Introduction to Quantum Information Processing
QIC 710, CS 768, CO 681, PHYS 767, AMATH 871, PMATH 871 (Fall 2024)

Instructor: Richard Cleve (cleve@uwaterloo.ca)
Note to students: please include QIC-710 in email subject, regardless of the version you’re in

TAs:
Avantika Agarwal (avantika.agarwal@uwaterloo.ca) office hour: Fridays 2:30pm in QNC 4321
Vahid R. Asadi (vrasadi@uwaterloo.ca) office hour: Mondays 3-4pm in QNC 4401
Eric Culf (eculf@uwaterloo.ca) office hour: Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm in QNC 3112

Course web site: http://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710

Classes: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00-11:20am in EV2 Rm 2002 (first class is Sept 5)

General course information [here]

Lecture videos [here]

Lecture notes [here]

Announcements

  • Comment on Assignment 6, Q4(b): if you are having trouble attaining the success probability stated in the question, note that you will receive partial credit for any success probability greater that the 5/6 form part (a).
  • Assignment 6 has been posted (due November 29).
  • Lecture notes on Information Theory have a new section 5 on Schmidt decomposition.
  • Assignment 5 has been posted (due November 19).
  • Assignment 4 has been posted (due November 8).
  • The Algorithms lecture notes have been revised to be clearer in section 12.
  • (10/7) Assignment 3, Q2 typo has been corrected: f maps to Z_3 (not Z).
  • (10/6) Assignment 3, Q4 typo has been corrected in part (b): F_8 changed to F_16.
  • The Algorithms lecture notes have been revised (minor corrections and section 7.4 added).
  • (10/3) Assignment 3, Q4 typo has been corrected (changed (x,y) to (a,b)).
  • (10/2) Assignment 3, Q4 has been revised (and its due date is now Oct 11).
  • Assignment 3 has been posted (due Oct 11, 11:59pm).
  • Here are references for the basics of modular arithmetic and definitions of rings and fields:
    - Modular arithmetic (AoPS) [here]
    - An Introduction to Groups, Rings, and Fields (H.A. Priestley) [pdf].
  • (9/25) Assignment 2, Q2(c) revised for clarity, with phi instead of psi.
  • (9/23) Assignment 2, Q2(a)(c) revised so as to be more clear about question.
  • (9/20) Assignment 2, Q1 has been modified. Please see current version.
  • (9/19) Assignment 2 has revised (same questions, but clearer wording).
  • The Primer lecture notes has been revised (with section 8.5 added).
  • Assignment 2 has been posted (due Oct 1, 11:59pm).
  • For A1, Q4(c), if you give a solution where you use both V and V* in the four places on the circuit diagram then you will receive partial credit of 3 out of 5.
  • Vahid Asadi office hour: Mondays 3-4pm in QNC 4401.
  • Avantika Agarwal office hour: Fridays 2:30-3:30pm in QNC 4321.
  • Richard Cleve special office hour Wednesday, Sept 11, 2:30-4:00pm in QNC 3129.
  • Assignment 1 has been posted (due Sept 17, 11:59pm).
  • First class is on Thursday, Sept 5 in EV2 Room 2002.

Assignments (60% of grade)

Assignment 1 (Due September 17, 2024, 11:59pm)
Assignment 2 (Due October 1, 2024, 11:59pm)
Assignment 3 (Due October 11, 2024, 11:59pm)
Assignment 4 (Due November 8, 2024, 11:59pm)
Assignment 5 (Due November 19, 2024, 11:59pm)
Assignment 6 (Due November 29, 2024, 11:59pm)


Tests (40% of grade)
  • Two tests (20% each)
  • Test 1 in class (October 22)
  • Test 2 in class (December 3)