Mondays, 9/18/2023 – 11/27/2018 | 12:30 – 1:30 PM | EXPL 4106
Lead by Fei Li, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science, George Mason University
Topics
1 Computational model (s)
2 Basic algorithms: Deutsch’s algorithm, Simon’s algorithm,
Shor’s algorithm, Grover’s algorithm
3 Basic algorithms: quantum communication (teleportation,
BB84 quantum key distribution, dense coding)
4 (Focus) Advanced algorithms: Phase estimation and approximate counting, quantum walk, quantum walk search, quantum matrix HHL algorithm, complexity
5 (Focus) Research topics: quantum sampling (adiabatic computing), quantum learning, online quantum optimization complexities, quantum-inspired classic algorithms
6 (NOT included) quantum programming, quantum software or hardware; applications; error correction
7 (Possibly included) not mentioned in the above
Reading Materials
1 https://www.cs.umd.edu/~amchilds/qa/
Lecture Notes on Quantum Algorithms, by Andrew Childs, University of Maryland, 2021
2 https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.09415
Quantum Computing: Lecture Notes, by Ronald de Wolf, QuSoft, CWI and University of Amsterdam, 2023
3 Some other resources.
Attendance
1 Faculty members and postdoctoral researchers
2 Graduate students in Math, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Operations Research, ECE, MechE
3 Weak prerequisites: Linear Algebra, Probability, and Algorithms
About the Seminar Series
The Quantum Computing Seminar Series is a series of working seminars organized and hosted by QSEC’s Quantum Computing Group every Monday. These events are free and open to the public. For any questions, contact qsec@gmu.edu.