Decoder-Prior Poisoning in Quantum Error Correction: Attacks and PriorGuard Defense

arXiv:2609.27805 · quant-ph · Submitted 2026-08-18 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-18

Updated: 2026-08-18

Comments: Accepted at IEEE QCE 2026. 4 pages, 8 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

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• Accuracy — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Decode — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Ablation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Adaptation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Attention Mechanism — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Bayesian Inference — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
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