Featured Programs
Experiential Learning Opportunities
Claim up to $1,000 in flight credits!
Get up to $1,000 in flight credits or grants toward study or internship programs abroad when you apply by January 01, 2025. See our Official Rules for full details.
Quantum Computation and Information
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: early Sep 2025 - mid Dec 2025
Quantum Computation and Information
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Physics
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 18324
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Linear algebra, Quantum physics, Advaced quantum physics
DESCRIPTION
1. Review of Quantum Mechanics.
- Dirac matricial formalism.
- Evolution of quantum states.
- Density matrix.
- Quantum measurement.
- Quantum phase.
- EPR Paradox and Bell theorem.
- Quantum systems and entanglement.
2. Introduction to Computer Science.
- Turing machines.
- Computational circuits.
- Logic gates.
3. Quantum computational circuits.
- The qubit.
- Qubit operations.
- Quantum gates.
- Open QSAM: a language for the Quantum Experience (QX) by IBM.
4. Quantum algorithms.
- Quantum parallelism.
- Deutsch algorithm.
- Quantum Fourier transform.
- Shor algorithm.
- Quantum search algorithms.
5. Quantum information.
- Quantum noise.
- Quantum operations.
- Quantum error-correction.
- Quantum information and Shannon entropy.
6. Quantum data compression.
7. Quantum cryptography
- Dirac matricial formalism.
- Evolution of quantum states.
- Density matrix.
- Quantum measurement.
- Quantum phase.
- EPR Paradox and Bell theorem.
- Quantum systems and entanglement.
2. Introduction to Computer Science.
- Turing machines.
- Computational circuits.
- Logic gates.
3. Quantum computational circuits.
- The qubit.
- Qubit operations.
- Quantum gates.
- Open QSAM: a language for the Quantum Experience (QX) by IBM.
4. Quantum algorithms.
- Quantum parallelism.
- Deutsch algorithm.
- Quantum Fourier transform.
- Shor algorithm.
- Quantum search algorithms.
5. Quantum information.
- Quantum noise.
- Quantum operations.
- Quantum error-correction.
- Quantum information and Shannon entropy.
6. Quantum data compression.
7. Quantum cryptography