Calendar

Instructors

C = Isaac Chuan
S = Peter Shor
H = Sean Hallgren, Guest Lecturer

SES # INSTRUCTORS TOPICS KEY DATES
1 C Quantum Operations; Operator Sum Representation; System-Environment Model Problem set 1 out
2 C Quantum Error Correction - Criteria and Examples
3 S Calderbank Shor Steane Codes
4 S Stabilizers; Stabilizer Quantum Codes Problem set 2 out

Problem set 1 due
5 S Topological Quantum Codes; Kitaev's Anyon Model
6 C Stabilizers II; Computing on Quantum Codes
7 C Concatenated Codes; The Threshold Theorem Problem set 3 out

Problem set 2 due
8 C Cluster State Quantum Computation
9 C Measurement and Teleportation Based Quantum Computation
10 C Adiabatic Quantum Computation
11 S Quantum Algorithms on Graphs; Quantum Random Walks Problem set 4 out

Problem set 3 due
12 H Quantum Algorithms: The Abelian Hidden Subgroup Problem; QFT Over Sn
13 H The Nonabelian HSP; Hidden Dihedral Group; Positive and Negative Results
14 S Channels I: Quantum Data Compression; Entanglement Concentration; Typical Subspaces
15 S Channels II: Holevo's Theorem; HSW Theorem; Entanglement Assisted Channel Capacity Project forms out

Problem set 4 due
16 S Channels III: Quantum-Quantum Channels, Mother/Father Protocol; Distillable Entanglement
17 C Entanglement as a Physical Resource
18 C Quantum Protocols - Quantum Communication Complexity; Distributed Algorithms Project forms due
19 C Quantum Games
20 C Quantum Cryptography
21-22 Project Meetings
23-26 Project Presentations