Computer Science 690Q - Quantum Information Systems

Fundamentals of quantum information systems, including quantum computation, quantum cryptography, and quantum information theory. Topics include: quantum circuit model, qubits, unitary operators, measurement, entanglement, quantum algorithms for factoring and search, quantum key distribution, error-correction and fault-tolerance, information capacity of quantum channels, complexity of quantum computation.

Open to Computer Science graduate students only. FAMILIARITY WITH LINEAR ALGEBRA (MATH 235) AND CALCULUS (MATH 131/132). KNOWLEDGE OF SOME PROBABILITY AND DISCRETE MATH. KNOWLEDGE OF QUANTUM MECHANICS IS NOT A PREREQUISITE; QUANTUM CONCEPTS INTRODUCED AS NEEDED. KNOWLEDGE OF ALGORITHMS AND COMPLEXITY ARE NOT PREREQUISITES; ALSO INTRODUCED AS NEEDED. SEATS HELD FOR INCOMING GRAD STUDENT REGISTRATION. STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides.