CMSC 457 - Quantum Computation

(3.00)

The course begins with a brief overview of those topics in quantum mechanics and mathematics needed for the understanding of quantum computation. It will then focus on quantum algorithms, covering such topics as quantum superposition and quantum entanglement, quantum decoherence, quantum teleportation, quantum Turing machines, Shor’s Algorithm, Grover’s algorithm, Hallgren’s algorithm, quantum information theory, quantum data compression, quantum cryptographic protocols, quantum error-correcting codes, implementation issues.

Course ID: 100191
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed CMSC 203 and MATH 221 with a grade of C or better.