Quantum Computation and Information Processing
CS 4134 - Fall 2024
Quick info
Quick info
- There is no coding in this course
- No Physics or Quantum Mechanics background is needed
Instructor: Jamie Sikora
Instructor: Jamie Sikora
- Office hours
- 9am-10:30am Mondays (Torgersen 2160E or via Zoom upon request)
- 15 minutes after every lecture (outside Torgersen 1040)
- By appointment
GTA: TBA
GTA: TBA
- Email: TBA (please include 4134 in the subject)
- Office hours
- TBA
- By appointment
Rule of thumb: Use Piazza to post questions about assignments, clarifications about exam questions, and general questions about course content
Classes: Mondays and Wednesdays @ 2:30pm - 3:45pm in Torgersen 1040
Classes: Mondays and Wednesdays @ 2:30pm - 3:45pm in Torgersen 1040
Course information: Last year's syllabus can be found here. (This will be updated closer to the Fall term, but can be used as a general reference.)
Course information: Last year's syllabus can be found here. (This will be updated closer to the Fall term, but can be used as a general reference.)
Assignments and exams (and other important things)
Assignments and exams (and other important things)
- The dates below for unassigned assignments and exams are tentative, but you may find them useful for planning purposes
- Assignment late policy: 10% deduction for each day late
- Examination late policy: No late submissions accepted
- Classes begin: TBA.
- Assignment 1: Out TBA. Due TBA.
- Labor day: TBA (no classes/office hours)
- Assignment 2: Out TBA. Due TBA.
- Assignment 3: Out TBA. Due TBA.
- Fall break: TBA (no classes/office hours)
- Assignment 4: Out TBA. Due TBA.
- Midterm (take home): Out TBA. Due TBA.
- Assignment 5: Out TBA. Due TBA.
- Thanksgiving break: TBA (no classes/office hours)
- Assignment 6: TBA. Due TBA.
- Final exam (take home): Out TBA. Due TBA.
- Classes end: TBA.
Lecture materials
Lecture materials
- Recorded lectures from Spring 2021 can be found here. These are not meant as a substitute for coming to class, but you may find them useful
- The slides are partially based on and/or inspired by the reading materials mentioned
Quantum computing basics
Quantum computing basics
Quantum algorithms
Quantum algorithms
Computational complexity theory
Computational complexity theory
Quantum information
Quantum information
Quantum error correction
Quantum error correction
Adiabatic quantum computation
Adiabatic quantum computation