The lecture notes for this course were scribed by the students and are used with their permission.
| SES # | TOPICS | Students |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quantum Operations; Operator Sum Representation; System-Environment Model (PDF) | Kayla Jacobs |
| 2 | Quantum Error Correction - Criteria and Examples (PDF) | Jennifer Novosad |
| 3 | Calderbank Shor Steane Codes (PDF) | Saikat Guha |
| 4 | Stabilizers; Stabilizer Quantum Codes (PDF) | Kayla Jacobs |
| 5 | Topological Quantum Codes; Kitaev’s Anyon Model (PDF) | Igor Sylvester |
| 6 | Stabilizers II; Computing on Quantum Codes (PDF) | Danial Lashkari |
| 7 | Concatenated Codes; The Threshold Theorem (PDF) | Salman Abolfathe |
| 8 | Cluster State Quantum Computation (PDF) | Kayla Jacobs |
| 9 | Measurement and Teleportation Based Quantum Computation (PDF) | Kayla Jacobs |
| 10 | Adiabatic Quantum Computation (PDF) | Edward Platt |
| 11 | Quantum Algorithms on Graphs; Quantum Random Walks (PDF) | Isaac Kim |
| 12 | Quantum Algorithms: The Abelian Hidden Subgroup Problem; QFT Over Sn (PDF) | Kayla Jacobs |
| 13 | The Nonabelian HSP; Hidden Dihedral Group; Positive and Negative Results (PDF) | Igor Sylvestor |
| 14 | Channels I: Quantum Data Compression; Entanglement Concentration; Typical Subspaces (PDF) | Stephen Jordan |
| 15 | Channels II: Holevo’s Theorem; HSW Theorem; Entanglement Assisted Channel Capacity (PDF) | Saikat Guha |
| 16 | Channels III: Quantum-Quantum Channels, Mother/Father Protocol; Distillable Entanglement (PDF) | Kayla Jacobs |
| 17 | Entanglement as a Physical Resource (PDF) | Igor Sylvestor |
| 18 | Quantum Protocols - Quantum Communication Complexity; Distributed Algorithms (PDF) | Jennifer Novosad |
| 19 | Quantum Games (PDF) | Kayla Jacobs |
| 20 | Quantum Cryptography (PDF) | Edward Platt |
| 21-22 | Project Meetings | |
| 23-26 | Project Presentations |
