Introduction to Quantum Information Processing
QIC 710, CS 768, CO 681, PHYS 767, AMATH 871, PMATH 871 (Fall 2022)
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Video lectures (click on any title to get a YouTube thumbnail for the lecture)
Part 1: A primer for beginners
   Lecture 1: What is a qubit?
  Duration 43:39          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 2: Systems with multiple qubits
  Duration 25:29          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 3: Superdense coding and measurements involving multiple qubits
  Duration 37:12          Slides: [pdf]          Cutout for slide 11: [pdf]
   Lecture 4: Teleportation and the question of copying quantum states
  Duration 19:40          Slides: [pdf] 
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Part 2: Quantum algorithms
 
   Lecture 5: Quantum circuits and classical circuits as algorithms
  Duration 28:36          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 6: Simple quantum algorithms in the black box model
  Duration 32:18          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 7: Simon's problem
  Duration 31:05          Slides: [pdf]         Classical lower bound for slide 4: [pdf]
   Lecture 8: The discrete log problem
  Duration 38:44          Slides: [pdf]        Supplementary: [pdf]
   Lecture 9: Quantum Fourier transform
  Duration 17:00          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 10: The phase estimation problem
  Duration 26:21          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 11: Algorithms for order-finding and factoring
  Duration 37:55          Slides: [pdf]        Supplementary: [pdf]
   Lecture 12: Grover's search algorithm
  Duration 28:52          Slides: [pdf] 
   Lecture 13: Optimality of Grover's search algorithm
  Duration 12:57          Slides: [pdf] 
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Part 3: Quantum information theory
   Lecture 14: Quantum states as density matrices
  Duration 30:01          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 15: State transitions via Kraus operators
  Duration 32:39          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 16: Stinespring form vs. Kraus form
  Duration 25:54          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 17: Distance measures between states
  Duration 22:56          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 18: Simple quantum error-correcting codes
  Duration 27:13          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 19: Calderbank-Shor-Steane codes
  Duration 28:39          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 20: Nonlocality
  Duration 26:16          Slides: [pdf]
   Lecture 21: Bell/CHSH inequality
  Duration 22:37          Slides: [pdf]
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   Lecture 22: (to be inserted)
Part 4: Quantum cryptography
   Lecture 23: The BB84 key distribution scheme
  Duration 28:36          Slides: [pdf]
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