CS674 Schedule
- 1. Fundamentals (1 week)
- a. motivation
- b. randomized and reversible computing
- c. energy and information
- 2. Introduction to quantum mechanics (2.5 weeks)
- a. classic experiments
- b. mathematics
- c. postulates of quantum mechanics
- d. some consequences
- 3. Quantum computation basics (1.5 weeks)
- a. qubits
- b. circuits
- c. gates
- d. entanglement
- 4. Quantum algorithms (4 weeks)
- a. Deutsch
- b. Simon
- c. Shor
- d. Grover
- e. other algorithms
- 5. Topics in quantum computation (2 weeks)
- a. physical realizations
- b. cryptography
- c. information
- d. error correction
- e. teleportation
- f. learning
- g. other
- 7. Project presentations (2 weeks)
*** Midterm will be given after the first three topics (sometime the middle of February)
*** Final is scheduled for April 16, 2:30-5:30
We will have oral presentations the last two weeks of class. There will be
three presentations per day and you will be responsible for the material presented.
Come prepared to listen attentively and ask intelligent questions. The presentation
schedule is here.