Noise-injected analog Ising machines enable ultrafast statistical sampling and machine learning

Fabian Böhm (), Diego Alonso-Urquijo, Guy Verschaffelt and Guy Van der Sande ()
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Fabian Böhm: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Diego Alonso-Urquijo: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Guy Verschaffelt: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Guy Van der Sande: Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract Ising machines are a promising non-von-Neumann computational concept for neural network training and combinatorial optimization. However, while various neural networks can be implemented with Ising machines, their inability to perform fast statistical sampling makes them inefficient for training neural networks compared to digital computers. Here, we introduce a universal concept to achieve ultrafast statistical sampling with analog Ising machines by injecting noise. With an opto-electronic Ising machine, we experimentally demonstrate that this can be used for accurate sampling of Boltzmann distributions and for unsupervised training of neural networks, with equal accuracy as software-based training. Through simulations, we find that Ising machines can perform statistical sampling orders-of-magnitudes faster than software-based methods. This enables the use of Ising machines beyond combinatorial optimization and makes them into efficient tools for machine learning and other applications.

Date: 2022
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