Application
Homomorphic Encryption for Quantum Annealing with Spin Reversal Transformations

The fundamental goal of homomorphic encryption is to enable (untrusted) Oscar to perform a computation for Alice without Oscar knowing the input to the computation or the output from the computation. We describe an approach to homomorphic encryption for quantum annealing based on spin reversal transformations and show that it comes with little or no performance penalty. This is in contrast to approaches to homomorphic encryption for classical computing, which incur a significant additional computational cost. If sensitive information, such as health-related data subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is to be processed with annealers, such a technique could be useful.

INDUSTRY : Quantum Research
DISCIPLINE : Algorithms & Tools