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      <title>VQCs for Malware Detection</title>
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      <description>Last 10 notes on VQCs for Malware Detection</description>
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    <title>Explained simply</title>
    <link>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/explain/</link>
    <guid>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/explain/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ The research in plain language, no maths needed. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>PCA versus a Random Forest</title>
    <link>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/explain/pca-vs-rf</link>
    <guid>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/explain/pca-vs-rf</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ PCA keeps what varies most; a Random Forest keeps what separates malware from benign. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Qubits and VQCs</title>
    <link>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/explain/qubits-and-vqcs</link>
    <guid>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/explain/qubits-and-vqcs</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ A variational quantum classifier is a small quantum circuit with adjustable knobs, tuned by a classical optimiser. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>The qubit bottleneck</title>
    <link>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/explain/the-bottleneck</link>
    <guid>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/explain/the-bottleneck</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ A VQC can only take as many features as it has qubits, so 262,144 features must be squeezed into 2-12. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>The problem</title>
    <link>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/explain/the-problem</link>
    <guid>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/explain/the-problem</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ Malware is growing fast, and detecting it from program behaviour produces very high-dimensional data. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Ansatz</title>
    <link>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/glossary/ansatz</link>
    <guid>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/glossary/ansatz</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ The trainable layer of a VQC: a fixed pattern of rotation gates with adjustable angles and entangling gates. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>API call</title>
    <link>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/glossary/api-call</link>
    <guid>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/glossary/api-call</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ A request a program makes to the operating system, such as opening a file, writing to the registry or connecting to the network. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Bonferroni correction</title>
    <link>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/glossary/bonferroni</link>
    <guid>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/glossary/bonferroni</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ When many tests are run, some will look significant by chance. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>COBYLA</title>
    <link>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/glossary/cobyla</link>
    <guid>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/glossary/cobyla</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ Constrained Optimisation BY Linear Approximation: a classical optimiser that needs no gradients. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Encoding (feature map)</title>
    <link>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/glossary/encoding</link>
    <guid>https://chuufmaster.github.io/vqc-malware/glossary/encoding</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[ How classical values are loaded onto qubits. Angle encoding applies one RY rotation per qubit, with no entanglement. ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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