Lectures are at the Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore

The goal of this course is to give a thorough introduction to the theory of quantum information and its many applications including cryptography.

Where: S15-03-15

When: Tuesdays (10am-12pm) and Fridays (1pm-2pm)

Final grade

70% Assignments, 30% Class Project (20% Report, 10% Presentation)

Related literature

Lecture Notes by John Watrous

Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by Michael A. Nielsen and Isaac L. Chuang

Weekly syllabus

Jan 09 - Jan 13: Mathematical Preliminaries

Jan 16 - Jan 20: Quantum Preliminaries

Jan 23 - Jan 27: Channels and measurements

Jan 30 - Feb 03: Semidefinite programming and applications

Feb 06 - Feb 10: Bit-commitment and coin-flipping

Feb 13 - Feb 17: Coin-flipping (continued) and oblivious transfer

Feb 20 - Feb 24: RECESS WEEK (No lectures)

Feb 27 - Mar 03: Entropy and compression

Mar 06 - Mar 10: Information theory

Mar 13 - Mar 17: Separable states, maps, and LOCC

Mar 20 - Mar 24: Entanglement measures

Mar 27 - Mar 31: Completely bounded norms

Apr 03 - Apr 07: Class Presentations

Apr 10 - Apr 14: Class Presentations (No lecture on April 14 due to Good Friday)