PHYS 370 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Introduction to Quantum Info. and Computing

David Deutsch, Charles Bennett and Peter Shor (L to R) accept the Dirac Medal in 2017 (ICTP Trieste)

David Deutsch, Charles Bennett and Peter Shor (L to R) accept the Dirac Medal in 2017 (ICTP Trieste)

When

Mon/Wed 10:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.

Where

276 Loomis Laboratory

Who

Prof. Doug Beck
401A Loomis
244-7994
Office Hours:
Wed: 2:30-Colloquium, 401A Loomis

Marshal Dong  (HW)
Office hours: 
TBD

Tai Yang  (HW)
Office hours: 
TBD

What

Introduction to quantum information and computing. Prerequisite Phys. 214 or equivalent. We will introduce quantum bits (qubits), quantum gates, and quantum algorithms; use online quantum computers to do calculations; discuss current technology.

Course material

We will use smartIllinois (smartPhysics); to get started just click on the link!  You will be able to access the material on smartPhysics free for the first two weeks, thereafter you will need to have purchased access to the material.  Instructions for redeeming an access code that you can purchase at the Illini Union Bookstore are here.

We will also use the gradebook to keep track of scores.

iClicker cloud

We will use the phone-based iClicker App ("iClicker Reef" in the App Store and Google Play) in class.  There is a small charge to use this App.

Please go to https://www.iclicker.com to get started.

If you have used the App previously, sign in.

If this is your first time using this application, click the "Create an Account" link at the top.  Please use your netid@illinois.edu email address to create an account.  Once logged in, click the plus sign in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.  Enter "University of Illinois at Urbana" for your institution, Physics for the Department, Phys370 as the course name.  The join code is https://join.iclicker.com/MJXI

Class forum

We will use Campuswire to ask and answer questions outside of class time--I encourage you to do both!  You will receive an invitation email close to the start of the semester.

HW submission

HW assignments are on the smartIllinois pages.  Submission will be via the course Gradescope page; choose Phys 370 (the entry code is 7KXD4B).  There is nothing to submit for homework on the smartIllinois pages.

Exams

Exams for this course will be in-class/in-person.  Dates are on the smartIllinois pages.  The two midterm exams will be 80 min; the final exam will be 180 min.

Grading

The course will comprise weekly homework (25%), final exam (25%), two midterm exams (15% each), pre-class reading and checkpoint questions (10%), and class participation (10, 9, 7, 4, 0% for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 absences), recorded in the course gradebook. The late homework policy is 20% reduction if submitted less than 2 weeks late and before 11:59 p.m. on Reading Day (final course deadline), whichever is earlier. There are bonus points (maximum 3%) for checkpoint questions answered correctly in class. The (lower) grade boundaries will be A+ (97), A (94), A- (91), B+ (88), B (85), B- (82), C+ (78), C (74), C- (70), D+ (66), D (62), D- (58), F (54)

Text

D. McMahon, Quantum Computing Explained, 1st Edition, 2008 (required).
M. Nielsen and I. Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, 10th Anniversary Edition available electronically (reference)A. Al-Qasimi and D. V. F. James Quantum Information A First Course 1st Edition (reference)

Class responsibilities

For all of us

AI Use

AI use policies for this class

Academic Integrity

All activities in this course, including documentation submitted for petition for an excused absence, are subject to the Academic Integrity rules as described in Article 1, Part 4, Academic Integrity, of the Student Code.

Just in case

Emergency resources

References

On reserve at the Grainger Library

General Quantum Mechanics (and background texts)

Books with * are among my general quantum mechanics favorites

NOT on reserve