Course Identification

Quantum information processing
20241042

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Dr. Serge Rosenblum
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Course Schedule and Location

2024
Second Semester
Monday, 11:15 - 13:00, Drori Auditorium
08/04/2024
08/07/2024

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Lecture; 4.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Elective; 4.00 points

Comments

The course will take place on Mondays between 11:15-13:00 at Drori Auditorium

Prerequisites

  • Reasonable knowledge of quantum mechanics 
  • A good grasp of linear algebra

Restrictions

50

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

50%
50%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

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Scheduled date 2

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

3

Syllabus

  • Overview and motivation
  • Qubits & quantum circuits
  • Entanglement and quantum teleportation
  • Physical implementations
  • Quantum algorithms
  • Decoherence processes
  • Quantum error correction
  • Fault-tolerant quantum computing

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

  1. Be able to read a quantum circuit and understand the quantum information process behind it.
  2. Understand the importance and challenges of quantum information processing.

Reading List

  1.   Michael A. Nielsen & Issac L. Chuang | Quantum Information and Quantum Computation. Two hardcopies 004.1 NIE. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511976667
  2. Preskill's lecture notes (website)     http://www.theory.caltech.edu/~preskill/ph219/index.html#lecture
  3. N. David Mermin | Quantum Computer Science - an Introduction | Cambridge 2007. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511813870

Website

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