A short introductory lecture course on Topological Codes and Quantum Computation delivered at the University of Innsbruck in May and June 2014. The syllabus, lecture notes and problem sheets will be available as attachments to this page. This page can be accessed via the short-url: bit.do/topological Lecture Schedule (To be confirmed) Tuesday, May 13 IQOQI 10:00 – 12:00 Wednesday, May 14 ITP SR 2/36 10:00 – 12:00 Monday, May 19 IQOQI 14:30 – 16:30 Monday, May 26 IQOQI 14:00 – 16:00 Please note earlier start time Wednesday, May 28 ITP SR 2/36 10:00 – 12:00 Monday, June 2 IQOQI 14:30 – 16:30 Wednesday, June 4 ITP SR 2/36 10:00 – 12:00 Tuesday, June 10 IQOQI 10:00 – 12:00 Since Monday is a holiday Syllabus (updated) Lecture notes Part 1 - Quantum Error Correction and The Stabilizer Formalism (Revision) Part 2 - The Toric Code Part 3 - Elements of Topology and Homology Part 4 - Topological Codes from Homology - and introduction of Planar Surface Codes Part 5 - Elements of Fault Tolerant Quantum Computation with Planar Surface Codes Problem Sheets Problem Sheet 1 Stabilizer codes Problem Sheet 2 The Toric Code: Errors and Decoders Problem Sheet 3 Topology and Homology |
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