Introduction to Quantum Information Processing
QIC 710, CS 768, CO 681, PHYS 767, AMATH 871, PMATH 871 (Fall 2021)
Instructor: Richard Cleve (cleve@uwaterloo.ca — Note to students: please include QIC710 in email subject, regardless of the version you’re in)
TAs:
Junqiao Lin (j224lin@uwaterloo.ca) office hour: Mondays, 3-4pm
Connor Paul-Paddock (cpaulpaddock@uwaterloo.ca) office hour: Wednesdays, 10-11am
Sam Winnick (stwinnic@uwaterloo.ca) office hour: Mondays, 6-7pm
Lane Gunderman (lgundrman@uwaterloo.ca) office hour: Thursdays, 5-6pm
Course web site: http://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710
Classes: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00-11:20am in AHS 1689 (first class is on September 9).
AHS is the Applied Health Sciences Expansion Building, near the Columbia Street entrance to the Ring Road. On the campus map, the building is called AHS, but please note that the sign in front of the building says HLTH.
General course information [here]
Video lectures [here]
Lecture notes [here]
Announcements
• (12/6) Schedule of presentations is here (last updated on Dec. 21)
• (11/6) Assignment 10: hint 2 was wrong (see corrected version)
• (11/12) Assignment 10 has been posted (due Dec 7)
• (11/24) Assignment 9 (due Nov 30) (minor typos corrected)
• (11/18) Assignment 8: due date is now Nov 23
• (11/18) Assignment 8: note changes in grade distribution
• (11/12) Assignment 8 has been posted (due Nov 18)
• (11/12) Section 3 has been added to lecture notes Quantum information theory I
• (11/7) Section 2 has been added to lecture notes Quantum information theory I
• (11/4) Assignment 7: the wording of Q3 has been slightly improved
• (11/3) Assignment 7 has been posted (due Nov 11)
• (10/31) Assignment 6 deadline has been changed to Nov 4
• (10/28) Assignment 6 has been posted (due Nov 2)
• (10/24) Assignment 5 deadline has been changed to Oct 29
• (10/21) Assignment 5 has been posted (due Oct 26)
• (10/18) Assignment 4 deadline has been changed to Oct 21
• (9/28) Assignment 4 has been posted (due Oct 19)
• (9/28) Assignment 3 has been posted (due Oct 5)
• (9/22) Assignment 2: I have turned 1(b) into an optional bonus question
• (9/21) Assignment 2 has been posted (due Sept 28)
Assignments (60% of grade)
• 10 weekly assignments (6% each)
• Please check the grading policy information [here]
• Please check Sample Assignment A and Solutions to Sample Assignment A
Assignment 1 (due September 21)
Assignment 2 (due September 28)
Assignment 3 (due October 5)
Assignment 4 (due October 19 -- extended until Oct 21)
Assignment 5 (due October 26 -- extended until Oct 29)
Assignment 6 (due November 2 -- extended until Nov 4)
Assignment 7 (due November 11)
Assignment 8 (due November 23)
Assignment 9 (due November 30)
Assignment 10 (due December 7)
Projects (40% of grade)
Each project is an oral presentation to the class. It should explain and analyze some topic in quantum information processing, selected with the approval of the instructor. Your presentation should be about 25 minutes in length. You should explain the topic in your own words, at a level accessible to your classmates. More information about the project component is [here].
