Quantum Information Processing and Quantum Computation

Fall 2015, M. Tech (CS) II Year, Indian Statistical Institute
Textbook:

“Quantum Computation and Quantum Information” by Michael A. Nielsen and Isaac L. Chuang, Cambridge University Press, First Edition, 2000.

Evaluation:

Total: 100.

Break up: Scribe: 20, Assignments: 15, Midsem: 25, Final: 40.

Scribe of Lectures:

Note that these scribes contain only a summary of what is discussed in class and do not necessarily cover all the points in detail.

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information
  2. Lecture 2: Quantum States, Operators, Measurements
  3. Lecture 3: No Cloning Theorem and Quantum Entanglement
  4. Lecture 4: Quantum Teleportation
  5. Lecture 5: Superdense Coding
  6. Lecture 6: Quantum Cryptography
  7. Lecture 7: Quantum Gates and Circuits
  8. Lecture 8: Quantum Computing; Deutsch and Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithms
  9. Lecture 9: Quantum Search: Grover’s Algorithm
  10. Lecture 10: Quantum Period Finding; Shor’s Factoring
Examination:
  1. Mid-Semester Examination
  2. Semester Examination