Publications
(For a complete and updated list, see my Google Scholar profile.)
Published
- A.A. Mele, Y. Herasymenko. Efficient learning of quantum states prepared with few fermionic non-Gaussian gates. PRX Quantum 6, 010319 (2025). arXiv
- L. Bittel, A.A. Mele, J. Eisert, L. Leone. Optimal trace-distance bounds for free-fermionic states: Testing and improved tomography. PRX Quantum 6, 031020 (2025). arXiv · APS
- F.A. Mele, A.A. Mele, L. Bittel, J. Eisert, V. Giovannetti, L. Lami, L. Leone, S.F.E. Oliviero, et al. Learning quantum states of continuous variable systems. Nature Physics (in press, 2025). arXiv
- L. Bittel, A.A. Mele, J. Eisert, L. Leone. PAC-learning of free-fermionic states is NP-hard. Quantum 9, 1665 (2025). arXiv
- L. Bittel, F.A. Mele, A.A. Mele, S. Tirone, L. Lami. Optimal estimates of trace distance between bosonic Gaussian states and applications to learning. Quantum 9, 1769 (2025). arXiv
- M. West, A.A. Mele, M. Larocca, M. Cerezo. Real classical shadows. J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 58, 245304 (2025). arXiv
- J. Liu, F. Wilde, A.A. Mele, X. Jin, L. Jiang, J. Eisert. Stochastic noise can be helpful for variational quantum algorithms. Phys. Rev. A 111, 052441 (2025). arXiv
- J. Denzler, A.A. Mele, E. Derbyshire, T. Guaita, J. Eisert. Learning fermionic correlations by evolving with random translationally invariant Hamiltonians. Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 240604 (2024). arXiv
- A.A. Mele. Introduction to Haar Measure Tools in Quantum Information: A Beginner’s Tutorial. Quantum 8, 1340 (2024). journal
- J.J. Meyer, M. Mularski, E. Gil-Fuster, A.A. Mele, F. Arzani, A. Wilms, J. Eisert. Exploiting symmetry in variational quantum machine learning. PRX Quantum 4, 010328 (2023). arXiv
- A.A. Mele, G.B. Mbeng, G.E. Santoro, M. Collura, P. Torta. Avoiding barren plateaus via transferability of smooth solutions in Hamiltonian Variational Ansatz. Phys. Rev. A 106, L060401 (2022). arXiv
Preprints
- A.E. Deneris, P. Braccia, P. Bermejo, N.L. Diaz, A.A. Mele, M. Cerezo. Analyzing the free states of one quantum resource theory as resource states of another. arXiv:2507.11793 (2025). arXiv
- N.L. Diaz, A.A. Mele, P. Bermejo, P. Braccia, A.E. Deneris, M. Larocca, M. Cerezo. A unified approach to quantum resource theories and a new class of free operations. arXiv:2507.10851 (2025). arXiv
- P. Bermejo, P. Braccia, A.A. Mele, N.L. Diaz, A.E. Deneris, M. Larocca, M. Cerezo. Characterizing quantum resourcefulness via group-Fourier decompositions. arXiv:2506.19696 (2025). arXiv
- L. Bittel, J. Eisert, L. Leone, A.A. Mele, S.F.E. Oliviero. A complete theory of the Clifford commutant. arXiv:2504.12263 (2025). arXiv
- A. Angrisani, A.A. Mele, M.S. Rudolph, M. Cerezo, Z. Holmes. Simulating quantum circuits with arbitrary local noise using Pauli Propagation. arXiv:2501.13101 (2025). arXiv
- M. West, A.A. Mele, M. Larocca, M. Cerezo. Random ensembles of symplectic and unitary states are indistinguishable. arXiv:2409.16500 (2024). arXiv
- D. Miller, K. Levi, L. Postler, A. Steiner, L. Bittel, G.A.L. White, Y. Tang, A.A. Mele, et al. Experimental measurement and a physical interpretation of quantum shadow enumerators. arXiv:2408.16914 (2024). arXiv
- A.A. Mele, A. Angrisani, S. Ghosh, S. Khatri, J. Eisert, D.S. França, Y. Quek. Noise-induced shallow circuits and absence of barren plateaus. arXiv:2403.13927 (2024). arXiv
Talks
Conferences
(Accepted conference presentations of papers I coauthored)
- TQC 2025 — A complete theory for the Clifford commutant. arXiv
- QIP 2025 — Learning and testing quantum states of fermionic systems. Video | Slides | arXiv: learning, arXiv: testing
- QIP 2025 — Tomography of bosonic systems and optimal estimates of the trace distance between Gaussian states. Video | (arXiv, arXiv)
- QCTiP 2025 — Tomography of bosonic systems and optimal estimates of the trace distance between Gaussian states
- CRC 2024 — Noise-induced shallow circuits and absence of barren plateaus | Slides
- TQC 2024 — Noise-induced shallow circuits and absence of barren plateaus YouTube | Slides
- TQC 2024 — Learning quantum states of continuous variable systems YouTube | Slides
- AQIS 2024 — Learning quantum states of continuous variable systems
- AQIS 2024 — Learning and testing possibly magical fermions
- AQIS 2024 — Noise-induced shallow circuits and absence of barren plateaus | Slides
- QTML 2022 — Avoiding barren plateaus via transferability of smooth solutions in HVA (extended talk) Slides
- DPG 2022 — Avoiding barren plateaus via transferability of smooth solutions in HVA Slides
- DPG 2021 — Exploiting symmetry in variational quantum machine learning Slides
Invited seminars
- Galileo Galilei Institute, Florence (07/2025) — Effect of noise in typical quantum circuits. Slides
- Perimeter Institute, Waterloo (05/2025) — Learning and testing quantum states of fermionic systems. Slides
- Higgs Centre, Edinburgh (05/2025) — Effect of noise in typical quantum circuits. Slides
- Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (04/2025) — Effect of noise in typical quantum circuits. Slides
- Quantinuum, London (09/2024) — Efficient learning of quantum states prepared with few fermionic non-Gaussian gates.
- CRC 2024 Workshop, Berlin — Noise-induced shallow circuits and absence of barren plateaus. Slides
- CQT, National University of Singapore (04/2024) — Noise-induced shallow circuits and absence of barren plateaus YouTube
- BraQIIIT Lab, IIIT-Delhi (04/2024) — Noise-induced shallow circuits and absence of barren plateaus Flyer
Academic service
- Program Committees: QIP 2025; QTML 2025 (nominated PC member).
- Subreviewer: QIP 2024; TQC 2023; QIP 2023; QTML 2022.
Internships and Workshops
Internships
- LANL Quantum Computing Summer School 2024, Los Alamos National Laboratory — summer research internship (acceptance ratio <3%).
Program
Workshops / Schools
- QMATH Masterclass 2025 — Representation Theory in Quantum Information Science, University of Copenhagen — invited lecturer.
Rep-theory crash course (with lecture notes: PDF) and Haar-measure lectures drawing on my tutorial Introduction to Haar Measure Tools in Quantum Information and our paper on the Clifford commutant (arXiv:2504.12263). - Workshop on the Clifford commutant (07/2025), Cologne — organized for our paper A complete theory of the Clifford commutant.
Info - Entanglement, Information and Complexity in Quantum Systems (05/2025), Edinburgh — invited.
- QMATH Masterclass 2024 — Quantum Simulation & Hamiltonian Complexity, University of Copenhagen.
- PCMI Graduate Summer School in Quantum Computation (07/2023), IAS/Park City.
- QMATH Masterclass 2023 — Quantum Learning Theory, University of Copenhagen.
- QMATH Masterclass 2022 — Entropy Inequalities in QIS, University of Copenhagen.
📬 If you’d like to chat about research, feel free to reach out: antoniomele.p@gmail.com.