IBM 7 Qubit Device, 2017

CSC 685/595: Quantum Cryptography for Beginners

by: burt rosenberg
at: university of miami
semester: fall 2020–2021 (211)
time: monday 2:30–3:20 PM
location: zoom

Class Statement:

• This will be a monday-only workshop on the wonderful new world of Quantum Computing and Quantum Cryptography.
• It will be aimed at beginners. The physics and mathematics will be explained using projects to approach everything experimentally.

Calendar:

• Monday 17 Aug: Class begins on zoom

Syllabus:

• The course meets on Monday only, at 2:30–3:20 PM
• Meet on zoom, id:3412588580, pwd:502074
• Join the class slack channel csc-minicourses.slack.com, #quantum-crypto
• Find materials at github.com/csc-courses/csc685.
• These one credit courses were created to accommodate wide student interests on topics which are important, timely, and worhty of a structured treatment. These courses took inspiration from Berkeley DECAL courses.
• Previous courses taught on quantum:
  • CSC 687 Quantum Computing, Fall 2003-2004.
  • CSC 427 Theory of Computation (topic), Spring 2019-2020.

Class Notes:

• Basics of Quantum Computing
  • An Introduction
  • The qubit
  • Superposition
  • Entanglement

• References
  • XOR transformations lecture by Ryan O'Donnell at CMU.

Assignments:

• Exercise 0: Up and running
  • Watch the videos Qiskit: How to Install and Qiskit: Hello World.
  • Install Jupyter, qiskit, create your IBM Quantum Experience account.
  • Walk though on the visual composer the create of your Hello World quantum circuit.
  • Submit through your github account. Not necessary to submit.
  • Due: Monday, 24 Aug 2020
• Exercise 1: Superposition and entanglement
  • Download exercise 1 from the class github.
  • Complete the assignment.
  • Submit through the class slack workspace.
  • Due: Monday, 31 Aug 2020
• Exercise 2: QC and classical gates
  • Download exercise 2 from the class github.
  • Complete the assignment.
  • Submit through the class slack workspace.
  • Due: Monday, 7 Sep 2020
• Exercise 3: Quantum one time pad
  • Download exercise 3 from the class github.
  • Complete the assignment.
  • Submit through the class slack workspace. Add your name to the front, and send by DM.
  • Due: Wednesday, 16 Sep 2020
• Exercise 4: Observables
  • Download exercise 4 from the class github.
  • Complete the assignment.
  • Submit through the class slack workspace. Add your name to the front, and send by DM.
  • Due: Wednesday, 23 Sep 2020
• Exercise 5: Kronecker Product and Bernstein-Vazirani
  • Download exercise 5 from the class github.
  • Complete the assignment.
  • Submit through the class slack workspace. Add your name to the front, and send by DM.
  • Due: Wednesday, 7 Oct 2020
• Exercise 6: Simon's Algorithm
  • Download exercise 6 from the class github.
  • Due: Wednesday, 21 Oct 2020
• Exercise 7: CHSH experiment
  • Download exercise 7 from the class github.
  • Due: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2020
• Exercise 9: BB84:
  • Download exercise BB84 from the class github.
  • Due: Not due

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author: burton rosenberg
created: 13 jul 2020
update: 28 oct 2021