BITS F386 - Handout
BITS F386 - Handout
COURSE HANDOUT
Date:11-08-2023
In addition to part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the timetable), this portion
gives further specific details regarding the course.
Course No. : BITS F386
Course Title: Introduction to Quantum Information and Computation
Instructor-in-charge: T S L Radhika
Scope & Objective of the course: This course is an elementary introduction to a new and
frontier multidisciplinary field of quantum computation and quantum information. This subject is
of common interest to physics, computer science, mathematics, and engineering students. It
introduces the concept of information in a physical sense and how quantum physics becomes
important in its realization. The course introduces the basic ideas of quantum mechanics relevant
to the presentation of information in terms of qubits and how this information can be processed
(computed) and transmitted.
Text Book: Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, M A Nielsen and I L Chuang,
CAMBRIDGE, 2013.
Reference Books:
1. Principles of Quantum Computation and Information, V.1, Benenti, Casati and Strini,
World Scientific, 2004.
2. Online lecture notes by Mark Oskin:
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~oskin/quantum-notes.pdf
3. Online lecture notes by John Preskill:
http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/preskill/ph229/
Course Plan:
Lecture Lecture Objectives Topics to be covered Chapter in
Number the
Text Book
1-3 To learn the concepts of Fundamental concepts, 1.1, 1.2, 1.6,
Quantum Computing Quantum bits, Quantum
information
4-10 To study the pre-requisites and Quantum computation, Linear 1.3 (1.3.1-
fundamentals of Quantum algebra, Postulates of 1.3.3), 2.1,
Mechanics Quantum Mechanics 2.2
11-17 Quantum Gates: single qubit, 1.3 (1.3.4-
multiple qubit gates, 1.3.6), Ch 4
Controlled gates, Universal
To understand Quantum Gates, Measurement, Bell
circuits states.
18-23 Quantum Teleportation, 1.3.7, 1.4
Quantum parallelism, Deutsch's
algorithm, Deutsch-Jozsa
To learn Quantum Algorithms algorithm
24-28 To study Quantum Fourier Quantum Fourier Transform Ch 5
Transform and its Applications
29-32 Shor's Algorithm, Grover's Oskin,
To learn Quantum algorithms Algorithm Lecture
(contd.) Notes
33-36 To understand Quantum noise, 8.2, 8.3,
Error correction Quantum operations, Error 10.1, 10.3,
correction, Coding 10.4
37-40 To study Quantum
Cryptography Quantum Cryptography 12.6
Evaluation Scheme:
EC Evaluation Duration Weightage Date, Time Remarks
No. Component (%)
1 Assignment -1 10 Take Home Open Book
2 Assignment -2 10 Take Home Open Book
3 Project and Viva 15 Open Book
3 Mid-Sem 30 11/10 - 4.00 - 5.30PM
Closed Book
4 Comprehensive 35 13/12 AN Closed Book
Make-up Policy: Make-up will be given only for genuine cases, and prior permission must be
obtained from the I/C.
Notices: The notices concerning this course will be displayed on the CMS only.
Academic Honesty and Integrity Policy: Academic honesty and integrity are to be maintained by
all the students throughout the semester, and no type of academic dishonesty is acceptable.
Instructor-in-Charge
BITS F386