Introduction to Quantum Computing

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Introduction to Quantum Computing (QC). Course covers QC terminology, short introduction to quantum mechanics, linear algebra for QC, QC versus classical algorithms, qubit representation, qubit gates, quantum algorithm design, quantum algorithms to include: Deutsch-Josza’, Simon’s, Grover’s and Shor’s algorithms, and the potential of quantum computing applied to NP and NP-hard problems, code breaking, and optimization. Students will write programs on an actual quantum computer.