Quantum Computing

Catalog description

This course provides a theoretical and practical treatment of quantum computing. Topics covered include brief quantum mechanics history, and the postulates of quantum theory. Dirac notation, quantum operators, composition, entanglement, and measurements. Quantum Computing via quantum circuit model: Description of qubit and universal set of gates. Simple quantum protocols: teleportation, superdense coding. The Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm and the Bernstein-Vazirani Algorithm. Grover’s algorithm for searching. Entanglement and Bell’s theorem. Quantum communications and quantum error correction. Applications in cybersecurity, cryptography, financial modeling, drug development and artificial intelligence; Senior Status Cross-listed with ECEG 777 .