Introduction to Quantum Computing

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Quantum computing is a next-generation computing approach that is predicted to be able to solve some problems that are currently practically impossible. This could have tremendous consequences for technology such as encryption. This approach harnesses quantum mechanical phenomena such as superposition and entanglement and makes use of quantum bits or qubits. This course will explore some of the basic physics underlying quantum computing, as well as different physical systems currently being used to implement quantum computers. The course will build from qubits to gate operations to basic algorithms as well as expose students to currently available quantum computing programing tools. Students interested in the future of computing should know about quantum computing.