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The document outlines the course EE 798V: Quantum Computation and Communication at IIT Kanpur, instructed by Dr. Abhishek Gupta and Dr. Washim Mondal. It details the course objectives, prerequisites, content modules, lecture schedule, and grading scheme. Key topics include quantum behavior, quantum algorithms, and quantum communication, with references provided for further reading.

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FCHQuantum Computationand Communication Course Content

The document outlines the course EE 798V: Quantum Computation and Communication at IIT Kanpur, instructed by Dr. Abhishek Gupta and Dr. Washim Mondal. It details the course objectives, prerequisites, content modules, lecture schedule, and grading scheme. Key topics include quantum behavior, quantum algorithms, and quantum communication, with references provided for further reading.

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Department of Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

EE 798V: Quantum Computation and Communication

Instructor: Dr. Abhishek Gupta (email id: [email protected]), Dr. Washim Mondal (email id: [email protected])

Course TAs: TBD

Objectives:

Pre-requisite: Linear Algebra, Probability Theory.

Course Content: The content for the course has been divided in several modules as follows:
Content Outline of Individual Module Tentative Number of Hours
Introduction, Classical vs Quantum Behavior, Applications 1
Linear Algebra Review, Vector space, operators, inner/outer product, Eigen values, 4
Diagonalizability, Tensor products, trace and partial trace, Dirac Notation
Quantum postulates: Hilbert Space, time evolution, measurement, wavefunctions, 4
Bloch sphere, POVM
Time Evolution of Pure State, Born Rule 1
State discrimination, Tensor Product, and Composite systems 1
Quantum Entanglement, Measurements (Partial, Destructive), bell states, quantum 2
CNOT gate
Dense Coding, Teleportation, No-Cloning, 2
Density matrix, Ensemble, 1
Time Evolution, Purification, GHJW Theorem, Generalized measurements 1
Classical vs Quantum Computing, Quantum Gates and Universality 1
Classical Information Review, 2
Quantum Information: entropy, Joint entropy, relative entropy 2
Typical sequences, Shannon noiseless coding theorem and quantum version 2
Quantum Algorithms: Groover’s, Simon’s, Shor’s, Deutsch–Jozsa Algorithm 3
Conditional gates, Representation of Unitary operators 1
EPR Paradox, Bell’s Theorem, CHSH Inequality, Kochen-Specker Theorem 2
Generalized Measurement, Kraus Operator, 2
Quantum noise, quantum Channels, examples, decoherence Erasure, etc 2
Distance metrics: trace distance and fidelity 1
Holevo bound, HSW theorem, entanglement fidelity, communication over noisy 2
quantum channels
Quantum communications, 1
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), Continuous Variable QKD 2

References:

1. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by Nielsen & Chuang


2. Edward Witten “A Mini-Introduction To Information Theory”, arXiv:1805.11965v5 4 Oct 2019
3. Lecture Notes MIT 8004 by B. Zwiebach
4. John Preskill “Lecture Notes on Quantum Computations. Available at http://theory.caltech.edu/~preskill/ph229/
5. Mark Wilde, “From Classical to Quantum Shannon Theory,” http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.1445
6. Upmanyu Madhow, Digital Communications
7. Cover and Thomas, Elements of Information Theory
Lecture: Tuesday and Friday, 3.30 pm - 4.45 pm

Grading scheme:

• Class participation: 20% (Attendance + discussion + scribing)


• Assignments: 20% (4 - 6 assignments throughout the semester)
• Exams: 20% (Mid-sem) + 20% (End-sem)
• Course project: 20%

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