| 1 | Introduction and Overview | |
| 2 | Basics of Quantum Mechanics | Sections 2.1, 2.2 |
| 3 | More Basics of Quantum Mechanics | Sections 2.2, 2.6 |
| 4 | Classical Computation Models and Quantum Gates | Sections 3.1, 3.2.5, 4.2-4.6 |
| 5 | Quantum Circuits and a Simple Quantum Algorithm | Sections 4.2-4.6, 1.4-1.4.4 |
| 6 | More on Quantum Circuits | Sections 5.1-5.4 |
| 7 | Simon's algorithm | Sections 5.1-5.4 |
| 8 | Factoring | Sections 5.1-5.4 |
| 9 | More on Factoring | Sections 5.1-5.4 |
| 10 | Grover's search algorithm | Section 6 |
| 11 | Applications of Grover's Search Algorithm | Section 6 |
| 12 | Superdense Coding and Quantum Teleportation | Sections 1.3.6, 1.3.7, 2.3 |
| 13 | Quantum Computation Models | |
| 14 | Cluster States | This material (some of it presented differently) can be found in Measurement-based quantum computation with cluster states by R. Raussendorf, D.E. Browne, H.J. Briegel. |
| 15 | More on Computing with Cluster States | |
| 16 | Quantum Error Correction | 10.1-10.2, 10.3.1 |
| 17 | Quantum Mechanics | Now, we have to go back to tell you more about quantum mechanics. This is so we can deal with noise in quantum error correcting codes. In several lectures, we will cover 2.4, 2.5, 8.1, 8.2. |
| 18 | More on Quantum Mechanics | We'll talk about Hamiltonians, how to get unitary transformations, and the harmonic oscillator. |
| 19 | Guest Lecture by Isaac Chuang on Implementations of Quantum Computing | Isaac Chuang will talk about Implementations of Quantum Computing: How to Build your Own Quantum Computer. |
| 20 | Quantum CSS Codes | 10.4, 10.3.3 |
| 21 | More on Quantum Error Correcting Codes | |
| 22 | Quantum Cryptography | 12.6 |
| 23 | Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation | 10.6 |
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