Quantum Computing

By Prof. Debabrata Goswami | IIT Kanpur

Learners enrolled: 1007

Quantum computing exploits the quantum mechanical nature of matter to simultaneously exist in multiple possible states. Building up on the digital binary logic of bits, quantum computing is built on the basis of interacting two-level quantum systems or ‘qubits’ that follow the laws of quantum mechanics. Addressability of the quantum system and its fragility to fidelity are the major issues of concern, which if addressed appropriately, will enable this new approach to revolutionize the present form of computing. After developing the basics, this course delves on various implementation aspects of quantum computing and quantum information processing.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Both Senior UG and PG students

CORE/ELECTIVE: Core

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Intel, Microsoft Research

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Chemistry
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	29 Jul 2019
End Date :	18 Oct 2019
Exam Date :	16 Nov 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

•Quantum Measurements Density Matrices
•Positive-Operator Valued Measure
•Fragility of quantum information: Decoherence
•Quantum Superposition and Entanglement
•Quantum Gates and Circuits
•No cloning theorem & Quantum Teleportation
•Bell’s inequality and its implications
•Quantum Algorithms & Circuits
•Deutsch and Deutsch–Jozsa algorithms
•Grover’s Search Algorithm
•Quantum Fourier Transform
•Shore’s Factorization Algorithm
•Quantum Error Correction: Fault tolerance
•Quantum Cryptography
•Implementing Quantum Computing: issues of fidelity
•Scalability in quantum computing
•NMR Quantum Computing
•Spintronics and QED approaches
•Linear Optical Approaches
•Nonlinear Optical Approaches
•Limits of all the discussed approaches
•How promising is the future?

Books and references

1. Michael A. Nielsen and Issac L. Chuang, “Quantum Computation and Information”, Cambridge (2002).

2. Riley Tipton Perry, “Quantum Computing from the Ground Up”, World Scientific Publishing Ltd (2012).

3. Scott Aaronson, “Quantum Computing since Democritus”, Cambridge (2013).

4. P. Kok, B. Lovett, “Introduction to Optical Quantum Information Processing”, Cambridge (2010).

Instructor bio

Prof. D. Goswami works at the forefront of interdisciplinary research that embodies theoretical and experimental developments in the fundamental aspects of femtosecond laser-matter interactions for applications towards quantum computing. After receiving undergraduate degree from IIT Kanpur, Dr. Goswami went to US with multiple scholarships to receive his PhD from Princeton University and completed his one-year postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University in 1995. After several research jobs in US, he returned to India in 1998 as a Faculty in TIFR (Mumbai). He moved to IIT Kanpur in 2004, where he continues as the Professor of Chemistry. He is the recipient of several academic and research accolades, including the Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellowship (UK), the Swarnajayanti Fellowship and the Thathachary Science Award (India). He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, as well as member of several academic and professional societies and councils. He has published well over hundred peer-reviewed research articles, several book chapters, edited conference proceedings and books. His popularizes Science Education and is a popular K12 teacher on Indian television. Over the past decade and half, he has taught several courses both at UG and PG courses at TIFR and IIT Kanpur. The course on Quantum Computing was conceived and developed by Prof. Goswami as an open elective at IIT Kanpur more than a decade back and he has taught it eight times since.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centers.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 16th November 2019, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies are being discontinued from July 2019 semester and will not be dispatched.

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