Research outputs

@misc{tariq2026qrc-survey,
  title = {Quantum Reservoir Computing: Recent Advances and Future Directions},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Muhammad Talha and Arshid Ali and Muhammad Diyan and Symeon Chatzinotas},
  year = {2026},
  month = {jul},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2607.18552},
  eprint = {2607.18552},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {quant-ph},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.18552}
}

@article{tariq2026adaptive-diversity,
  title = {Design and Optimization of Adaptive Diversity Schemes in Quantum MIMO Channels},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Symeon Chatzinotas},
  journal = {npj Quantum Information},
  year = {2026},
  month = {jun},
  doi = {10.1038/s41534-026-01308-w},
  url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41534-026-01308-w}
}

@misc{oleynik2026ghz-losr,
  title = {Optimal GHZ-State Distribution in LOSR Quantum Networks via Local Decoding from Information Sets},
  author = {Leonardo Oleynik and Shehbaz Tariq and Symeon Chatzinotas},
  year = {2026},
  month = {jun},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2606.21500},
  eprint = {2606.21500},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {quant-ph},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21500}
}

@misc{rehman2026qkd-reference-frame,
  title = {Quantum Key Distribution Without Shared Reference Frame Under Unital Noise},
  author = {Junaid ur Rehman and Shehbaz Tariq and Symeon Chatzinotas},
  year = {2026},
  month = {jun},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2606.23239},
  eprint = {2606.23239},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {quant-ph},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.23239}
}

@inproceedings{tariq2026qcnc-mimo-diversity,
  title = {Quantum MIMO Diversity Framework Using Approximate Cloning and Probabilistic Purification},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Junaid ur Rehman and Symeon Chatzinotas},
  booktitle = {Proceedings - 2026 International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing, QCNC 2026},
  year = {2026},
  pages = {29--36},
  publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
  address = {Kobe, Japan},
  doi = {10.1109/QCNC69040.2026.00014}
}

@misc{kaldari2025qrl-survey,
  title = {Quantum Reinforcement Learning: Recent Advances and Future Directions},
  author = {Jawaher Kaldari and Shehbaz Tariq and Saif Al-Kuwari and Samuel Yen-Chi Chen and Symeon Chatzinotas and Hyundong Shin},
  year = {2025},
  month = {oct},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2510.14595},
  eprint = {2510.14595},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {quant-ph},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14595}
}

@misc{tariq2025rydberg-robustness,
  title = {Towards Quantum Enhanced Adversarial Robustness with Rydberg Reservoir Learning},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Muhammad Talha and Symeon Chatzinotas and Hyundong Shin},
  year = {2025},
  month = {oct},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2510.13473},
  eprint = {2510.13473},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {quant-ph},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13473}
}

@misc{tariq2025quantum-mimo-crosstalk,
  title = {Quantum MIMO Diversity over Discrete-Variable Crosstalk Channels},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Junaid ur Rehman and Symeon Chatzinotas},
  year = {2025},
  month = {aug},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2508.07344},
  eprint = {2508.07344},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {quant-ph},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07344}
}

@article{lae2025counterfactual-qss,
  title = {Counterfactual Quantum Secret Sharing},
  author = {Nomi Lae and Shehbaz Tariq and Saw Nang Paing and Jason William Setiawan and Sunghwan Kim and Trung Q. Duong and Hyundong Shin},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Communications},
  year = {2025},
  volume = {73},
  number = {10},
  pages = {9196--9206},
  doi = {10.1109/TCOMM.2025.3576910}
}

@article{arfeto2025gensc6g,
  title = {GenSC-6G: A Prototype Testbed for Integrated Generative AI, Quantum, and Semantic Communication},
  author = {Brian E. Arfeto and Shehbaz Tariq and Uman Khalid and Trung Q. Duong and Hyundong Shin},
  journal = {IEEE Communications Magazine},
  year = {2025},
  volume = {63},
  number = {10},
  pages = {28--35},
  doi = {10.1109/MCOM.001.2400760}
}

@inproceedings{arfeto2024edge-diffusion,
  title = {Edge Diffusion Model for Enhanced Resolution in Semantic Communication},
  author = {Brian E. Arfeto and Shehbaz Tariq and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Korea Information and Communications Society (KICS) Fall Conference},
  year = {2024},
  month = {nov},
  pages = {230--232},
  address = {Gyeongju, Korea}
}

@inproceedings{min2024quantum-lstm,
  title = {Quantum-Augmented LSTM Networks for Stock Price Forecasting},
  author = {Pyae Moe Min and Brian Estadimas Arfeto and Shehbaz Tariq and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Korea Information and Communications Society (KICS) Fall Conference},
  year = {2024},
  month = {nov},
  pages = {221--222},
  address = {Gyeongju, Korea}
}

@inproceedings{talha2024qrc,
  title = {Recent Advances in Quantum Reservoir Computing},
  author = {Muhammad Talha and Shehbaz Tariq and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Korea Information and Communications Society (KICS) Fall Conference},
  year = {2024},
  month = {nov},
  address = {Gyeongju, Korea}
}

@inproceedings{tariq2024jcci-qrl-digital-twin,
  title = {Quantum Reinforcement Learning for Digital Twin Placement in 6G Networks},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Junaid ur Rehman and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Joint Conference on Communications and Information (JCCI)},
  year = {2024},
  month = {apr},
  address = {Busan, Korea}
}

@inproceedings{tariq2024ictc-beam-prediction,
  title = {Beam Prediction in mmWave V2I Communications with Quantum Transformer Networks},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Brian Estadimas Arfeto and Haejoon Jung and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {ICTC 2024 - 15th International Conference on ICT Convergence: AI-Empowered Digital Innovation},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {488--493},
  publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
  address = {Jeju Island, Korea},
  doi = {10.1109/ICTC62082.2024.10827582}
}

@article{tariq2024deep-qtn,
  title = {Deep Quantum-Transformer Networks for Multimodal Beam Prediction in ISAC Systems},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Brian Estadimas Arfeto and Uman Khalid and Sunghwan Kim and Trung Q. Duong and Hyundong Shin},
  journal = {IEEE Internet of Things Journal},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {11},
  number = {18},
  pages = {29387--29401},
  doi = {10.1109/JIOT.2024.3420455}
}

@article{tariq2024efficient-qse,
  title = {Efficient Quantum State Estimation with Low-Rank Matrix Completion},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Ahmad Farooq and Junaid ur Rehman and Trung Q. Duong and Hyundong Shin},
  journal = {EPJ Quantum Technology},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {11},
  number = {1},
  pages = {50},
  doi = {10.1140/epjqt/s40507-024-00261-x}
}

@article{tariq2024quantum-anonymous-semantic,
  title = {Integrating Sustainable Big AI: Quantum Anonymous Semantic Broadcast},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Uman Khalid and Brian Estadimas Arfeto and Trung Q. Duong and Hyundong Shin},
  journal = {IEEE Wireless Communications},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {31},
  number = {3},
  pages = {86--99},
  doi = {10.1109/MWC.007.2300503}
}

@inproceedings{tariq2024multi-agent-qrl-digital-twin,
  title = {Multi-Agent Quantum Reinforcement Learning for Digital Twin Placement in 6G Multi-Tier Systems},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Muhammad Shohibul Ulum and Abdurrahman Wachid Shaffar and Wook Park and Sunghwan Kim and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems - 10th EAI International Conference, INISCOM 2024, Proceedings},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {73--92},
  series = {Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Da Nang, Vietnam},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-67357-3_6}
}

@misc{zhang2023sam-texture-shape,
  title = {Understanding Segment Anything Model: SAM is Biased Towards Texture Rather than Shape},
  author = {Chaoning Zhang and Yu Qiao and Shehbaz Tariq and Sheng Zheng and Chenshuang Zhang and Chenghao Li and Hyundong Shin and Choong Seon Hong},
  year = {2023},
  month = {nov},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2311.11465},
  eprint = {2311.11465},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {cs.CV},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11465}
}

@misc{tariq2023segment-anything-semantic,
  title = {Segment Anything Meets Semantic Communication},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Brian Estadimas Arfeto and Chaoning Zhang and Hyundong Shin},
  year = {2023},
  month = {jun},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2306.02094},
  eprint = {2306.02094},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {cs.CV},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.02094}
}

@inproceedings{haque2023ev-charging,
  title = {Quantum Approximate Optimization for Optimal EV Charging Schedules},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Abrar Ul Haque and Haejoon Jung and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Joint Conference on Communications and Information (JCCI)},
  year = {2023},
  month = {apr},
  address = {Yeosu, Korea}
}

@inproceedings{paracha2023bitflip,
  title = {Bit-Flip Error Mitigation Using Deep Learning},
  author = {Umer I. Paracha and Shehbaz Tariq and Minseok Choi and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Korea Information and Communications Society (KICS) Winter Conference},
  year = {2023},
  month = {feb},
  pages = {22--23},
  address = {Pyeongchang, Korea}
}

@inproceedings{haque2023quantum-clustering,
  title = {Prototyping a Quantum Clustering Algorithm for NISQ Computing},
  author = {Ahsan U. Haque and Shehbaz Tariq and Haejoon Jung and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Korea Information and Communications Society (KICS) Winter Conference},
  year = {2023},
  month = {feb},
  pages = {20--21},
  address = {Pyeongchang, Korea}
}

@inproceedings{tariq2022dl-quantum-tomography,
  title = {Deep Learning Assisted Quantum State Tomography},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Kyesan Lee and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Korea Information and Communications Society (KICS) Fall Conference},
  year = {2022},
  month = {nov},
  address = {Gyeongju, Korea}
}

@inproceedings{shaffar2022qcnn,
  title = {Quantum Convolutional Neural Networks for Binary Classification},
  author = {Abdurrahman Wachid Shaffar and Shehbaz Tariq and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Korea Information and Communications Society (KICS) Fall Conference},
  year = {2022},
  month = {nov},
  pages = {211--212},
  address = {Gyeongju, Korea}
}

@misc{awais2022blockchain-energy-marketplace,
  title = {Blockchain Based Secure Energy Marketplace Scheme to Motivate Peer to Peer Microgrids},
  author = {Muhammad Awais and Qaisar Abbas and Shehbaz Tariq and Syed Hamza Warraich},
  year = {2022},
  month = {jun},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2206.07248},
  eprint = {2206.07248},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  primaryClass = {cs.CR},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.07248}
}

@inproceedings{shaffar2022benchmarking,
  title = {Experimental Benchmarking Between IBM Quantum Computing Systems},
  author = {Abdurrahman Wachid Shaffar and Muhammad Asad Ullah and Shehbaz Tariq and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Korea Information and Communications Society (KICS) Summer Conference},
  year = {2022},
  month = {jun},
  pages = {924--925},
  address = {Jeju, Korea}
}

@inproceedings{tariq2022robust-qst,
  title = {Robust Quantum State Tomography with Linear Regression},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Ahmad Farooq and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Korea Information and Communications Society (KICS) Summer Conference},
  year = {2022},
  month = {jun},
  pages = {918--919},
  address = {Jeju, Korea}
}

@inproceedings{tariq2022error-analysis,
  title = {Error Analysis of Gate and Pulse Model Quantum Circuits},
  author = {Shehbaz Tariq and Ahmad Farooq and Junaid ur Rehman and Hyundong Shin},
  booktitle = {Proc. Korea Information and Communications Society (KICS) Winter Conference},
  year = {2022},
  month = {feb},
  pages = {656--657},
  address = {Pyeongchang, Korea}
}

@article{paing2022counterfactual-teleportation,
  title = {Counterfactual Anonymous Quantum Teleportation in the Presence of Adversarial Attacks and Channel Noise},
  author = {Saw Nang Paing and Jason William Setiawan and Shehbaz Tariq and Muhammad Talha Rahim and Kyesan Lee and Hyundong Shin},
  journal = {Sensors},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {22},
  number = {19},
  pages = {7587},
  doi = {10.3390/s22197587}
}