6.443/8.371/18.436 Quantum Information Science

Lecture: MW9:30-11 (2-190)

Instructor: Aram W Harrow
Office hours: MW 11-12, 6-416a

TA: Saeed Mehraban
Office hours: Th 3-4, location 24-317

Videos and online problem sets can be found at the MITx site.

Problem set 0 - ungraded, diagnostic survey
Problem set 1. Part (a) due Fri, Feb 16. Part (b) (online and offline) due Fri, Feb 23.
Problem set 2. Part (a) due Fri, Mar 2. Part (b) due Fri, Mar 9.
Problem set 3. Part (a) due Fri, Mar 16. Part (b) due Fri, Mar 23.
Problem set 4. Part (a) due Fri, Apr 6. Part (b) due Fri, Apr 20.
Problem set 5. Part (a) due Fri, Apr 27. Part (b) due Fri, May 4.
Final project. Proposal due Apr 2. Final paper due May 17
Paper responses.
Other relevant dates. Mar 9 is add date and Apr 26 is drop date.

Notes posted before lecture should be considered rough drafts which will be finalized after the lecture.

Feb 7, 2018 (pdf, video): Introduction, density matrices, quantum operations.
A review of density matrices can be found in these 8.06 lecture notes or the 8.370 lectures.
Suggested reading: [NC], chapter 2; [KSV], chap 10
Feb 12, 2018 (pdf, video, more video on norms): quantum operations formalism, measurement, norms
Suggested reading: [NC], chapters 8 (except 8.4), 9.1-9.2; [KSV], chapters 11-12
Feb 14, 2018 (pdf, video): introduction to codes. Classical and linear codes.
Suggested reading: [NC], chapter 10.1-10.4 [KSV], chapters 15
Feb 20, 2018: stabilizer groups and codes
Suggested reading: [NC], chapter 10.5
Feb 21, 2018: Clifford group and Gottesman-Knill theorem.
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