About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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AI/ML/Data Informatics for Materials Discovery: Bridging Experiment, Theory, and Modeling
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Presentation Title |
Quantum-Enhanced Machine Learning for HEA Discovery |
Author(s) |
Diego Ibarra, Jason Jang, Chung T Ma, Gia-Wei Chern, Israel Klich, Joseph Poon |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Diego Ibarra |
Abstract Scope |
Quantum annealing opens a new frontier for machine-learning–driven materials discovery by enabling efficient sampling of complex optimization landscapes that underlie feature selection, model training, and design-space exploration. In this work, we present a modular quantum-enhanced machine learning approach for designing new materials. This approach is encapsulated by a workflow that embeds classical data-driven models into a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) framework, allowing key stages of the modeling process to be accelerated on quantum annealing hardware. The framework is designed to be general-purpose but is demonstrated here in the context of Compositionally Complex Alloys (CCAs), supporting materials informatics tasks that span structure–property prediction and compositional optimization. Models are trained and validated using experimentally sourced datasets, with an emphasis on maintaining physical interpretability in low-data regimes. This approach provides a flexible and forward-looking foundation for incorporating quantum acceleration into next-generation materials design. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
Keywords |
Machine Learning, High-Entropy Alloys, Other |