Instructors
C = Isaac Chuan
S = Peter Shor
H = Sean Hallgren, Guest Lecturer
Course calendar.
| SES # |
INSTRUCTORS |
TOPICS |
KEY DATES |
| 1 |
C |
Quantum Operations; Operator Sum Representation; System-Environment Model |
Problem set 1 out |
| 2 |
C |
Quantum Error Correction - Criteria and Examples |
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| 3 |
S |
Calderbank Shor Steane Codes |
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| 4 |
S |
Stabilizers; Stabilizer Quantum Codes |
Problem set 2 out
Problem set 1 due |
| 5 |
S |
Topological Quantum Codes; Kitaev's Anyon Model |
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| 6 |
C |
Stabilizers II; Computing on Quantum Codes |
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| 7 |
C |
Concatenated Codes; The Threshold Theorem |
Problem set 3 out
Problem set 2 due |
| 8 |
C |
Cluster State Quantum Computation |
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| 9 |
C |
Measurement and Teleportation Based Quantum Computation |
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| 10 |
C |
Adiabatic Quantum Computation |
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| 11 |
S |
Quantum Algorithms on Graphs; Quantum Random Walks |
Problem set 4 out
Problem set 3 due |
| 12 |
H |
Quantum Algorithms: The Abelian Hidden Subgroup Problem; QFT Over Sn |
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| 13 |
H |
The Nonabelian HSP; Hidden Dihedral Group; Positive and Negative Results |
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| 14 |
S |
Channels I: Quantum Data Compression; Entanglement Concentration; Typical Subspaces |
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| 15 |
S |
Channels II: Holevo's Theorem; HSW Theorem; Entanglement Assisted Channel Capacity |
Project forms out
Problem set 4 due |
| 16 |
S |
Channels III: Quantum-Quantum Channels, Mother/Father Protocol; Distillable Entanglement |
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| 17 |
C |
Entanglement as a Physical Resource |
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| 18 |
C |
Quantum Protocols - Quantum Communication Complexity; Distributed Algorithms |
Project forms due |
| 19 |
C |
Quantum Games |
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| 20 |
C |
Quantum Cryptography |
|
| 21-22 |
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Project Meetings |
|
| 23-26 |
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Project Presentations |
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