rate. To address these issues, we propose a new QFL technique that incorporates differential privacy and introduces a dedicated noise estimation strategy to quantify and mitigate the impact of intermediate quantum noise. Furthermore, we design an adaptive noise generation scheme to alleviate privacy threats associated with the vanishing gradient variance phenomenon of QNN and enhance robustness against device noise. Experimental results demonstrate that our algorithm effectively balances convergence, reduces communication costs, and mitigates the adverse effects of intermediate quantum noise while maintaining strong privacy protection. Using real-world datasets, we achieved test accuracy of up to 98.47\% for the MNIST dataset and 83.85\% for the CIFAR-10 dataset while maintaining fast execution times.

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