Course Web-Page for Quantum Computation and Quantum Information Theory - INF349 Seminar, Spring 2008

Lecturer: Matthew G. Parker

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Course Book for INF349 (this is the one I recommend you to buy):

Quantum Computation and Quantum Information

Authors: Michael A. Nielsen and Isaac L. Chuang

Publisher: Cambridge University Press


  • Alternative Sources:

    John Preskill's Notes on Quantum Information Theory

    • Course Summary

    This course will give an introduction to quantum computation and quantum information theory. It will cover the basics and discuss some of the major results in the area. There will also be some lectures on very recent results and current open problems. No prior knowledge is necessary, but a familiarity with the basics of linear algebra would be useful.

    Some Useful Links:
    Quantum Physics Preprint Site
    QUANTIKI
    Quantum Physics WIKI
    online quantum information seminars by Patrick Hayden
    Weekly video quantum information seminars at Imperial
    David Deutsch's lectures on quantum computation

    {Something to do during those long dark nights when you have no other use for your sunglasses: Deutch's algorithm with a pair of sunglasses and some mirrors}

    Lecture Schedule

    Location for lectures: Høyteknologisenteret, 2103 Wednesdays, and 2101 Mondays

    (some of the material relates to the book by Nielsen and Chuang).

    SAVE TREES!!: For the pdf lecture notes provided, if you print them, then I recommend printing out four screens per page.

    Wednesday 14:15-16.00 (23.01.08), 2103 HIB

    Introduction and Overview: global perspectives, quantum bits, quantum computation. [QNotes1.pdf]

    Monday 14:15-16:00 (28.01.08), Selmer seminar room, floor 5, HIB

    Introduction and Overview: quantum computation, quantum algorithms. [QNotes2.pdf]

    Wednesday 14:15-16.00 (30.01.08), 2103 HIB

    Introduction and Overview: quantum algorithms, experimental quantum information processing. [QNotes3.pdf]

    Monday 14:15-16:00 (04.02.08), Selmer seminar room, floor 5, HIB

    Introduction and Overview: quantum information. [QNotes4.pdf] [QNotes5.pdf]

    Wednesday 14:15-16.00 (06.02.08), 2103 HIB

    Introduction and Overview: quantum information. [QNotes6.pdf]

    Monday 14:15-16:00 (11.02.08), Selmer seminar room, floor 5, HIB

    NO LECTURE.

    Wednesday 14:15-16.00 (13.02.08), 2103 HIB

    NO LECTURE.

    Monday 14:15-16:00 (18.02.08), Selmer seminar room, floor 5, HIB

    Bra-Ket notation, operators, and Hilbert space. [QNotes7.pdf]

    Wednesday 14:15-16.00 (20.02.08), 2103 HIB

    Postulates of quantum mechanics, quantum evolution and measurement. [QNotes8.pdf]

    Monday 14:15-16:00 (25.02.08), Selmer seminar room, floor 5, HIB

    Superdense coding, density operators, teleportation. Schmidt decomposition, purification, Einstein, Podolsky, Rosen, and Bell's inequality. [QNotes9.pdf]

    Wednesday 14:15-16.00 (27.02.08), 2103 HIB

    Quantum circuits and algorithms. [QNotes10.pdf]

    Monday 14:15-16:00 (03.03.08), Selmer seminar room, floor 5, HIB

    Quantum circuits, measurement, and universal quantum computation. [QNotes11.pdf]

    Wednesday 14:15-16.00 (05.03.08), 2103 HIB

    Gate approximations, quantum computational complexity, and simulation of quantum systems. [QNotes12.pdf]

    Monday 14:15-16:00 (10.03.08), Selmer seminar room, floor 5, HIB

    Quantum simulation and universality. [QNotes13.pdf]

    Wednesday 14:15-16.00 (12.03.08), 2103 HIB

    Quantum Fourier transform, quantum phase estimation. [QNotes14.pdf] ....by the way...QNotes14.pdf are not very good notes, so don't fret if you don't understand them.

    Monday 14:15-16.00 (31.03.08), 2103 HIB

    .....and so on.... [QNotes15.pdf]

    Wednesday 14:15-16.00 (02.04.08), 2103 HIB

    .....and so on.... [QNotes16.pdf] ....MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON.....

    Lecturer:Matthew G. Parker
    Email:matthew@ii.uib.no
    Last updated 02.04.08.