This talk provides an introduction to quantum computing and how it may be deployed to study the human brain and its diseases of pathology and aging. Refined to its present state over centuries, the brain is one of the most complex systems known, with 86 billion neurons and 242 trillion synapses connected in intricate patterns and rewired by synaptic plasticity. Research continues to illuminate the mysteries of the brain. Quantum computing provides a more capacious architecture with greater scalability and energy efficiency than current methods of classical computing and supercomputing, and more naturally corresponds to the three-dimensional structure of atomic reality. The vision for quantum neuroscience is to model the nature of the brain exactly as it is, in three-dimensional atomically-accurate representations. Neuroscience (particularly genetic disease modeling, connectomics, and synaptomics) could be the “killer application” of quantum computing. Implementations in other industries are also important, including in quantum finance, quantum cryptography using Shor’s factoring algorithm (“the Y2K of Crypto”), Grover’s search, quantum chemistry, eigensolvers, quantum machine learning, and continuous-time quantum walks. Quantum computing is a high-profile worldwide scientific endeavor with platforms currently available via cloud services (IBM Q 27-qubit, IonQ 32-qubit, Rigetti 19Q Acorn) and is in the process of being applied in various industries including computational neuroscience.
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Quantum Neuroscience: CRISPR for Alzheimer’s, Connectomes & Quantum BCIs
1. Quantum Neuroscience
CRISPR for Alzheimer’s, Connectomes & Quantum BCIs
Houston TX, August 24, 2021
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“Biology will be the leading science
for the next hundred years” –
Physicist Freeman Dyson, 1996
M. Swan, MBA, PhD
Quantum Technologies
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Quantum Neuroscience
Quantum Neuroscience
Quantum neuroscience: application of quantum
information science methods to computational
neuroscience problems
EEG wave-based analysis
Quantum biology state modeling
Neuroscience physics
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Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World
Scientific. https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/q0313.
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The brain is the killer app of quantum computing –
the outer limits case defining the requirements of the medium
No other system is as complex and in need of resolving the
pathologies of disease and aging
As successive waves of industries become digitized in the
information technology revolution (1) news, media,
entertainment, stock trading; (2) money, finance, law
(blockchains); and (3) now all biotech and matter-based
industries; the brain as a frontier comes into view
Quantum computing is finally a computational platform
adequate to the scale and complexity of modeling the brain
Thesis
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Levels of Organization in the Brain
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Complex behavior
spanning nine orders of
magnitude scale tiers
Level Size (decimal) Size (m) Size (m)
1 Nervous system 1 > 1 m 100
2 Subsystem 0.1 10 cm 10-1
3 Neural network 0.01 1 cm 10-2
4 Microcircuit 0.001 1 nm 10-3
5 Neuron 0.000 1 100 μm 10-4
6 Dendritic arbor 0.000 01 10 μm 10-5
7 Synapse 0.000 001 1 μm 10-6
8 Signaling pathway 0.000 000 001 1 nm 10-9
9 Ion channel 0.000 000 000 001 1 pm 10-12
Sources: Sterratt, D., Graham, B., Gillies, A., & Willshaw, D. (2011). Principles of Computational Modelling in Neuroscience.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ch. 9:226-66. Sejnowski, T.J. (2020). The unreasonable effectiveness of deep
learning in artificial intelligence. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 117(48):30033-38.
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Quantum BCI within Reach
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Advancing quantum computational capacity
suggests whole-brain modeling
Quantum BCIs
Personalized connectome, memory chip, genomic errors
remediation, enhancement, two-way communication
Level Estimated Size
1 Neurons 86 x 109 86,000,000,000
2 Glia 85 x 109 85,000,000,000
3 Synapses 2 x 1014 242,000,000,000,000
4 Avogadro’s number 6 x 1023 602,214,076,000,000,000,000,000
5 19 Qubits (Rigetti-available) 219 524,288
6 27 Qubits (IBM-available) 227 134,217,728
7 53 Qubits (Google-research) 253 9,007,199,254,740,990
8 79 Qubits (needed at CERN LHC) 279 604,462,909,807,315,000,000,000
BCI: brain-computer interface (computer that can speak directly to the brain)
Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World
Scientific.
Neural Entities and Quantum Computation
Quantum BCI
Not “big numbers” in terms of
what is available via cloud
services quantum computing
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Neural Signaling
Image Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
NEURON: Standard computational neuroscience modeling software
Scale Number Size Size (m) NEURON Microscopy
1 Neuron 86 bn 100 μm 10-4 ODE Electron
2 Synapse 242 tn 1 μm 10-6 ODE Electron/Light field
3 Signaling pathway unknown 1 nm 10-9 PDE Light sheet
4 Ion channel unknown 1 pm 10-12 PDE Light sheet
Electrical-Chemical Signaling
Math: PDE (Partial Differential
Equation: multiple unknowns)
Electrical Signaling (Axon) Math:
ODE (Ordinary Differential
Equation: one unknown)
1. Synaptic Integration:
Aggregating thousands
of incoming spikes
from dendrites and
other neurons
2. Electrical-Chemical
Signaling:
Incorporating neuron-
glia interactions at the
molecular scale
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Implicated in neuropathologies of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, stroke, cancer
Synaptic Integration
Math: PDE (Partial Differential
Equation: multiple unknowns)
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Connectome
Fruit fly completed in 2018
Worm to mouse:
10-million-fold increase in
brain volume
Brain volume: cubic microns
(represented by 1 cm distance)
Quantum computing technology-driven inflection point
needed (as with human genome sequencing in 2001)
1 zettabyte storage capacity per human connectome required
vs 59 zettabytes of total data generated worldwide in 2020
Sources: Abbott, L.F., Bock, D.D., Callaway, E.M. et al. (2020). The Mind of a Mouse. Cell. 182(6):1372-76. Lichtman, J.W., Pfister,
H. & Shavit, N. (2014). The big data challenges of connectomics. Nat Neurosci. 17(11):1448-54. Reinsel, D. (2020). IDC Report:
Worldwide Global DataSphere Forecast, 2020-2024: The COVID-19 Data Bump and the Future of Data Growth (Doc US44797920).
Neurons Synapses Ratio Volume Complete
Worm 302 7,500 25 5 x 104 1992
Fly 100,000 10,000,000 100 5 x 107 2018
Mouse 71,000,000 100,000,000,000 1,408 5 x 1011 NA
Human 86,000,000,000 242,000,000,000,000 2,814 5 x 1014 NA
Connectome: map of synaptic connections
between neurons (wiring diagram), but
structure does not equal function
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Smart Network Thesis
Quantum Information Revolution
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1990-2020
• News, media, entertainment, stock trading, mortgage finance, credit
2010-2050e
• Cryptographic assets: blockchain-based cryptocurrencies and smart
contracts: digitization of money, economics, finance, legal agreements
2020-2050e
• All remaining industries: biology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agriculture,
building materials, construction, automotive, transportation, energy
• The information-based transition of all industries to digital network instantiation
• Automation: orders-of-magnitude better-than-human precision (surgery, robotics, driving)
• Next phases: solve entirely new problem classes
• Aim: Kardashev-plus society marshalling all tangible and intangible resources
Digitization (information technologies)
Optical Networks
1960-2020
• Fiberoptic wiring of the planet
2020-2050e
• Quantum networks, real-time ultra-secure global networks for
quantum communication, computation, and sensing
Source: Swan, M., dos Santos, R.P. & Witte, F. (2020). Quantum Computing: Physics, Blockchains, and Deep Learning Smart
Networks. London: World Scientific.
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Kardashev Type I Culture
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Planetary-scale technologies
Coordinating at the level of the planet
ICT technologies (planetary-scale communication)
Telegraph, telephony, internet, SMS (basic connectivity)
Quantum internet (ultra-secure ultra-fast communication)
Economic technologies (blockchains)
Cryptocurrencies (planetary-scale economic system (t=0))
Smart contracts (planetary-scale financial system (t>0))
Cryptographic assets (planetary-scale deployment of value)
NFT genome (Oasis Network), pharma (MediLedger) blockchains
Coin communities (planetary-scale democracy)
Bio-cryptoeconomies (whole-brain smart network quantum BCIs)
NFT: non-fungible token (unique digital entity) Sources: Kaku, M. (2018). The Future of Humanity. New York: Doubleday. (p.
250). Swan, M. (2019). Blockchain Economics; (2019). Blockchain Economic Networks; (2020). Black Hole Zero-Knowledge
Proofs; (forthcoming) Technophysics, Smart Health Networks, and the Bio-cryptoeconomy.
https://hitconsultant.net/2021/05/27/nebula-genomics-launches-worlds-first-genomic-nft-blockchain/
Civilization Energy Marshalling Energy Consumption
Type I: Planetary Civilization Use all sunlight energy reaching the planet 1026 W ≈4×1019 erg/sec (4×1012 watts)
Type II: Stellar Civilization Use all the energy produced by the sun 1016 W ≈4×1033 erg/sec (4×1026 watts) Luminosity of the Sun
Type III: Galactic Civilization Use the energy of the entire galaxy 1036 W ≈4×1044 erg/sec (4×1037 watts) Luminosity of the Milky Way
Individuals
control and
monetize their
data with health
blockchains
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Accelerating Change
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The Law of Accelerating Returns
The rate of change of various systems (technology
and otherwise) tends to increase exponentially
(related) The mass use of inventions
Years until an invention is used by a quarter of the population
Smartphones much faster adoption than personal computers
Disruptive technology: a technology that transforms life in an
abrupt, step-changing, and overarching way
Sources: Kurzweil, R. (1999). The Age of Spiritual Machines. New York: Viking. Kurzweil, R. (2001). The Law of Accelerating
Returns. http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-law-of-accelerating-returns.
Post-biological intelligence
evolutionary journey
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Recursive Accelerating Change
The Law of Accelerating Returns, 1999, 2016
Infotech tools themselves constitute a special class of
method that self-improves in recursive acceleration loops
Leads to the creation of core infrastructural technologies
Machine learning (deep generative learning, transformer nets)
AdS/CFT, entanglement entropy, SYK model, OTOCs, scrambling
Quantum error correction, stabilizer codes, non-Clifford gates
Blockchains, smart contracts, zero-knowledge computational proofs
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Sources: Jurvetson, S. (2016). Moore’s Law update of Kurzweil’s graph. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/31409423572/.
Swan, M., dos Santos, R.P. & Witte, F. (2020). Quantum Computing: Physics, Blockchains, and Deep Learning Smart Networks.
London: World Scientific. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342184205_Black_Hole_Zero-Knowledge_Proofs
Recursive Accelerating Change, 2021
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Leapfrog mindset: not just new tools, new problems
Tech innovation so rapid that the problem is not the problem
No data? machine learning generates
Unknown distribution? machine learning algorithm finds it
Scale renormalization? tensor networks provide as a feature
Implication: forward-innovation by inventing according to
where the technology is going and by seeing how quickly
problem definitions are changing
Continued application
of existing tools and
methods
Advent of new tools
and methods
Result: Technology-assisted Innovation
Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World
Scientific.
Advance in two dimensions
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Agenda
Quantum Computing and the Brain
Quantum Information Techniques
Quantum Neuroscience Applications
1. Waves: EEG, fMRI, CT, PET integration
2. Quantum Biology
Superpositioned Data and Operator Technology
3. Neuroscience Physics
AdS/Brain (AdS/CFT Holographic Neuroscience)
Neuronal Gauge Theory
General Relativity of the Brain: Entropy = Energy
Black Hole Superconducting Condensates and Scalar Hair
Random Tensors (High-dimensional Indexing Technology)
Conclusion, Risks, and Future Implications
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Why Quantum?
Quantum computing provides a more capacious
architecture with greater scalability and energy
efficiency than current methods of classical computing
and supercomputing, and more naturally corresponds
to the three-dimensional structure of atomic reality
Source: Feynman, R.P. (1982) Simulating physics with computers. Int J Theor Phys. 21(6):467-88.
Scalability
Test more permutations (2n) than classically
Find hidden correlations in systems
Entanglement modeling
Model 3D phenomena natively
Feynman: universal quantum simulation
Math: we have more math than we can solve
And need new math for new problem classes
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Quantum Scalability
Quantum computers
Hold all combinations of a problem
in superposition simultaneously
10 quantum bits hold 1,024 (210)
different numbers simultaneously
Process all possible solutions
simultaneously
Classical computers
Hold one data permutation at a time
Process sequentially
Source: Hensinger, W.K. (2018). Quantum Computing. In Al-Khalili, J. Ed. What the Future Looks Like. New York: The Experiment.
Pp. 133-43. (p 138) 14
Bloch sphere: particle
movement in X, Y, Z directions
Bloch sphere: the qubit’s Hilbert space
Hilbert space: generalization of Euclidean
space to infinite-dimensional space (the
vector space of all possible wavefunctions)
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Wavefunction
The wavefunction (Ψ) (psi “sigh”)
The fundamental object in
quantum physics
Complex-valued probability
amplitude (with real and
imaginary wave-shaped
components) [intractable]
Contains all the information of
a quantum state
For single particle, complex
molecule, or many-body
system (multiple entities)
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Source: Carleo, G. & Troyer, M. (2017). Solving the Quantum Many-Body Problem with Artificial Neural Networks. Science.
355(6325):602-26.
Ψ = the wavefunction that
describes a specific wave
EΨ(r) = -ћ2/2m ∇2 Ψ(r) + V(r)Ψ(r)
Total Energy = Kinetic Energy + Potential Energy
Schrödinger wave equation
Schrödinger equation
Measures positions or speeds (momenta)
of complete system configurations
Wavefunction: description of
the quantum state of a system
Wave Packet
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What is Quantum Computing?
Quantum computing is the use of engineered quantum
systems to perform computation: physical systems
comprised of quantum objects (atoms, ions, photons)
manipulated through configurations of logic gates
Quantum platforms available via cloud services
IBM Q 27-qubit, IonQ 32-qubit, Rigetti 19Q Acorn
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D-Wave Systems
Quantum
annealing
machine
IBM/Rigetti
Quantum
processor
(superconducting
circuits)
IonQ ion trap
Rydberg arrays
Cold atom arrays
Neutral atoms
GBS
Optical platforms
High-dimensionality (3+)
Quantum
Computing
Platforms
GBS: Gaussian Boson Sampling: method for sampling bosons using squeezed light states (classically hard-to-solve)
Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World
Scientific.
IBM: systems online
https://quantum-computing.ibm.com/services?services=systems
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Quantum Scale: 10-9 to 10-15 m
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“Quantum” = anything at the scale of
Atoms (Nano 10-9)
Ions and photons (Pico 10-12)
Subatomic particles (Femto 10-15)
Nanotechnology is already “quantum”
Scale Entities Special Properties
1 1 x 101 m Meter Humans
2 1 x 10-9 m Nanometer Atoms Van Der Wals force, surface area tension, melting
point, magnetism, fluorescence, conductivity
3 1 x 10-12 m Picometer Ions, photons Superposition, entanglement, interference, entropy
(UV-IR correlations), renormalization, thermality,
symmetry, scrambling, chaos, quantum probability
4 1 x 10-15 m Femtometer Subatomic
particles
Strong force (QCD), plasma, gauge theory
5 1 x 10-35 m Planck scale Planck length
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Primary
Quantum Properties
Superposition
An unobserved particle exists in all possible states
simultaneously, but collapses to only one state
when measured
Entanglement (used in quantum teleportation)
Physical attributes are correlated between a pair or
group of particles (position, momentum, polarization,
spin), even when separated by large distance
“Heads-tails” relationship: if one particle is in a spin-up
state, the other is in a spin-down state
Interference
Wavefunction amplitudes reinforce or cancel each
other out (cohering or decohering)
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Image Credit: Sandia National Laboratories
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Full Slate of
Quantum Properties obtained “for free”
Superposition, Entanglement, and Interference
Wavefunctions computed with density matrices & the Born rule
Quantum probability: find distribution & generate data
Heisenberg uncertainty: position-momentum, energy-time
Entropy (# subsystem microstates & interrelatedness)
UV-IR correlations, topological entanglement entropy
Scale renormalization (renormalization group flow)
Symmetry: gauge-invariant ordering properties
Information scrambling: chaotic vs diffusive spread
Thermality: temperature-based phase transition
Energy levels (ground state, excited state)
Lattices: 3+ dimensional spacetimes
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Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World
Scientific.
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Quantum Uncertainty Relations
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Trade-off between conjugate variables: the more that is known
about position, the less that can be known about momentum
Position-momentum
Energy-time(frequency)
Entropic uncertainty (entropy = measure of uncertainty in a system)
Stronger & easy-to-compute form of Heisenberg uncertainty
Lower bound of Heisenberg uncertainty (Holevo is upper bound)
Min-entropy measures the uniformity in the distribution of a random
variable (as a lower bound of the sum of entropies comprised by the
temporal and spectral Shannon entropies or (equivalently) as the
quantum generalization of conditional Rényi entropies)
The lower the min-entropy, the higher the certainty of the
system producing a certain outcome
Apps: unbreakable cryptography, faster search, certified deletion
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Sources: Halpern, N.Y., Bartolotta, B. & Pollack, J. (2019). Entropic uncertainty relations for quantum information scrambling. Nat
Comm Phys. 2(92). Broadbent, A. and Islam, R. (2020). Quantum encryption with certified deletion. arXiv:1910.03551v3.
Uncertainty Tech
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Entropy, Entanglement, UV-IR Correlations
Entropy: # microstates of a system
2nd law of thermodynamics: total entropy of
an isolated system cannot decrease over time
# of microscopic arrangements of a system
# air particle configurations all leading to room temperature of 72°F
Minimum # of bits (qubits) to send a message (information-noise)
Entanglement: correlated properties of quantum particles
Entanglement entropy: system interrelatedness
Measure with UV-IR correlations
The degree of interconnectedness of subsystems in a system
Structure emerges from the correlations between quantum
subsystems: time, space, gravity
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UV: ultraviolet, IR: infrared. Source: Horodecki, M., Oppenheim, J. & Winter, A. (2007). Quantum state merging and negative information.
Commun Math Phys. 269(1):107-36.
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UV-IR Correlations and Information
High-energy (UV) and low-energy (IR) phases
Sun: high-energy rays (UV) harmful, low-energy (IR) not
Complex systems have UV-IR correlations
Video: more near-term change (UV) in frame-to-frame action
than longer-range change (IR) in characters, overall setting
Implication: streaming protocols use UV-IR correlations in
information compression algorithms to send data efficiently
Quantum modeling
Extract UV-IR correlations (even in classical systems)
Measure with sphere-based techniques (geodesics)
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Geodesic: shortest-length
line on a sphere (curve)
UV-IR: near and far-range
correlations in a system
UV: ultraviolet, IR: infrared. Source: Czech, B., Hayden, P., Lashkari, N. & Swingle, B. (2015). The Information Theoretic
Interpretation of the Length of a Curve. J High Energ Phys. 06(157).
Entanglement Tech
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Qubit Encoding
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Sources: Flamini, F., Spagnolo, N. & Sciarrino, F. (2018). Photonic quantum information processing: a review. Rep Prog Phys.
82(016001). Erhard, M., Fickler, R., Krenn, M. & Zeilinger, A. (2018). Twisted photons: new quantum perspectives in high
dimensions. Light Sci. Appl. 7(17146).
System Quantity Qubit (One-Zero)
1 Electrons Spin Up/Down
Charge 0/1 Electrons
2 Josephson junction Charge 0/1 Cooper pair
Current Clockwise/Counter-clockwise
Energy Ground/Excited state
3 Single photon Spin angular momentum (polarization) H/V, L/R, Diagonals
Orbital angular momentum (spatial modes) Left/Right
Waveguide propagation path 0/1 Photons
Time-bin, Frequency-bin Early/Late arrival bins
4 Optical lattice Spin Up/Down
5 Quantum dot Spin Up/Down
6 Nuclear spin Spin Up/Down
7 Majorana fermions Topology Braiding
Photon orbital angular momentum (OAM)
Two-tier physical system
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Photonics Revolution: SDM
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Multiplexing: write (modulate)
information onto light
Time (TDM)
Wave (WDM) – forward-space
Space (SDM) – transverse-space
Sideways and length-ways
transmission over optical fibers
(Lynn E. Johnson, AT&T Labs)
Source: Richardson, D.J., Fini, J.M. & Nelson, L.E. (2013). Space-division multiplexing in optical fibers. Nat Photon. 7:354-62.
Domain Multiplexing Method Modulation Mode Year
1 Time TDM
Time-division multiplexing
Time synchronization between the
sender and the receiver
1880s
2 Wave WDM
Wave-division multiplexing
Multiplex onto forward direction of
wave movement
1990
3 Space SDM
Space-division multiplexing
Multiplex onto transverse forward
direction of wave movement
2013
Moore’s Law for Multiplexing Information
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Bits vs. Qubits (Qudits)
High-dimensionality needed to solve new problem
classes, which suggests photonics and qudits
Qudits: quantum information digits that can exist in
more than two states
A qubit exists in a superposition of 0 and 1 before being
collapsed to a measurement at the end of the computation
A qutrit exists in the 0, 1, and 2 states until collapsed for
measurement (triplet is useful for quantum error correction)
7 and 10 qudit systems tested, 4 optical qudits achieved the
processing power of 20 qubits
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Source: Imany, P., Jaramillo-Villegas, J.A. & Alshaykh, M.S. (2019). High-dimensional optical quantum logic in large operational
spaces. npj Quantum Information. 5(59):1-10.
Error correction:
Qutrit stabilizer code on a torus
Quantum System
(complex-valued qubits
on a Bloch sphere)
Classical System
(0/1 bits)
Wheeler Progression: It from Bit -> It from Qubit -> It from Qudit
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Quantum Algorithms (quadratic speedup)
Shor’s Algorithm (factoring)
Period-finding function with a quantum Fourier transform
A classical discrete Fourier transform applied to the vector
amplitudes of a quantum state (vs general number field sieve)
Grover’s Algorithm (search)
Find a register in an unordered database
(only √N queries vs all N entries or at least half classically)
VQE: variational quantum eigensolvers (quantum chemistry)
Finds the eigenvalues of a matrix (Peruzzo, 2014)
QAOA: quantum approximate optimization algorithm
Combinatorial optimization (Farhi, 2014)
QAOA: quantum alternating operator ansatz (guess)
Alternating Hamiltonians (cost-mixing) model (Hadfield, 2021)
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Quantum Math Tech
Status: rewrite computational algorithms to take advantage of known quantum speedups
(in processing linear algebra routines, Fourier transforms, and other optimization tasks)
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Chip Progression: CPU-GPU-TPU-QPU
Graphics processing units (GPUs)
Train machine learning networks 10-20x
faster than CPUs
Tensor processing units (TPUs)
Direct flow-through of matrix multiplications
without having to store interim values in memory
Quantum processing units (QPUs)
Solve problems quadratically (polynomially) faster than CPUs
via quantum properties of superposition and entanglement
CPU
Sources: Vescovi et al . (2017) Radiography registration for mosaic tomography. J Synchrotron Radiat. 24:686-94. LeCun, Y.,
Bengio, Y. & Hinton, G. (2015) Deep Learning. Nature. 521(7553):436-44. P. 439. Wang, Y.E., Wei, G.-Y. & Brooks, D. (2019)
Benchmarking TPU, GPU, and CPU Platforms for Deep Learning. arXiv:1907.10701.
GPU TPU QPU
Peak teraFLOPs in 2019 benchmarking analysis
2 125 420
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Computing Architectures
Classical-supercomputer supplanted by quantum and
neuromorphic computing (spiking neural network)
Source: Neurommorphic SNNs: Boahen, K. (2014). Neurogrid: A Mixed-Analog-Digital Multichip System for Large-Scale Neural
Simulations. Proc IEEE. 102(5):699-716.
Classical
Computing
Supercomputing
Traditional Von Neumann architectures Beyond Moore‘s Law architectures
Neuromorphic
Spiking
Neural Networks
Quantum
Computing
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2500 BC
Abacus
20th Century
Classical
21st Century
Quantum
Classical:Quantum
as
Abacus:Logarithm
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Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
Copenhagen interpretation: widely-accepted idea of the
probabilistic nature of reality (Bohr-Heisenberg, 1925-27)
Particles exist in a superposition of all possible states, only the
probability distribution can be predicted ahead of time, before the
particle wavefunction is collapsed in a measurement
Einstein interpretation (EPR) (1935):
(“God does not play dice”) rejects probability in favor of causality
No “spooky action at a distance” since faster-than-light travel is
impossible, but entanglement (Bell pairs) now proven as the
explanation for how remote particles influence each other
Everett many-worlds interpretation (1956)
All possibilities described by quantum theory occur simultaneously
in a multiverse composed of independent parallel universes
EPR: Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox
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Source: Alagic et al. (2019). Status Report on the First Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process.
NISTIR 8240.
“Y2K of crypto” problem
Quantum computing threatens existing
global cryptographic infrastructure
Online banking, email, blockchains
Solution
Migrate to quantum-secure algorithms
In development to be available
as early as 2022 (US NIST)
Mathematical shift
From factoring (number theory)
To methods based on lattices (group theory)
First-line application
Satellite-based quantum key distribution
Quantum Computing industries go mainstream
Quantum Cryptography
Quantum Key Distribution
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Quantum Computing industries go mainstream
Quantum Finance and Econophysics
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VaR: Value at Risk a quantile of the loss distribution (a widely used risk metric); conditional VaR
POVM: positive operator valued measure; RKHS: reproducing kernel Hilbert space
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Ref Application Area Project Quantum Method Classical Method Platform
1 Portfolio optimization S&P 500 subset time-
series pricing data
Born machine
(represent probability
distributions using the
Born amplitudes of the
wavefunction)
RBM (shallow two-
layer neural
networks)
Simulation of
quantum circuit
Born machine
(QCBM) on ion-trap
2 Risk analysis Vanilla, multi-asset,
barrier options
Quantum amplitude
estimation
Monte Carlo
methods
IBM Q Tokyo 20-
qubit device
3 Risk analysis (VaR and
cVaR)
T-bill risk per interest
rate increase
Quantum amplitude
estimation
Monte Carlo
methods
IBM Q 5 and IBM Q
20 (5 & 20-qubits)
4 Risk management and
derivatives pricing
Convex & combinatorial
optimization
Quantum Monte Carlo
methods
Monte Carlo
methods
D-Wave (quantum
annealing machine)
5 Asset pricing and
market dynamics
Price-energy
relationship in
Schrödinger
wavefunctions
Anharmonic oscillators Simple harmonic
oscillators
Simulation, open
platform
6 Large dataset
classification (trade
identification)
Non-linear kernels: fast
evaluation of radial
kernels via POVM
Quantum kernel learning
(via RKHS property of
SVMs arising from
coherent states)
Classical SVMs
(support vector
machines)
Quantum optical
coherent states
Quantum finance: quantum algorithms for portfolio optimization,
risk management, option pricing, and trade identification
Model markets with physics: wavefunctions, gas, Brownian motion
Chern-Simons
topological
invariants
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Quantum Finance (references)
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Quantum Models in Machine Learning: Insights from a Finance Application. Mach
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2. Stamatopoulos, N., Egger, D.J., Sun, Y. et al. (2020). Option pricing using
quantum computers. Quantum. 4(291). arXiv:1905.02666v5.
3. Woerner, S. & Egger, D.J. (2019). Quantum risk analysis. npj Quantum
Information. 5(15). arXiv:1806.06893v1.
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quantum finance. arXiv:2011.06492v1.
5. Lee, R.S.T. (2020). Quantum Finance: Intelligent Forecast and Trading Systems.
Singapore: Springer.
6. Chatterjee, R. & Yu, T. (2017). Generalized Coherent States, Reproducing
Kernels, and Quantum Support Vector Machines. Quantum Information and
Communication. 17(1292). arXiv:1612.03713v2.
Evaluating payoff function
Quantum amplitude estimation circuit for option pricing
Source: Stamatopoulos (2020).
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Quantum Computing industries go mainstream
Quantum Biology
Quantum biology: study of quantum processes used in
the natural world (photosynthesis, magnetic navigation, DNA)
Bohr, Light and Life, Copenhagen, 1932
Delbruck, Genetics as an information science, 1937
Schrödinger, What is Life?, 1944
Genes seem to be an aperiodic crystal: an arrangement of atoms
that is specific not random, but not regularly repeating as a crystal
Biology occurs at the quantum mechanical scale of molecules
and obeys quantum mechanical laws
Special role of quantum effects in biology: debated
Proliferation in fields of Quantum Biology
Quantum Neuroscience, Quantum Pharmacometrics,
Quantum Chemistry, Quantum Proteomics
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Source: Ball, P. (2011). The dawn of quantum biology. Nature. 474:272-74.
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Higher-order Cognitive Processes: Learning, Attention, Memory
Quantum Consciousness Hypothesis
The brain obeys quantum mechanics, but
there are no special quantum effects
operating in the substrate of the brain to
produce consciousness
The brain is too big and too warm (Koch), and
has short decoherence timescales (Tegmark)
Quantum neuroscience is inspired by the
mathematical structure of quantum
mechanics, not that there is something
quantum-like taking place in the brain
In any case, the first step is enumerating the
underlying physical processes of the brain
(neural signaling) as the building blocks of
higher-order behavior
Consciousness
cannot be explained
by classical
mechanics and
quantum effects such
as entanglement and
superposition might
be involved
(Penrose, Hameroff)
Argument: Refutation (strongly supported):
Sources: Koch, C. & Hepp, K. (2006). Quantum Mechanics in the Brain. Nature. 440(30):611-12. Tegmark, M. (2000). The
importance of quantum decoherence in brain processes. Phys Rev E. 61(4):4194. Ball, P. (2011). The dawn of quantum biology.
Nature. 474:272-74. 34
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Agenda
Quantum Computing and the Brain
Quantum Information Techniques
Quantum Neuroscience Applications
1. Waves: EEG, fMRI, CT, PET integration
2. Quantum Biology
Superpositioned Data and Operator Technology
3. Neuroscience Physics
AdS/Brain (AdS/CFT Holographic Neuroscience)
Neuronal Gauge Theory
General Relativity of the Brain: Entropy = Energy
Black Hole Superconducting Condensates and Scalar Hair
Random Tensors (High-dimensional Indexing Technology)
Conclusion, Risks, and Future Implications
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Level 1 Quantum Neuroscience Apps
Waves (quantum mechanics implicated)
Electrical: action potential, dendritic spikes
Calcium: astrocyte signaling, neurotransmitters
EEG, fMRI, CT, PET scan wavefunction data
1. Neural dynamics: integrate EEG-fMRI multiscalar spacetime
and dynamics regimes (Breakspear)
2. Signal synchrony (diverse distances) (Nunez)
3. Quantum algorithms for MRI, CT, PET data processing (Lloyd)
4. EEG wavefunction modeling with Quantum Machine Learning
Quantum circuits for EEG machine learning
CNNs (Aishwarya), wavelet RNNs (Taha)
Parkinson’s treatment: 794 features 21 EEG channels (Koch)
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QML: Quantum Machine Learning
CNN: convolutional neural network, RNN: recurrent neural network (sequential data analysis)
WAVES
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EEG and Neural Dynamics Regimes
Integrate EEG and fMRI data at various
spatiotemporal scales and dynamics regimes
Epileptic seizure: chaotic dynamics (straightforward)
Resting state: instability-bifurcation dynamics (system
organizing parameter interrupted by countersignal)
Neural dynamics regimes vary by scale
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Scale Dynamics Formulations
1 Single neuron Hodgkin-Huxley, integrate-and-fire, theta neurons
2 Local ensemble FitzHugh-Nagumo, Hindmarsh-Rose, Morris-Lecor
3 Population group
(neural mass)
Neural mass models (Jansen-Rit), mean-field (Wilson-Cowan),
tractography, oscillation, network models
4 Whole brain
(neural field theories)
Neural field models, Kuramoto oscillators, multistability-bifurcation,
directed percolation random graph phase transition, graph-based
oscillation, Floquet theory, Hopf bifurcation, beyond-Turing instability
Sources: Breakspear (2017). Papadopoulos, L., Lynn, C.W., Battaglia, D. & Bassett, D.S. (2020). Relations between large-scale
brain connectivity and effects of regional stimulation depend on collective dynamical state. PLoS Comput Biol. 16(9). Coombes, S.
(2005). Waves, bumps, and patterns in neural field theories. Biol Cybern. 93(2):91-108.
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Neural Dynamics: Complex Statistics
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Collective behavior of the brain generates
unrecognized statistical distributions
Neural ensemble: normal distribution (FPE) and
power law distribution (nonlinear FPE, fractional FPE)
Neural mass: Wilson-Cowan, Jansen-Rit, Floquet, ODE
Neural field theory: wavefunction, oscillation, bifurcation, PDE
FPE: Fokker-Planck equation: partial differential equation describing the time evolution of the probability density function of particle
velocity under the influence of drag forces; equivalent to the convection-diffusion equation in Brownian motion
Source: Breakspear, M. (2017). Dynamic models of large-scale brain activity. Nat Neurosci. 20:340-52.
Approach Description Statistical Distribution Neural Dynamics
1 Neural ensemble
models
Small groups of neurons,
uncorrelated states
Normal (Gaussian) Linear Fokker-Planck
equation (FPE)
2 Small groups of neurons,
correlated states
Non-Gaussian but
known (e.g. power law)
Nonlinear FPE,
Fractional FPE
3 Neural mass
models
Large-scale populations
of interacting neurons
Unrecognized Wilson-Cowan, Jansen-
Rit, Floquet model,
Glass networks, ODE
4 Neural field models
(whole brain)
Entire cortex as a
continuous sheet
Unrecognized Wavefunction, PDE,
Oscillation analysis
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Signal Synchrony
Synchrony as a bulk property of the brain
Synaptic signals arrive simultaneously but
travel different distances, so speeds must vary
Seamless coordination of diverse signals
Evidence: axon propagation speeds
Electrophysiological data recorded at multiple
spatial scales
Microscale current sources (produced by local
field potentials at membrane surfaces) modeled
in a macro-columnar structure, integrating
properties related to
Magnitude, distribution, synchrony
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Source: Nunez, P.L., Srinivasan, R. & Fields, R.D. (2015). EEG functional connectivity, axon delays and white matter disease. Clin
Neurophysiol. 126(1):110-20.
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Quantum Algorithms for MRI, CT, and PET
Reconstruct medical images captured in
MRI, CT, and PET scanners
Quantum algorithms for image
reconstruction with exponential speedup
compared to classical methods
Input data as quantum states
Image reconstruction algorithms
MRI: inverse Fourier transform (reconstruction
from k-space data (Fourier-transformed spatial
frequency data from kx, ky space))
CT & PET: inverse Radon transform & Fourier
Slice Theorem (reconstruction from a set of
projections or line integrals over a function)
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Source: Kiani, B.T., Villanyi, A. & Lloyd, S. (2020). Quantum Medical Imaging Algorithms. arXiv:2004.02036.
Fourier slice theorem: the 1D
Fourier transform of a projection
at angle theta is equivalent to a
slice of the original function’s 2D
Fourier transform at angle theta
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EEG Quantum Machine Learning
Quantum circuits for machine learning EEG data
Variational quantum classifiers (VQE), quantum
annealing, hybrid quantum-classical CNNs
Predict macroscale cognitive states
in standard decision-making dataset
Quantum wavelet neural networks (RNNs)
Parkinson’s disease practical target
Quantum machine learning classification
EEG data for Parkinson’s disease patients
Evaluate candidates for Deep Brain Stimulation
Extract 794 features from 21 EEG channels
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Sources: Aishwarya et al. (2020) Quantum Computational Techniques for Prediction of Cognitive State of Human Mind from EEG
Signals. J Quantum Comput. 2(4):157-70. Taha et al. (2018) EEG signals classification based on autoregressive and inherently
quantum recurrent neural network. Int J Comput Appl Technol. 58(4):340. Koch et al. (2019) Automated machine learning for EEG-
based classification of Parkinson’s disease patients. 2019 IEEE Intl Conf on Big Data (Big Data).
QML: Quantum Machine Learning
CNN: convolutional neural network, RNN: recurrent neural network (sequential data analysis)
Quantum circuit for
EEG data analysis
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Level 2 Quantum Neuroscience Apps
Quantum Biology state modeling
Superpositioned data and quantum probability
System evolution with operator technology
Ladder operators and quantum master equations
Biological quantum mathematics
p-adic scaling: more aggressive tumor growth scaling
based on p-adic numbers (Fermat’s last theorem proof)
Growth in p-adic number systems (p is prime): compute
complex-number differences between prime numbers, to
give more of an exponential than unitary scaling model
Environmental feedback loops in biological systems
Quantum version of Helmholtz sensation-perception theory:
a unitary operator describes the process of interaction
between the sensation and perception states
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Sources: Dragovich, B., Khrennikov, A.Y., Kozyrev, S.V. & Misic, N.Z. (2021) p-Adic mathematics and theoretical biology.
BioSystems. 201(104288). Basieva, I., Khrennikov, A. & Ozawa, M. (2021) Quantum-like modeling in biology with open quantum
systems and instruments. BioSystems. 201(104328).
DYNAMICS
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Evolve the Quantum System
Traditional approaches
Schrödinger and Heisenberg dynamics, but limited…
Heisenberg equation of motion: general approximation of
movement and does not include temperature
Thermality is an important quantum system attribute
(e.g. chaos, superconducting materials, black holes)
Schrödinger wavefunction limited to pure quantum states as
opposed to mixed states (combinations of states)
Modern approaches
Ladder operators (straightforward first-line modeling)
Quantum master equations (more nuanced Lindbladian)
43
Sources: Qi, X.-L. & Streicher, A. (2019) Quantum epidemiology: operator growth, thermal effects, and SYK. J High Energ Phys.
08(012). Buice, M.A. & Cowan, J.D. (2009). Statistical Mechanics of the Neocortex. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 99(2-3):53-86.
Schrödinger wave equation
Wavefunction (Ψ)
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Ladder Operators and Master Equations
Ladder operators (creation-annihilation operators)
Standard operator (mathematical function) used to raise
and lower quantum system tiers (between eigenvalues)
Use ladder operators to describe the lifecycles of healthy and
tumor cells (time evolution given by a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian)
Introduce medical intervention by adding an (energy-based)
Hamiltonian term to limit and reverse the growth of the tumor cells
Quantum master equation (Lindbladian)
Quantum version of the classical master equation
(system time evolution as a probabilistic combination of states)
Lindbladian (simplest form): quantum Markov model
Stochastic model in which each subsequent event depends only on
the previous event, quantum probability replaces classical probability
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Sources: Bagarello, F. & Gargano, G. (2018) Non-Hermitian operator modelling of basic cancer cell dynamics. Entropy. 20(4):270.
Basieva, I., Khrennikov, A. & Ozawa, M. (2021) Quantum-like modeling in biology with open quantum systems and instruments.
BioSystems. 201(104328).
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Superpositioned Data
Superpositioned Data
Data modeled in superposition as the quantum information
representation of all possible system states simultaneously
Two-state neural signaling model: Quiescent, Firing
Three-state neural signaling model: Quiescent, Active, Resting
45
Sources: Basieva, I., Khrennikov, A. & Ozawa, M. (2021) Quantum-like modeling in biology with open quantum systems and
instruments. BioSystems. 201(104328). Buice, M.A. & Cowan, J.D. (2009). Statistical Mechanics of the Neocortex. Prog Biophys
Mol Biol. 99(2-3):53-86.
Växjö (Sweden) two-state neural signaling model:
Quiescent, Firing
Cowan three-state neural signaling model:
Quiescent, Active, Resting
Ladder operators create
and annihilate spikes
(instead of neurons)
All possible states
in superposition
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Quantum Probability
States evaluated with quantum probability
Quantum probability: quantum mechanical
rules for assigning probability
Including due to interference effects that violate
the law of total probability and commutativity in
conjunction in classical systems
Quantum variant of total probability
POVMs (positive operator valued measures):
positive measures on a quantum subsystem of the
effect of a measurement performed on the larger
system, POVMs give an interference term for
incompatible observables
Quantum Bayesianism: QBism (“cubism”)
Incorporates subjective (observer-based) aspects
46
Sources: Fuchs, C.A. & Schack, R. (2011). A quantum-Bayesian route to quantum-state space. Found Phys. 41:345-56.
Asano, M., Basieva, I., Khrennikov, A. et al. (2015). Quantum Information Biology. Found Phys. 45(N10):1362-78.
Each point in the Bloch
sphere is the possible
quantum state of a qubit.
In QBism, all quantum
states are representations
of personal probabilities.
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Operator Technologies
Operator technology: since cannot measure or
evolve a quantum system directly, use operators
(mathematical functions) as an indirect lever
Scrambling, chaos, OTOCs, uncertainty relation, POVM
SYK Hamiltonian, Scrambling Hamiltonian (streamlined)
Computational complexity
Page-time-based method (black holes are fast-scramblers)
Simple entropy-based method (black holes
are not fast-scramblers)
Size-winding: wind-unwind the system
Teleportation-by-operator-size and peaked-size
AdS/ML neural operators: ODE, PDE, RG
POVM: overall system effect on subsystem
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POVM: positive-operator valued measure (quantum variant of total (classical) probability)
Source: Brown, A.R., Gharibyan, H., Leichenauer, S. et al. (2019). Quantum Gravity in the Lab: Teleportation by Size and
Traversable Wormholes. aXiv:1911.06314v1.
Operator Tech
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Operator Technologies
Scrambling
How quickly information spreads out in a quantum system so
that a local measurement is no longer possible, but recovered
later in a different part of the system (quantum memory implication)
Chaos: seemingly random disorder governed by
deterministic laws and sensitivity to initial conditions
Lyapunov exponent: ballistic growth followed by saturation
OTOCs (out-of-time-order correlation) functions
Functions (operators) used to evolve a quantum system back or
forward in time to measure chaos and scrambling time
Size-winding: wind-unwind the system
Winding-size distributions: coefficients in the size basis acquire an imaginary phase
that accelerates the winding and unwinding of operator size distribution
Conventional-size distributions: uniformly summing amplitude coefficients for
wavefunction approximation
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Source: Swingle, B., Bentsen, G., Schleier-Smith, M. & Hayden, P. (2016). Measuring the scrambling of quantum information. Phys
Rev A. 94(040302).
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Operator Tech: Neural Operators
“Neural” = neural network (NN) method (machine learning)
Neural ODE: NN architecture whose weights are smooth
functions of continuous depth
Input evolved to output with a trainable differential equation,
instead of mapping discrete layers (Chen 2015)
Neural PDE: NN architecture that uses neural operators to
map between infinite-dimensional spaces
Fourier neural operator solves all instances of the PDE family in
multiple spatial discretizations (by parameterizing the integral
kernel directly in Fourier space) (Li 2021)
Neural RG: NN renormalization group
Learns the exact holographic mapping between bulk and boundary
partition functions (Hu 2019)
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Sources: Chen et al. (2018). Neural Ordinary Differential Equations. Adv Neural Info Proc Sys. Red Hook, NY: Curran Associates
Inc. Pp. 6571-83. Li et al. (2021). Fourier neural operator for parametric partial differential equations. arXiv:2010.08895v3. Hu et al.
(2019). Machine Learning Holographic Mapping by Neural Network Renormalization Group. Phys Rev Res. 2(023369).
Neural Operator Tech
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Agenda
Quantum Computing and the Brain
Quantum Information Techniques
Quantum Neuroscience Applications
1. Waves: EEG, fMRI, CT, PET integration
2. Quantum Biology
Superpositioned Data and Operator Technology
3. Neuroscience Physics
AdS/Brain (AdS/CFT Holographic Neuroscience)
Neuronal Gauge Theory
General Relativity of the Brain: Entropy = Energy
Black Hole Superconducting Condensates and Scalar Hair
Random Tensors (High-dimensional Indexing Technology)
Conclusion, Risks, and Future Implications
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Level 3 Quantum Neuroscience Apps
Neuroscience physics: neuroscience interpretation
of foundational physics findings
1. AdS/Brain Theory
Ads/Neural Signaling
AdS/Information Storage (Memory)
2. Neuronal Gauge Theory (Symmetry)
3. GR of the Brain: Entropy = Energy
4. Superconducting Condensates
Putting scalar hair on a black hole
5. Random Tensors (high-dimensionality)
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Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World
Scientific.
BLACK HOLES
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Neuroscience Physics Model Quantum Properties
1 AdS/Brain Theory
• Ads/Neural Signaling
• AdS/Information Storage
(Memory)
UV-IR correlations, topological entanglement
entropy, information scrambling, phase transition
[Floquet periodicity dynamics, bMERA TNs]
Info scrambling (information storage): highly excited
states (energy levels); exploit new matter phases in
systems that do not reach thermal equilibrium
2 Neuronal Gauge Theory Symmetry, gauge invariant quantity, gauge field
rebalancing, multiscalar environment
3 General Relativity of the Brain:
Entropy = Energy
Thermality, 3D spacetimes, energy levels, entropy
(calculable Hamiltonian entropy=energy)
4 Black Holes and Superconducting
Condensates
Order-disorder, criticality phase transitions,
thermality, apply (EM) fields to induce condensate
5 Random Tensors (High-dimension
Indexing Technology)
High-d, lattices, color theory, gauge color theory,
tree-branching, eigenvalue-based spatiality
Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World
Scientific.
Enabled by quantum properties
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Neuroscience Physics
1. AdS/Brain Theories
AdS/CFT Correspondence
Mathematics for calculating any physical
system with a bulk volume and a boundary
surface (planet, brain, this room)
AdS/Neural Signaling (multiscalar
phase transitions)
Floquet periodicity-based dynamics,
bMERA tensor networks, evolve with
continuous-time quantum walks
AdS/Information Storage (memory)
Highly-critical states trigger special
functionality in systems (new matter
phases, memory storage)
Sources: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World
Scientific. Dvali, G. (2018). Black Holes as Brains: Neural Networks with Area Law Entropy. arXiv:1801.03918v1. 53
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A physical system with a bulk volume can be described
by a boundary theory in one less dimension
A gravity theory (bulk volume) is equal to a gauge theory or a
quantum field theory (boundary surface) in one less dimension
AdS5/CFT4 (5d bulk gravity)=(4d Yang-Mills supersymmetry QFT)
The AdS/CFT Math: AdS/DIY
Metric (ds=), Operators (O=), Action (S=), Hamiltonian (H=)
AdS/CFT Correspondence (Anti-de Sitter Space/Conformal Field Theory)
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Sources: Maldacena, J. (1998). The large N limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity. Adv Theor Math Phys.
2:231-52. Harlow, D. (2017). TASI Lectures on the Emergence of Bulk Physics in AdS/CFT. Physics at the Fundamental
Frontier. arXiv:1802.01040.
AdS/CFT Escher Circle Limits Error correction tiling
Implications for
Geometry emerges from
entanglement = QECC
Time/space emergence
Black hole information
paradox
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AdS/SYK (Sachdev-Yi-Kitaev) model
Solvable model of strongly interacting fermions
AdS/SYK: black holes and unconventional materials have
similar properties related to mass, temperature, and charge
SYK Hamiltonian (HSYK) finds wavefunctions for 2 or 4 fermions
Or up to 42 in a black-hole-on-a-superconducting-chip formulation
AdS/CFT Duality: Solve in either Direction
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Sources: Sachdev, S. (2010). Strange metals and the AdS/CFT correspondence. J Stat Mech. 1011(P11022).. Pikulin, D.I. &
Franz, M. (2017). Black hole on a chip: Proposal for a physical realization of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model in a solid-state
system. Physical Review X. 7(031006):1-16.
Direction Domain Known Unknown
1 Boundary-to-bulk Theoretical physics Standard quantum
field theory (boundary)
Quantum gravity (bulk)
2 Bulk-to-boundary
(AdS/SYK)
Condensed matter,
superconducting
Classical gravity (bulk) Unconventional materials
quantum field theory (boundary)
Ψ : Wavefunction
HSYK : SYK Hamiltonian
(Operator describing evolution
and energy of system)
Bethe-Salpeter equation
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Each level is the boundary for another bulk
AdS/Brain: (first) Multi-tier Correspondence
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Neuron
Network
AdS/Brain Multi-tier Holographic Correspondence
Synapse
Molecule
Tier Scale Signal AdS/Brain
1 Network 10-2 Local field potential Boundary
2 Neuron 10-4 Action potential Bulk Boundary
3 Synapse 10-6 Dendritic spike Bulk Boundary
4 Molecule 10-10 Ion docking Bulk
Bulk regimes all
the way down
(not turtles)
Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World
Scientific.
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Multiscalar renormalization scheme (tensor networks)
Flow from boundary surface (UV) to bulk (IR) and back up to
boundary to discover hidden correlations in both
AdS/MERA
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MERA: Multiscale Entanglement Renormalization Ansatz (guess)
Source: Vidal, G. (2007). Entanglement renormalization. Phys Rev Lett. 99(220405).
Boundary
Bulk
Boundary
Vidal, 2007
Swingle, 2012
McMahon, 2020
Vidal, 2007
Renormalization: physical system viewed at different scales
Tensor network: mathematical tool for the efficient representation
of quantum states (high-dimensional data in the form of tensors);
tensor networks factor a high-order tensor (a tensor with a large
number of indices) into a set of low-order tensors whose indices
can be summed (contracted) in the form of a network
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AdS/Brain implementation with bMERA
Different flavors of MERA
All renormalize entanglement (correlation) across system tiers
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MERA cMERA dMERA bMERA
Continuous
spacetime MERA
Deep MERA tensor
network on NISQ devices
Multiscalar neural
field theory
Multiscalar entanglement
renormalization network
Vidal, 2007 Nozaki et al., 2012 Kim & Swingle, 2017 Swan et al., 2022
bMERA (brainMERA)
Renormalize system entanglement (correlation) to obtain
neural signaling action across multiple scale layers
Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World
Scientific.
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Neuroscience Physics
2. Neuronal Gauge Theory
Model multiscalar neural
signaling operation on the
basis of gauge invariance
and global symmetry
Gauge invariance: overall
system ordering property
(global symmetry) not
changing in the face of
small local transformations
Sources: Weinberg, S. (1980). Conceptual foundations of the unified theory of weak and electromagnetic interactions. Science.
210(4475):1212-18. (Nobel lecture). Sengupta, B., Tozzi, A., Cooray, G.K. et al. (2016) Towards a Neuronal Gauge Theory. PLoS
Biol. 14(3).
Symmetry Interpretation Meaning
Everyday Balance Looking the same from
different points of view
Physics Invariance
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Element Generic Gauge Theory Neuronal Gauge Theory
Symmetry Different locations Central nervous system
Local transformations Local forces acting on the system Sensory stimuli
Gauge field Zone of invariance to local transformations Counter-compensation for local perturbations
Lagrangian System dynamics function Free-energy Lagrangian
Neuronal Gauge Theory: Four Elements
Symmetry: property of physical systems looking the same
from different points of view (face, cube, the laws of nature)
Symmetry breaking: phase transition
Gauge theory: field theory in which the Lagrangian (state of
a dynamic system) does not change (is invariant) under
local gauge transformations (changes between possible
gauges (levels or degrees of freedom) in a system)
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Neuronal Gauge Theory
Premise: the brain is a multiscalar system with
global symmetry; the invariant property (free energy
minimization) is broken and rebalanced
Neural signaling breaks the symmetry and gauge fields are
applied to rebalance the invariant quantity (free energy)
The gauge fields are part of the brain environment and apply
continuous forces to act on the brain elements to produce
local perturbations that counteract the effect of the local force
stimulus as neural signals are dispatched, in order to bring
the system back into a resting state
The gauge field rebalancing mechanism coordinates the
multiscalar tiers of the brain on the basis of conserving the
gauge-invariant quantity
Here, free energy minimization, but could be otherwise
Source: Sengupta, B., Tozzi, A., Cooray, G.K. et al. (2016) Towards a Neuronal Gauge Theory. PLoS Biol. 14(3).
Images Source: Serna, M. (2005). Geometry of Gauge Theories. Tiny Physics. 60
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Symmetry, Order, Matter Phases
Symmetry-facilitated discovery
Ordered-disordered matter phases
Discrete time crystals: novel material
phases that do not reach thermal
equilibrium (quantum memory implication)
IR physics (low-energy physics) explains
the exotic emergent behavior of strange
metals (non-Fermi liquids) at low-energy
in superconducting systems
Crystals: repeating structure
(Space) crystals: repeating in space
Time crystals: repeating in time
Time translation symmetry: moving the
times of events through a common interval
Sources: Else, D.V., Thorngren, R. & Senthil, T. (2021). Non-Fermi liquids as ersatz Fermi liquids: general constraints on
compressible metals. arXiv:2007.07896v4. Monroe laboratory: Zhang, J., Hess, P.W., Kyprianidis, A. et al. (2016) Observation of a
Discrete Time Crystal. Nature. 543:217-20.
(many-body
localization)
Discrete time crystals
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Neuroscience Physics
3. GR of the Brain: Entropy = Energy
Special Relativity (1905)
A theory equating mass and energy
(E=mc2), with time dilation effect
Special case of relative motion in which
objects are traveling at a constant
velocity relative to each other
General relativity (1915)
Theory of gravity based on how mass
and energy warp spacetime
A geometry-based theory of gravity
(versus Newton’s mass-based theory)
General motion of objects including
changes in velocity (acceleration)
General Relativity
Gμν = Tμν
Special Relativity
E = mc2
Gravity = Energy
Mass has unlocked Energy
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Problem: the Einstein
equations for gravity exist,
but are intractable
General Relativity
Source: Tong, D. (2015). What is General Relativity? DAMPT Cambridge. https://plus.maths.org/content/what-general-relativity
Gravity = Energy
Gμν = Tμν
Einstein tensor = Energy-momentum (stress) tensor
Spacetime (gravity) = the distribution of energy and momentum
in the universe
The curvature of spacetime, the warping
effect a given amount of mass and energy
has on spacetime (reflected as gravity)…
…is calculated from the way that energy,
momentum (mass), and pressure are
distributed throughout the universe
Rμν – ½ Rgμν = 8πG/c4 Tμν
To find the curvature, the spacetime
warping effect (i.e. gravity) of a given
amount of mass and energy…
…calculate “Einstein’s equations” - the 10
permutations of Tμν implied by the various
indices1 for a particular mass and energy
(generally an intractable calculation)
Rμν : Ricci curvature tensor
R : Scalar curvature
gμν : Metric tensor
1The energy-momentum tensor Tμν related to energy (T00), momentum
(mass) (T01), and pressure (T11)
• T00 energy, how causes time to speed or slow (indices: time and time)
• T01 momentum (speed and mass) (indices: time and space)
• T02 , T03
• T11 pressure, how causes space to stretch (indices: space and space)
• T12 , T13 , T22 , T23 , T33
G : Newton’s gravitational constant
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General Relativity workarounds
4d: difficult to calculate due to propagating waves
3d: topological field theory without any local degrees of
freedom (easier to calculate)
2d: simplified 2d gravity theories; locally-flat models;
solve Einstein gravity in 2d: 1 space dimension, 1 time
CGHS (Callan-Giddings-Harvey-Strominger) (1992)
Jackiw-Teitelboim (2d dilaton coupling theory) (1990)
Liouville gravity (2d conformal field theory) (2003)
Improved method for solving GR
First law of entanglement entropy (2014)
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First Law of Entanglement Entropy (FLEE)
GR: gravity = spacetime curvature (geometry) = energy
Have equations for gravity, but generally intractable
FLEE: entropy = energy
Obtain solvable equations for gravity
First law of entanglement entropy (FLEE)
Provide a first law of thermodynamics (energy conservation)
for black hole physics and the AdS/CFT correspondence
Change in boundary CFT entanglement entropy = change in bulk
Hamiltonian energy (for a specific ball-shaped spatial region)
Entanglement entropy = energy relation leads to a constraint on
bulk spacetimes equivalent to linearized gravitational equations
RESULT: solvable Einstein equations (entropy = energy)
Source: Faulkner, T., Guica, M., Hartman, T. et al. (2014). Gravitation from Entanglement in Holographic CFTs. JHEP. 03(2014)051.
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AdS/CFT and General Relativity
AdS/CFT (1998): solvable bulk-boundary model
Bulk structure (spacetime and gravitational physics) emerges from
the dynamics of strongly coupled CFT degrees of freedom
Ryu-Takayanagi (2006): entanglement entropy
Use boundary CFT entanglement entropy to calculate bulk spacetime
geometry as the area of a bulk extremal surface (geodesics)
First law of entanglement entropy (2014)
Change in boundary entropy = change in bulk energy (Hamiltonian)
Energy = Gravity = Geometry = Entropy
Source: Faulkner, T., Guica, M., Hartman, T. et al. (2014). Gravitation from Entanglement in Holographic CFTs. JHEP. 03(2014)051.
GR:
FLEE: Geometry = Entropy
Energy = Entropy
Energy = Gravity = Geometry = Entropy
Result:
FLEE: capstone formulation
equating energy and entropy
Energy (Hamiltonian) is central to
quantum systems but did not
have models previously for
solving AdS/CFT entropy=energy
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GR of the Brain: Entropy = Energy
How are Einstein’s GR equations relevant to the brain?
Solvable gravity model for problems in this form
Brain (biological systems): energy too is central
AdS/Brain: multiscalar geometric calculation re: entropy
Calculate area of bulk surface using geodesic curves
Model neural signaling as UV-IR correlation-related phase transition
AdS/Brain-FLEE: multiscalar energy calculation
Energy as governing gauge invariant quantity in neuroscience
Model neural signaling as Hamiltonian-based energy transfer
Neuroscience formalism linking entropy and energy
Brain Hamiltonian = brain entanglement entropy (UV-IR)
Energy-based calculation denominated in Hamiltonians
Source: Faulkner, T., Guica, M., Hartman, T. et al. (2014). Gravitation from Entanglement in Holographic CFTs. JHEP. 03(2014)051.
Benefit of FLEE:
solvable Hamiltonian-
based energy calculation
equated to entropy
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Neuroscience Physics
4. Superconducting Condensates
Source: Hartnoll, S.A., Horowitz, G.T., Kruthoff, J. & Santos, J.E. (2021). Diving into a holographic superconductor. SciPost Phys.
10(009). 68
Put scalar hair on a black hole -> phase transition
Black holes = the “model organism” of physics
Properties: entropy, thermality (temperature), mass, UV-IR
correlations, information scrambling, chaos
Quantum liquids: systems with order & disorder phases
Black holes, superconducting materials, brains
Solid: organized by order (max particle stability, lattice)
Gas: organized by disorder (max particle interaction, randomness)
AdS/Superconducting: produce superconducting phase
transition in quantum liquids
AdS/Brain: brain is a quantum liquid
Neural signaling is a phase transition with
both ordered and disordered aspects
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Black Hole Superconductor
Source: Hartnoll, S.A., Horowitz, G.T., Kruthoff, J. & Santos, J.E. (2021). Diving into a holographic superconductor. SciPost Phys.
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Black-hole-in-a-box toy model (gas, particle)
Manipulate to form a condensate halo around the black hole
Apply an external electrical field (battery), condensate
becomes superconducting, per the Higgs mechanism
Higgs mechanism “gives particles their mass”
Higgs field is a universal field throughout the universe causing
particles to become “heavy” as they pass through a medium,
giving them drag, or mass
Black hole model: particles becoming massive are photons
Prevents electric and magnetic fields from getting through the
medium, causing the medium to become superconducting
(electrons flow freely with infinite conductivity and zero resistance)
Result: Obtain AdS/Superconducting phase transition
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Neuroscience Physics
5. Random Tensors (High-d Tech)
For strongly interacting quantum many-body systems…
1. SYK model (condensed matter physics)
Limit computational cost with quenched disorder (path integrals
and random variable selection from a Gaussian distribution)
2. Random tensors: 3d+ (extend random matrices: 2d)
Limit computational cost with 1/N limit (perturbative expansion),
colored-uncolored tensors (index only interacts with its own
color), and simplicial (triangle/tetrahedron-based) algebra
Reach melonic limit with tensor indexing mechanism (degree) (vs
genus in matrices) and without vector modes in the tensor traces
Tested for 5d systems (tensors of rank-5): using algebras with
5-simplex interaction (stemming from Group Field Theory)
3. Matrix quantum mechanics (more than one matrix)
Sources: Carrozza, S. & Harribey, S. (2021). Melonic large N limit of 5-index irreducible random tensors. arXiv:2104.03665v1.
Han, X. & Hartnoll, S.A. (2020). Deep Quantum Geometry of Matrices. Phys Rev X. 10(011069). 70
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Tensors: Naturally High-dimensional
Tackle arbitrarily large dimensions and computational
complexity by decomposing into indexed elements
Melonic diagram: (melon-shaped) graph expression
of a solvable large N (high-dimensional) model
Graph fermion interactions as system geometry
Fields labeled as (tetrahedral) vertices
Each pair of fields has a pair of indices in common
Melonic vacuum
diagrams up to order g8
Source: Tarnopolsky, G. (2021). Operator spectrum and spontaneous symmetry breaking in SYK-like models. Strings 2021. ICTP-
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Tensor Field Theory of neural signaling
AdS/Brain Tensor Field Theory (enabled by index tech)
Index the four dimensions (network-neuron-synapse-molecule)
with rank-4 tensor degree 1/N expansion random tensors
Tensor field theories: local field theories whose fields
transform as a tensor under a global or local symmetry group
Neural QCD: Feynman diagram for neural signaling
Feynman weights for neural signaling events (not photon-
electron force particles exchange and boson-WZ particles)
Model quiescent-to-firing as the matrix(2d)-to-
tensor(3+d) phase transition (planar-to-melonic)
Tune coupling constants to critical values
At the critical point, the model transitions to a continuum theory
of random surfaces (random infinitely refined surfaces)
Source: Benedetti, D., Gurau, R., Harribey, S. & Suzuki, K. (2020). Long-range multi-scalar models at three loops.
arXiv:2007.04603v2. 72
Index Tech
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Summary
Neuroscience Physics Applications
AdS/Brain: multi-tier correspondence
Renormalize dynamics of network-neuron-synapse-molecule
Neuronal gauge theory
Rebalance gauge invariant quantity of global symmetry
GR of the Brain: Gravity = Geometry = Entropy = Energy
Neural signaling as an entropy and energy problem
Superconducting condensate ordered-disordered phases
Produce phase transition (neural signal) by applying field (scalar
hair) to trigger superconducting phase
Random tensors (high-dimensionality)
Produce phase transition (neural signal) by tuning
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Agenda
Quantum Computing and the Brain
Quantum Information Techniques
Quantum Neuroscience Applications
1. Waves: EEG, fMRI, CT, PET integration
2. Quantum Biology
Superpositioned Data and Operator Technology
3. Neuroscience Physics
AdS/Brain (AdS/CFT Holographic Neuroscience)
Neuronal Gauge Theory
General Relativity of the Brain: Entropy = Energy
Black Hole Superconducting Condensates and Scalar Hair
Random Tensors (High-dimensional Indexing Technology)
Conclusion, Risks, and Future Implications
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Near-term
Neuropathology Interventions
New three-step medical paradigm
DNA technology (genomics-based medicine)
Problem: not producing correct proteins
Sequence: routine genomic sequencing
Edit: CRISPR gene editing (human-approved 2021)
RNA technology (expression, mRNA delivery, RNAi)
Protein technology (proteomics, synaptomics)
Screening + therapeutic intervention
Tackle large-scale biological problem classes
Clear plaques: heart disease, AD, stroke
Atherosclerotic, neurological, arterial
Control mutation damage and unchecked growth
Bioremediation of waste, enhanced immune system
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Intellia first human-approved CRISPR intervention (amyloidosis Jun 2021). Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev,
M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World Scientific.
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Consumer-controlled Data
Personalized EHR & genomic sequencing
Whole human genome sequencing (3 bn SNPs)
Nebular Genomics ($299 + monthly subscription)
Dante Labs
Partial human genome sequencing (1.2 mn SNPs)
23andme, 10 mn customers (2019) ($199)
Sequencing.com (DNA App Store)
800 mn – 2 bn personal genome sequences by 2030
Why personal genomic profiles are useful
Ancestry, trait, and health information
Join relevant clinical trials (ClinicalTrails.gov)
Health blockchain data monetization (SOLVE.care)
Immediate status look-up per new research
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DTC whole genome
sequencing $299
Sequencing.com
DNA App Store
DTC: Direct to Consumer offering (no physician needed)
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Neurobiological Disease
Degenerative Disease
Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s
disease, Huntington’s disease
PTSD, anxiety, autism spectrum
Cancer (Actionable Tumors List)
100+ types of brain cancer: benign
neoplasms (pilocytic astrocytoma)
to malignant tumors (glioblastoma)
Machine learn methylation profiles
Stroke
Ischemic (blockage) (50%)
Hemorrhagic (leaks) (50%)
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Blood leak
(hemorrhagic)
Blood clot
(ischemic)
Sources: Hanahan, D. & Weinberg, R.A. (2011). Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation. Cell. 144:646-74. Capper, D., Jones,
D.T.W., Sill, M. et al. (2018). DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumors. Nature. 555:469-74.
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Galleri Blood Test
Cancer Blood Test for over 50 Cancer Types
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Source: Galleri multi-cancer early detection. (2021). Types of cancer detected.
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/this-new-test-can-detect-50-types-of-cancer-from-a-single-blood-draw
Cancer Cancer Cancer
1 Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma 18 Larynx 35 Penis
2 Ampulla of Vater 19 Leukemia 36 Plasma Cell Myeloma and Plasma Cell Disorders
3 Anus 20 Liver 37 Prostate
4 Appendix, Carcinoma 21 Lung 38 Pancreas, exocrine
5 Bile Ducts, Distal 22 Lymphoma (Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin) 39 Small Intestine
6 Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic 23 Melanoma of the Skin 40 Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Abdomen and Thoracic
Visceral Organs
7 Bile Ducts, Perihilar 24 Mesothelioma, Malignant Pleural 41 Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Head and Neck
8 Bladder, Urinary 25 Merkel Cell Carcinoma 42 Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Retroperitoneum
9 Bone 26 Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses 43 Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Trunk and Extremities
10 Breast 27 Nasopharynx 44 Soft Tissue Sarcoma Unusual Histologies and Sites
11 Cervix 28 Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Appendix 45 Stomach
12 Colon and Rectum 29 Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Colon and
Rectum
46 Testis
13 Esophagus and Esophagogastric
Junction
30 Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas 47 Uterus, Carcinoma and Carcinosarcoma
14 Gallbladder 31 Oral Cavity 48 Uterus, Sarcoma
15 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor 32 Oropharynx (HPV-Mediated, p16+) 49 Ureter (and Renal Pelvis)
16 Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms 33 Oropharynx (p16-) and Hypopharynx 50 Vagina
17 Kidney 34 Ovary, Fallopian Tube and Primary Peritoneum 51 Vulva
Roll-out 2Q 2021 routine check-up Providence (WA state)
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Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer treatments: surgery, chemotherapy,
radiation therapy, immunotherapies
Immunotherapies (stimulate or suppress the
immune system to fight cancer)
Personalized vaccines
Neoantigens (individual tumor-specific antigens)
Routine cancer tumor genome sequencing
Checkpoint blockade
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors
(PD-L1, PD-L2 ligands)
Adaptive T cell therapy
Antigen receptor T cell therapies
(tumor-specific T cells)
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Source: Blass, E. & Ott, P.A. (2021). Advances in the development of personalized neoantigen-based therapeutic cancer vaccines.
Nat Rev Clin Onc. 18:215-29.
Personalized Cancer
Vaccine Clinical Trials for
Melanoma and Glioblastoma
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Personalized Genomics for Brain Disease
Genome + synaptome (synapse proteome) data analysis
133 brain diseases caused by mutations
Neurological (AD, PD), motor, affective, metabolic disease
Synapse proteins are changed more than 20% in
Alzheimer’s disease
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Sources: Grant, S.G.N. (2019). Synapse diversity and synaptome architecture in human genetic disorders. Hum Mol Gen.
28(R2):R219-25. Hesse, R. Hurtado, M.L., Jackson, R.J. et al. (2019). Comparative profiling of the synaptic proteome from
Alzheimer’s disease patients with focus on the APOE genotype. Acta Neuropath. Comm. 7(214).
Field Focus Definition Completion
1 Genome Genes All genetic material of an organism Human, 2001
2 Connectome Neurons All neural connections in the brain Fruit fly, 2018
3 Synaptome Synapses All synapses in the brain and their proteins Mouse, 2020
Downregulation of
synaptic function
PSD, CaMKIIa, App, Syngap,
GluA, Plp1, Vcan, Hapln1, CRMP,
Ras, Sh3gl, PKA, Shank3
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Alzheimer’s Disease Genomics
Alzheimer’s Disease profile
APOE ε2: very low risk (rare)
APOE ε3: neutral risk
(predominant genotype)
APOE ε4: higher risk (2-3%
population has 2 copies,
25% has one copy)
Non-deterministic
ApoE4 health social
network (ApoE4.info)
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Sources: https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/alzheimers-disease-genetics-fact-sheet , https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/APOE
The APOE genomic profile
consists of two SNPs:
rs429358 and rs7412
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Alzheimer’s Disease and CRISPR
Therapeutic genome editing strategies
APOe, APP, PSEN1, PSEN2
Alter amyloid-beta Aβ metabolism
Engage protective vs higher risk profile
Parkinson’s disease genomics
LRRK2 (G2019S) rs34637584 rs3761863
GBA (N370S) rs76763715 (23andme: i4000415)
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Sources: Seto, M., Weiner, R.L., Dumitrescu, L. & Hohman, T.J. (2021). Protective genes and pathways in Alzheimer’s disease:
moving towards precision interventions. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 16(29). Hanafy, A.S., Schoch, S. & Lamprecht, A. (2020).
CRISPR/Cas9 Delivery Potentials in Alzheimer’s Disease Management: A Mini Review. Pharmaceutics. 12(0801).
~400 SNPs, ~40 higher impact
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Alzheimer’s Disease Drugs
Alzheimer’s Disease Drugs
Aduhelm (Aducanumab) amyloid-targeting drug
Biogen Cambridge MA; approved (efficacy questioned)
Crenezumab (antibody marking amyloid for
destruction by immune cells)
Roche-Genentech, S. San Francisco CA, clinical trials
Flortaucipir (binds to misfolded tau (PET scan))
Rabinovici UCSF Memory and Aging Center
Alzheimer’s Disease Studies
ClinicalTrials.gov
Alzheimer’s studies: 2,633
Recruiting: 506; US: 303
Amyloid: 87; Tau: 57
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Source: Arboleda-Velasquez J.F., Lopera, F. O’Hare, M. et al. (2019). Resistance to autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s in an APOE3-
Christchurch homozygote: a case report. Nat Med. 25(11):1680-83.
Drugs targeting the Paisa
mutation: Aβ plaque build
up and early onset AD
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Danielle Posthuma laboratory Amsterdam
Brain Genomics - Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease
Most common neurodegenerative
disease worldwide
35 million people affected
Highly heritable (2 subgroups)
Familial early-onset cases
Rare variants with strong effect
Late-onset cases
Multiple variants with low effect
Study: 71,880 cases, 383,378 controls
Identification of 29 risk loci, implicating
215 potential causative genes
Extending implicated genes beyond
APOE, APP, PSEN
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Source: Jansen, I.E., Savage, J.E., Watanabe, K. et al. (2019). Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional
pathways influencing Alzheimer’s disease risk. Nat Genet. 51(3):404-13. Posthuma Laboratory.
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Brain Genomics – Cortical Structure
Genome-wide association meta-
analysis of brain fMRI (n = 51,665)
Measurement of cortical surface area
and thickness from MRI
Identification of genomic locations of
genetic variants that influence global
and regional cortical structure
Implicated in cognitive function,
Parkinson’s disease, insomnia,
depression, neuroticism, and
attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder
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fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging. Source: Grasby, K.L., Jahanshad, N., Painter, J.N. et al. (2020). The genetic
architecture of the human cerebral cortex. Science. 367(6484). Posthuma Laboratory.
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Brain Genomics – Cortical Structure
199 significant loci
Wnt (signaling
pathway, progenitor
development, areal
identity)
The cortex is highly
polygenic
Suggesting that
distinct genes are
involved in the
development of
specific cortical
areas
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Source: Grasby, K.L., Jahanshad, N., Painter, J.N. et al. (2020). The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex. Science.
367(6484). Posthuma Laboratory.
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Glia and Calcium Signaling
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Calcium ions diffuse both radially and longitudinally
Non-linear diffusion-reaction system (PDEs required)
Model as wavefunction
Central nervous system glial cells
Glial Cells Percentage Function
1 Oligodendrocytes 45-75% Provide myelination to insulate axons
2 Astrocytes 19-40% Calcium signaling, neurotransmitter recycling
3 Microglia 10-20% Destroy pathogens, phagocytose debris
4 Ependymal cells Low Cerebrospinal fluid and the blood-brain barrier
5 Radial glia Low Neuroepithelial development and neurogenesis
Source: Allen, N.J. & Eroglu, C. (2017). Cell Biology of Astrocyte-Synapse Interactions. Neuron. 96:697-708.
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Neuron-Glia Interactions
Glia phagocytosis of dead neurons
Neuron signals apoptosis (Mertk receptor)
Microglia engulf the soma (cell body)
Astrocytes clean up the dendritic arbor
Aging and neurodegenerative disease
Delay in the removal of dying neurons
Glia role in pathogenesis
Oligodendrocytes are active
immunomodulators of multiple sclerosis
Oligodendrocyte-microglia crosstalk in
neurodegenerative disease
Alzheimer’s disease, spinal cord injury,
multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Division of labor: microglia
(green) clean up the soma of
a dying neuron (white);
astrocytes (red) tidy up
distant dendrites; boundary
where green meets red
Sources: Damisah, E.C., Hill, R.A., Rai, A. et al. (2020). Astrocytes and microglia play orchestrated roles and respect phagocytic
territories during neuronal corpse removal in vivo. Science Advances. 6(26):eaba3239. Riddler, C. (2019). Multiple Sclerosis:
Oligodendrocytes: active accomplices in MS pathogenesis? Nature Reviews Neurology. 15(3).
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Stroke: Glial Cell Involvement
Minor stroke
Astrocytes repair damage, provide energy to neurons
Glutamate and potassium uptake, lactate generation
Severe stroke
Chain reaction: astrocytes die, membranes depolarize
Glutamate released, then causing oligodendrocyte death
(sensitivity per high metabolic rate)
Stroke recovery
Astrocytes release neuroprotective agents
Erythropoietin and vascular endothelial growth factor
(VEGF)
Microglia are activated by damaged neurons
Phagocytose debris and secrete pro-inflammatory cytokines
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Source: Scimemi, A. (2018). Astrocytes and the Warning Signs of Intracerebral Hemorrhagic Stroke. Neural Plasticity.
2018(7301623).
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Aging: Causes and Intervention
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Source: SENS Foundation
Core problem of aging
Build-up of genetic errors
Mitochondria (combustion engine),
senescent cells, cancer mutations
Remediate: CRISPR, like therapies
Seven causes of aging
1. Cellular atrophy
2. Cancerous cells
3. Mitochondrial mutations
4. Death-resistant cells
5. Extracellular matrix stiffening
6. Extracellular aggregates
7. Intracellular aggregates
SENS Foundation Research Program
Radical life extension
Buy enough time (escape velocity) to
await further medical advance
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Agenda
Quantum Computing and the Brain
Quantum Information Techniques
Quantum Neuroscience Applications
1. Waves: EEG, fMRI, CT, PET integration
2. Quantum Biology
Superpositioned Data and Operator Technology
3. Neuroscience Physics
AdS/Brain (AdS/CFT Holographic Neuroscience)
Neuronal Gauge Theory
General Relativity of the Brain: Entropy = Energy
Black Hole Superconducting Condensates and Scalar Hair
Random Tensors (High-dimensional Indexing Technology)
Conclusion, Risks, and Future Implications
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Future-class Quantum Neuroscience
Applications
Personalized connectomics
Molecular-scale intervention
Local brain area networks
Real-time biological data processing
Neuronanorobot monitoring
Delivery
Quantum BCIs, CRISPR, mRNA,
nanoparticles, anti-aging therapies
Goal
Improved quality of life (“healthspan”)
Causal understanding of disease
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Sources: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World
Scientific. Martins, N.R.B., Angelica, A., Chakravarthy, K. et al. (2019). Human Brain/Cloud Interface. Front Neurosci.
13(112):1-23.
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Smart Network Thesis
Information Revolution Progression
Smart network progression to post-biological intelligence
Digital news
Digital money
Digital brains
Gradual adoption of reversible applications
Map: personalized connectomes
Monitor: daily health check, alerts
Cure: plaque removal, stroke & cancer therapies
Enhance: cognition, learning, attention, memory
Phase 1: Brain/computer interfaces: neuroprosthetics
Phase 2: Human brain/cloud interfaces: two-way communication
Cloudmind participation (collaboration, well-being, enjoyment)
Human-artificial intelligence relation
Augmented human brain (cell phone comes on-board via BCI)
Quantum AIs replace machine learning AIs, deepnets, transformers
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Sources: Swan, M. (forthcoming). B/CI: Quantum Computing, Holographic Control Theory, and Blockchain IPLD for the Brain. In
Nanomedical Brain/Cloud Interface: Explorations and Implications. Boca Raton FL: CRC Press. Martins, N.R.B., Angelica, A.,
Chakravarthy, K. et al. (2019). Human Brain/Cloud Interface. Front Neurosci. 13(112):1-23.
No neural dust without
neural trust~!
zkBCI: crypto-cloudminds
using zero knowledge proof
computational verification
Quantum BCI
High Sensitivity
Low Sensitivity
Medium Sensitivity
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Summary
Quantum Neuroscience
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PDE: Partial Differential equation (multiple unknowns) Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F.
(2022). Quantum Computing for the Brain. London: World Scientific.
Substantial ongoing advance in
neuroscience and physics
Quantum computing is needed to model the brain
Complexity spanning nine orders-of-magnitude scale tiers
Completing fruit fly connectome (wiring diagram) in 2018,
new technology platform needed for human connectome
Neural signaling problems in synaptic integration and
electrical-chemical signal transduction require PDE math
Quantum computing status
High-profile worldwide scientific endeavor (security, policy)
Multiple platforms available via cloud services
Core infrastructure development: algorithms, hardware, apps
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Risks and Limitations
Technology cycle is too early
QPUs do not roll-out through semiconductor supply chains
Error correction stalls
Unable to move from ~100-qubit to million-qubit machines
Materials discovery stalls
Cannot find closer to actual room-temperature superconductors
Limitations of underlying physical theories
Slow pace of quantum algorithm discovery
Lack of QM extensions and beyond-probability theories using
spectra, entanglement, entropy (irreversibility), and field flux
Social adoption stalls and alienation
Increasing difficulty adapting to intense presence of technology
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QPU: Quantum Processing Unit. Source: Swan, M. dos Santos, R.P., Lebedev, M.A. and Witte, F. (2022). Quantum
Computing for the Brain. London: World Scientific.
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The brain is the killer app of quantum computing –
the outer limits case defining the requirements of the medium
No other system is as complex and in need of resolving the
pathologies of disease and aging
As successive waves of industries become digitized in the
information technology revolution (1) news, media,
entertainment, stock trading; (2) money, finance, law
(blockchains); and (3) now all biotech and matter-based
industries; the brain as a frontier comes into view
Quantum computing is finally a computational platform
adequate to the scale and complexity of modeling the brain
Thesis
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Standard Quantum Neural Circuits
1. Breakspear-Coombes: multiscalar Floquet periodicity critical dynamics model
2. Amari-Cowan: quantum implementation of classical neural field theories
3. Aishwarya-Taha: test wavefunction circuits on real-life quantum hardware
4. Stoudenmire: computational neuroscience pixel=qubit and wavelet=qubit
5. Martyn-Vidal: entanglement renormalization with block product states
6. Perdomo-Ortiz: quantum circuit Born machine for neural signaling series data
7. Växjö: open superposition-updating quantum information biology circuit
8. Växjö-Cowan: Växjö quantum circuit qutrit implementation of Cowan three-state
neural field theory master equation with Doi-Peliti reaction-diffusion dynamics
9. Swan AdS/Brain: renormalized four-tier correspondence matrix quantum mechanics
composite neural signaling model of brain network, neuron, synapse, ion channel
10. Dvali AdS/Information Storage: highly-excited state information storage circuit
11. Hartnoll AdS/Superconducting: neural signaling phase transition when ordered-
disordered system reaches high-temperature criticality & becomes superconducting
12. Sengupta-Friston: apply force fields to rebalance gauge-theoretic model on the
basis of a global symmetry property that remains invariant in a multiscalar system
II. BIOL
III. ADV
I. BASIC
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AdS/CFT Correspondence Studies
Reference Focus Reference
Theoretical Physics
1 AdS/CFT AdS/Conformational Field Theory Maldacena, 1998
2 AdS/QCD AdS/Quantum Chromodynamics Natsuume, 2016
3 AdS/CMT AdS/Condensed Matter Theory Hartnoll et al., 2018
4 AdS/SYK AdS/SYK Model Sachdev, 2010
5 AdS/Chaos AdS/Chaos (Thermal Systems) Shenker & Stanford, 2014
Neuroscience
6 AdS/Brain
AdS/Neural Signaling
AdS/Information Theory (Memory)
Holographic Neuroscience Willshaw et al., 1969
Swan et al., 2022
Dvali, 2018
7 AdS/BCI (Quantum BCI) AdS/Braid/Cloud Interface Swan, forthcoming
Information Science
8 AdS/TN AdS/Tensor Networks Swingle, 2012
9 AdS/QIT AdS/Quantum Information Theory Hayden et al., 2016
10 AdS/DLT AdS/Blockchain Technology Kalinin & Berloff, 2018
11 AdS/ML & AdS/QML AdS/(Quantum) Machine Learning Hashimoto et al., 2021; Cottrell et al., 2019
12 AdS/SN & AdS/QSN AdS/(Quantum) Smart Network Swan et al., 2020
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AdS/QCD: quark-gluon plasma
AdS/CFT: Anti-de Sitter Space/Conformal Field Theory: Claim that any physical system with a bulk volume can be described
by a boundary theory in one less dimension
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The Brain in Popular Science
A Short History of Humanity,
Krause & Trappe, 2021
Archaeogenetics suggests
that intelligence is a
consequence of walking
on two legs, as humans
could expound the energy
to develop an organ that
requires consuming vast
amounts of energy (the
average human brain is
three times heavier than
that of the chimpanzee)
The Future of the
Mind, Kaku, 2014
The Fountain,
Monto, 2018
Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time
of Change, Mlodinow, 2018
Post-biological intelligence: predator-evolved,
opposable thumb, langage. Forgetting is an
active process, requiring dopamine, which
regulates the dCA1 receptor to create new
memories, and the DAMB receptor to forget old
Fermi paradox: Kaku speculation that given
4000+ known exoplanets, might discover or hear
from intelligent life by the end of the century;
Filippenko counterargument that intelligence
may not be a useful adaptation since there have
been billions of forms of life on Earth, but only
one as complex, curious, enterprising, and
engineering-oriented as humans (also very
sensitive to survival conditions)
The new skillset: elastic
thinking includes neophilia
(affinity for novelty),
schizotypy (perceiving the
unusual), imagination, idea
generation, and divergent
and integrative thinking
Exercise means that 60
really is the new 30,
exercise releases anti-
inflammatory IL-6
which enhances health
and cognitive
performance, increases
telomere length and
mitochondrial genesis
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Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-
Changing Brain, David Eagleman, 2020
More than simple neural
plasticity, the brain is
“livewired” to constantly
absorb changes by
interacting with its
environment, a never-
finished project always
open for new dreams
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CRISPR for Alzheimer’s, Connectomes & Quantum BCIs
Houston TX, August 24, 2021
Slides: http://slideshare.net/LaBlogga
“Biology will be the leading science
for the next hundred years” –
Physicist Freeman Dyson, 1996
M. Swan, MBA, PhD
Quantum Technologies
Thank you!
Questions?
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Pinky and the Brain
Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering?
…how do I collapse my wavefunction?
…with all your thoughts in superposition, how do you
remember to tie your shoe?
…if we do a General Relativity of the Brain, putting
scalar hair on a black hole, using a superconducting
condensate disordered phase transition to produce a
neural signal, does it violate the Grandfather Paradox?
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Appendix
Quantum information methods
Quantum machine learning and Born machine
Quantum error correction
Quantum walks
Tensors and tensor networks
Neuroscience methods
Quantum-Classical mathematical problem formulation
Neural signaling basics: glia, parcellation, networks
CRISPR and Alzheimer’s disease, Quantum BCIs
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(Classical) Machine Learning advance
Generative networks (unsupervised learning)
Learn from the distribution of data to create new samples
Discriminative networks (supervised learning)
Learn from data
Adversarial training: game-theoretic method using Nash equilibria
Two networks, a discriminator and a generator
Generator produces new samples, discriminator
distinguishes between real and false samples
Transformer neural network (for existing data corpora)
Attention-based mechanism simultaneously evaluates
short-range and long-range correlations in input data
Map between a query array, a key array, and a value
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Quantum Probabilistic Methods
Quantum Machine Learning
Quantum machine learning: application of machine
learning techniques in a quantum environment
Simulated quantum circuits or quantum hardware
Early QML demonstrations
Current state-of-the-art
Born Machine (Cheng)
QGANs: quantum Generative Adversarial nets (Dellaire-Demers)
Neural Operators (solve PDEs) (Li)
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Architecture Data Encoding Data Hardware Reference
1 Quantum neural
network
Basis embedding (bitstring) MNIST (classical
data)
Simulation on a
classical computer
Farhi and Neven,
2018, Classification
with Quantum NNs
2 Quantum tensor
network
Basis embedding (classical
data), amplitude embedding
(quantum data)
IRIS, MNIST
(classical data);
quantum state data
IBM QX4 quantum
computer
Grant et al., 2018
Hierarchical
Quantum Classifiers
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Born Machine
Machine learning architecture
Automated energy function (“machine”)
evaluates output probabilities
Classical machine learning: Boltzmann machine
Interpret results with the Boltzmann distribution
Use an energy-minimizing probability function for
sampling based on the Boltzmann distribution in
statistical mechanics
Quantum machine learning: Born machine
Interpret results with the Born rule
A computable quantum mechanical formulation
that evaluates the probability density of finding a
particle at a given point as being proportional to
the square of the magnitude of the particle’s
wavefunction at that point
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Map RBM to Born
machine tensor network
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Neuroscience example of machine learning
Brain Atlas Annotation and Deep Learning
Machine learning smooths individual variation to
produce standard reference brain atlas
Multiscalar neuron detection
Deep neural network
Whole-brain image processing
Detect neurons labeled with genetic markers in a range
of imaging planes and modalities at cellular scale
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Appendix
Quantum information methods
Quantum machine learning and Born machine
Quantum error correction
Quantum walks
Tensors and tensor networks
Neuroscience methods
Quantum-Classical mathematical problem formulation
Neural signaling basics: glia, parcellation, networks
CRISPR and Alzheimer’s disease, Quantum BCIs
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Quantum Error Correction
Fault-tolerant error correction needed for
universal quantum computing
Prevent a few errors from escalating to many
Quantum information sensitive to environmental noise
Error correction methods
Classical: redundant copies, check information integrity
Quantum systems: cannot copy or inspect (no-cloning
and no-measurement principles of quantum mechanics)
Quantum error correction relies on entanglement
instead of redundancy
The quantum state to be protected is entangled with a
larger group of states from which it can be corrected
indirectly (one qubit might be entangled with a nine-qubit
ancilla of extra qubits)
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Quantum Error Correction
Quantum errors
Bit flip, sign flip (the sign of the phase), or both
Quantum error correction process
Diagnose the error with basic codes
Corresponding to Pauli matrices for controlling
qubits in the X, Y, and Z dimensions
Express the error as a superposition of basis
operations given by the Pauli matrices
Apply the same Pauli operator to act again on the
corrupt qubit to reverse the error effect
Result: the unitary correction returns the state to
the initial state without measuring the qubit directly
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Pauli Matrices (x, y, z)