Fundamentals of Quantum Information
Explore quantum circuits, entanglement, and quantum computing basics in this 4-week advanced course.
Explore quantum circuits, entanglement, and quantum computing basics in this 4-week advanced course.
Delve into the fascinating world of quantum information with this advanced 4-week course from DelftX. As the foundation of the second quantum revolution, quantum information is crucial for understanding quantum computing and communication. This course builds on the Quantum 101 program, offering a deeper exploration of quantum information manipulation through abstract quantum circuits. You'll learn to represent and manipulate quantum states using single and multi-qubit gates, and master basic algorithms like quantum state teleportation and superdense coding. The curriculum covers quantum gate sets, their universality, and compilations between different gate expressions. You'll gain hands-on experience with the Quantum Inspire simulator, a cloud-based quantum computing platform by QuTech at TU Delft. The course concludes with an examination of quantum supremacy and near-term quantum devices, introducing you to the exciting field of "noisy-intermediate scale" (NISQ) quantum computing. Designed by experts from the QuTech research center, this course offers cutting-edge insights into quantum technology development.
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What you'll learn
Utilize quantum circuits to represent, manipulate, and measure single and multi-qubit quantum states
Create and manipulate quantum entanglement for information teleportation
Compile quantum circuits to universal gate sets
Use electron spins to store quantum information in the Quantum Inspire platform
Understand the concepts of quantum supremacy and NISQ (Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum) devices
Apply quantum parallelism and encode functions into unitaries
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course provides an in-depth exploration of quantum information, focusing on its representation and manipulation through quantum circuits. It covers essential topics such as single and multi-qubit gates, quantum state teleportation, superdense coding, and entanglement swapping. Students will learn about quantum gate sets, their universality, and how to compile between different gate expressions. The course includes practical experience with the Quantum Inspire simulator, introducing the physics and operations of spin qubits. It concludes with an examination of quantum supremacy and near-term quantum devices, providing insights into the current state and future potential of quantum computing.
Quantum circuits, gates, measurement
Module 1
Teleportation, superdense coding, entanglement swapping
Module 2
Quantum compiling, universal gate sets
Module 3
Encoding functions into unitaries, quantum parallelism
Module 4
Quantum Inspire, physics and operations with spin qubits
Module 5
Quantum supremacy and the NISQ era
Module 6
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Instructors
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Pioneering Researcher in Quantum Networks and Communications
David Elkouss is a distinguished quantum scientist serving as a group leader at QuTech, Delft University of Technology, and Associate Professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. His academic foundation includes dual master's degrees in electrical engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Telecom ParisTech, followed by a Ph.D. in computer science from UPM that earned him the extraordinary dissertation prize for his work on quantum key distribution. His career highlights include being part of the team that achieved the first loophole-free Bell experiment at TU Delft in 2015. Elkouss leads research focusing on developing crucial tools for quantum networks, including entanglement purification protocols, error-correcting codes, network protocol benchmarks, and quantum network simulators. His expertise spans quantum Shannon theory, quantum communications channels, and the fundamental limits of quantum information processing, contributing significantly to the advancement of quantum internet technology and networked quantum computation.
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Pioneering Expert in Quantum Computing Architecture
Carmen G. Almudéver is a Distinguished Researcher at the Universitat Politècnica de València, following her role as Assistant Professor at TU Delft's Quantum and Computer Engineering Department until 2021. Her academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, where she focused on "beyond-CMOS" technologies and earned an Intel Doctoral Student Honor Programme fellowship in 2012. Her research expertise centers on developing scalable quantum computer architectures, particularly the mapping of fault-tolerant quantum circuits onto different qubit topologies. As one of the Principal Investigators in the 10-year Intel-QuTech collaboration on quantum computing, she has made significant contributions to quantum programming languages, compilers, error correction, and fault-tolerant computation. Her work spans the entire quantum computing stack, from fundamental architecture design to practical implementation of quantum systems, establishing her as a leading figure in quantum computing research and development.
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