CSE 599d - Quantum Computing
Winter 2006
Instructor: Dave Bacon (dabacon at gmail dot com)
Lectures: Monday, Friday 1:30-3:00, Wednesday 1:00-2:30 in CSE 503
Office hours: By appointment in 460 CSE
Course Description:
An introduction to and survey of the field of quantum computing. Quantum
computation is an emerging field whose goal is to design effectively
atomic sized computers which exploit the parallelism of the quantum
mechanical laws of the universe. While this sounds futuristic, quantum
computers are fast becoming a reality, and have the potential to
revolutionize computation over the next twenty years. Topics include
quantum algorithms, quantum error correction, and quantum information.
This course will give you the knowledge to understand why quantum
computers can break certain public key cryptosystems, the engineering
challenges in building a physical quantum computing device, and the
level of security assured by quantum crytopgraphic devices. Prior
knowledge of quantum theory is not necessary.
Handouts:
Course Syllabus (updated 1/3/06)
Lecture Notes and Supplementary Material:
Introduction and Basics of Quantum Theory (updated 1/4/06)
Dirac Notation and Basic Linear Algebra for Quantum Computing (updated 1/6/06)
One qubit, Two qubit (update 1/10/06)
The No-Cloning Theorem, Classical Teleportation and Quantum Teleportation, Superdense Coding (updated 1/11/06)
The Quantum Circuit Model and Universal Quantum Computation (updated 1/20/06)
Reversible Classical Circuits and the Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm (updated 1/20/06)
The Recursive and Nonrecursive Bernstein-Vazirani Algorithmm (updated 1/23/06)
Simon's Algorithm (updated 1/26/06)
The Quantum Fourier Transform (updated 1/26/06)
Quantum Phase Estimation and Arbitrary Size Quantum Fourier Transforms (updated 1/26/06)
Shor's Algorithm (updated 1/30/06)
Grover's Algorithm (updated 1/31/06)
Mixed States and Open Quantum Systems (update 2/8/06)
Quantum Entanglement and Bell's Theorem (updated 2/8/06)
When Quantum Computers Fall Apart (updated 2/8/06)
Introduction to Quantum Error Correction (updated 2/10/06)
The Quantum Error Correcting Criteria (updated 2/13/06)
Stabilizer Quantum Error Correcting Codes (updated 2/12/06)
Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation and the Threshold Theorem (2/12/06)
Homework:
Homework 1 (pdf ps) due: Friday 1/20 Solutions to Homework 1 (pdf ps)
Homework 2 (pdf ps) due: Friday 2/3 Solutions to Homework 2 (pdf ps)
Homework 3 (pdf ps) due: Friday 2/17 Solutions to Homework 3 (pdf ps)