Quantum Information Processing

Catalog description

This course covers the foundations of quantum information processing. Topics include qubits, quantum states and the measurement, unitary operations, Hadamard transform, quantum circuits, quantum protocols, the no-cloning theorem, quantum error correction, quantum communication, and quantum information theory (such as the von Neumann entropy, entanglement distribution, quantum data compression). These principles and techniques enable quantum computers to tackle challenging problems in fields like cryptography, optimization, and simulation at speeds, scales, and properties unattainable by classical computers. Prerequisites: QTM 161 , CSE 274 , ( STA 261 or STA 301 ), MTH 246 , and ( MTH 231 or MTH 331 ).