Quantum Information and Quantum Computation PPT PDF SLIDES

Quantum Information and Quantum Computation PPT PDF SLIDES

Professor

• Wim van Dam

Textbook

• An Introduction to Quantum Computation, Phillip Kaye, Raymond Laflamme and Michele Mosca, Oxford University Press, 2008.
  Before buying this book, you might want to print out its first chapter, which is available for free.

Description

• Introduction to quantum computing with an emphasis on the computer science part of the field
  Topics that will be covered are: elementary quantum mechanics, quantum information, quantum gates and circuits, quantum circuit complexity, teleportation, quantum cryptography, Shor's quantum algorithm for factoring integers and discrete logarithms, Grover's quantum searching algorithm, lower bounds in quantum computation, quantum error correction and fault tolerant quantum computation.

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• Lecture 1: Speaker: Samuel Lomonaco, UMBC
                  Title: A Rosetta Stone for Quantum Computing
• Lecture 2: Speaker: Peter Shor, MIT

                Title: Quantum Algorithms

• Lecture 3: Speaker: Patrick Hayden, McGill Univ.
                  Title: Concentrations of Measure Effects in Quantum Information
• Lecture 4: Speaker: Daniel Gottesman, Perimeter Inst.
                  Title: Quantum Error Correction & Fault Tolerance
• Lecture 5: Speaker: Howard Brandt, USARL
                  Title: Riemannian Geometry of Quantum Computation  (not yet available)
• Lecture 6: Speaker: Louis Kauffman, UIC
                  Title: Topology & Quantum Computing
• Lecture 7: Speaker: Samuel Lomonaco, UMBC
                  Title: Quantum Knots & Mosaics