6W2 Summer 2022

Class Notes     What's Due?

Fri Dec 23

This is the effect a class like this should have on you:

Click to enlarge (if needed).

Tue Dec 20

And here's the paper that justifies the choice of picture below (and perhaps even above).

Mon Dec 12

If 2022 were to end today this is how we'd like it remembered:

Hope everybody has a great Finals Exam Week!

Sun Dec 11

Pointed out a few days ago by Olivia Lanes (IBM).

Understanding Quantum Information and Computation with John Watrous videos are being posted monthly now.

Sat Dec 10

Interesting and relatively recent paper|reference|overview (from IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering).

Thu Dec 08

A few references to read before Sasha Boltasseva's talk next week:

• Five Lectures on Optical Quantum Computing
• Optical Implementations of Generic Linear-Optical KLM-type Two-Qubit Entangling Gates
• Realization of a KLM C-NOT Photonic Quantum Circuit Combining Effective Optical Nonlinearities

• Photonic Quantum Computers (Terry Rudolph and PsiQuantum)
• How Xanadu's Photonic Quantum Computers Work
• How to Build a Quantum Computer with a Million Qubits (Xanadu)
• Silicon Photonic Quantum Computing at PsiQuantum (Dylan Saunders at Quantum Australia 2022)
• What is Silicon Photonics?

Also look for related content online such as this (or this).

Fri-Sun Nov 18-20

Our little report from this year's Schroedinger's Class at the IQC in Waterloo, Canada.

Tue-Thu Oct 04-Nov 17

Seven week program at the University of Chicago (joint offering with Illinois and the Chicago Quantum Exchange)

Here's how a certificate looks upon successful completion of the course.

Please ask me about the content and delivery modality of this course.

Mon Oct 03

Paper accepted for presentation at SIGCSE 2023 (Toronto, Canada).

Tue Sep 27

IU QISE Student Journal Club starts meeting for the new academic year.

Wed Aug 10

Follow the links in this article for some meaningful, relevant information.

Sun Aug 07

If you want to sign up for Qiskit Quantum Explorers: start here.

It's all based on D!scord and the first level is mandatory.

To get access to all the modules you need to first unlock this badge:

It's a module that ends with a 12-15 question exam.

With what we taught you in this class you can easily unlock it.

You have to think a little but it's entirely accessible to you.

Sat Mon Aug 06

Just to be clear: Shor with 4000 ideal qubits can break RSA in human time.

With out current noisy quibits things are like this (as we discussed in class).

Fri Mon Aug 05

Where Boson Sampling originally came from.

Mon Mon Aug 01

Some of the things we didn't get to discuss in detail:

• Quantum Interferometers as Quantum Computers (Artur Ekert, 1997)
• Quantum Logic Processor: A MZI Based Approach (Sarkar, Patwardhan and Bhattacharrya, 2006)
• From Interferometers to Quantum Computers (Artur Ekert, Kolkata 2010)
• Implementation of quantum controlled-SWAP gate with photonic circuits (Japan, 2017)
• On Quantum Agorithms (Cleve, Ekert, Henderson, Machiavello and Mosca, 1997)
• Simulation of Quantum Computation: A Deterministic Event-Based Approach (The Netherlands 2005-2018)

Maybe with some other occasion, in the future.

Fri Jul 29

The course ends. Final grades need to be in by Monday.

Some of the papers discussed in class this past week:

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01658-0
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.09749.pdf
• https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/bob.coecke/VaxjoProc.pdf
• https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/ss2014/programme/Bob.pdf
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.05380.pdf
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/1811.10085.pdf

Please upload your answers to your GitHub repositories as discussed.

Video recording of today's lecture posted at 10:36am in Class Notes under 07/29.

Class ended. Thanks, Arpan! Thanks, everybody. Have a wonderful rest of summer.

Thu Jul 28

Only today is not tomorrow.

Here's what we did in class today.

Wed Jul 27

Video recording from today's class posted in Class Notes at 1:08pm.

Today we mentioned this in class:

https://files.webservices.illinois.edu/9156/keyconceptsforfutureqislearners5-20.pdf

It's indexed as part of this site:

https://qis-learners.research.illinois.edu/

It should give you further incentive to finish the 70 questions.

Tue Jul 26

From [ https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0955/2452/files/Magic_Math_Cards.pdf ] we use this in class today:

Click to enlarge (if needed). I'll describe in class how we use it.

Here's the note I sent to the class distribution list yesterday afternoon:

From: German, Dan-Adrian
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2022 5:17 PM
To: csci-c 290 class distribution list
Subject: today's video recording and plan for the week
 
I just posted the video from today under 07/25 in Class Notes:

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c290-quantum-dgerman/sum2022/course-description.html

Everything we said we'd discuss we will, but we are most concerned with what *you* will be doing this week. 

So, here's the main goal and the plan. Main goal is for you to answer all those 70 questions posted under 07/29: 

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c290-quantum-dgerman/sum2022/resources/lectures/0729.html (posted July 16). 

The plan for the week is as follows (was explained at length in class today): 

(a) Monday (today): https://quantum.country/qcvc (today in class I answered 86 out of the 106 total questions listed there) 

(b) tomorrow (Tuesday): How the Quantum Search Algorithm Works (https://quantum.country/search)
 
(c) Wednesday: https://quantum.country/teleportation (this is tightly related to Shawn's presentation three days ago)

(d) Thursday: https://quantum.country/qm (this goes back to how we started the class)

(e) Friday: the questions mentioned above (wrap-up). This is your top priority now.  

Has anyone seen the latest issue of Communications of the ACM (August, I received it today)? 

I posted the cover on What's New? It has several candidates for the last question (#70) in your list. 

As we go through this week, I will address everything we said we'll address, especially quantum hardware. 

Please focus on the questions I asked you to research and find the answers to. Watch the class video recordings. 

Do the readings for class. Tomorrow: Grover's. The reading assignment is here: https://quantum.country/search

Please try answering those questions as you proceed through the reading assignment as we discussed in class today. 

If you have any questions or need help or if you know we're waiting to hear from you, please reach out asap. 

Sincerely,

Adrian German
IU QSEc Acting Organizing Manager
https://qsec.sitehost.iu.edu/research/history/ 
QED-C Workforce Development TAC Chair (2021)
https://quantumconsortium.org/members/ 

--

Mon Jul 25

Here's the cover for the August 2022 issue of Communications of the ACM:

What do you notice? Candidates for your question 70 from this issue's cover story:

1. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3524455
2. this right here is the main (cover) story

The first link contains all the supplementary materials mentioned in the printed story.

Sat-Sun Jul 23-24

Next week we discuss quantum hardware.

Here are two references to rely on:

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/~dgerman/2022/CSCI202X/oliver-aaronson-et-al.pdf (see chapter 5)

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/~dgerman/2022/CSCI202X/u-chicago-ding-and-chong.pdf

Here's another video about Shor's algorithm this time with Peter himself.

Fri Jul 22

Shawn will present the Teleportation Protocol in class today.

Shawn	with us.
And Shawn would like to share one of his books

Also today: Shor's algorithm.

Click to enlarge above (if necessary).

Also, Jin's video is here.

Here's the Qiskit code from that video (and a screenshot below for confidence):

(Again, if necessary, click to enlarge.)

Thu Jul 21

QFT today in class.

Sent yesterday to the class distribution list:

From: German, Dan-Adrian
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 12:51 PM
To: everybody associated with this class
Subject: csci-c 290 6w2 sum 2022: a couple of announcements
 
I posted the video from today just now under Class Notes and today's date (07/20). 

I also posted the answer to Arpan's challenge on What's New? in stages under Wed Jul 20. 

Finally let me remind you how much we value your sponsorship and participation in this class. 

https://csed.acm.org/ click on knowledge areas then click on Architecture and Organization. 

You will see Indiana University (IU) Bloomington represented. Yay! 

Now click on Version Alpha (July 3, 2022) then search for something quantum (e.g., Simon's algorithm). 

That entire section would not exist in this alpha version of the worldwide CSCI curricular guidelines w/out C290 and you. 

So hopefully you are learning something and also feel a bit of pride for the impact that your efforts are having. 

Please let us know if you are confused about anything or need any kind of assistance or help. 

We will have more announcements over the next few days as we approach last week of classes. 

Very grateful to have had the chance to work with such a talented and diverse group of students this summer. 

Sincerely,

Adrian German
IU QSEc Acting Organizing Manager
https://qsec.sitehost.iu.edu/research/history/
QED-C Workforce Development TAC Chair (2021)
https://quantumconsortium.org/members/

--

Wed Jul 20

Simon's algorithm today in class.

Here's the code for Arpan's challenge in stages:

!pip install qiskit 

!pip install pylatexenc

import pylatexenc

from qiskit import *

--

def qft(n):
  circuit = QuantumCircuit(n, n)
  return circuit

qft(5).draw(output='mpl')

--

def qft(n):
  circuit = QuantumCircuit(n, n)
  for qubit in range(n):
    circuit.h(qubit)
    circuit.barrier()
  return circuit

qft(5).draw(output='mpl')

--

def qft(n):
  circuit = QuantumCircuit(n, n)
  for qubit in range(1, n):
    for i in range(1, qubit):
      circuit.cx(i, qubit)
    circuit.h(qubit)
    circuit.barrier()
  return circuit

qft(6).draw(output='mpl')

--

def qft(n):
  circuit = QuantumCircuit(n, n)
  for qubit in range(0, n):
    for i in range(0, qubit):
      circuit.cx(i, qubit)
    circuit.h(qubit)
    circuit.barrier()
  return circuit

qft(5).draw(output='mpl')

--

import math

def qft(n):
  circuit = QuantumCircuit(n, n)
  for qubit in range(0, n):
    for i in range(0, qubit):
      circuit.cu1(math.pi/2,i,qubit)
      # see also deprecation warning 
      # circuit.cx(i, qubit)
    circuit.h(qubit)
    circuit.barrier()
  return circuit

qft(5).draw(output='mpl')

--

import math

def qft(n):
  circuit = QuantumCircuit(n, n)
  for qubit in range(0, n):
    power = qubit + 1
    for i in range(0, qubit):
      power -= 1
      circuit.cu1(math.pi/2**power,i,qubit)
      # see also deprecation warning 
      # circuit.cx(i, qubit)
    circuit.h(qubit)
    circuit.barrier()
  return circuit

qft(5).draw(output='mpl')

# See also: https://qiskit.org/documentation/tutorials/circuits_advanced/03_advanced_circuit_visualization.html

--

Try these in stages as shown.

Here's the last stage (past the one shown above):

Click to enlarge (if you can't see at this size).

Tue Jul 19

Video recording of today's class was posted around 5:30pm (Class Notes, 07/19).

Will sit in the Front Row today in class:

Zhi

Suri

Nicky

The topic: Deutsch's algorithm (Money or Tiger!).

Notes for today have been updated.

Mon Jul 18

Alex will present the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics today.

Alex

A set of final questions has been posted in Class Notes under 07/29.

Please proceed to answer the questions collaboratively in D!scord at your earliest convenience.

Sent to the class distribution list today:

From: German, Dan-Adrian 
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2022 5:06 AM
To: everybody in csci-c 290 6w2 summer 2022
Subject: csci-c 290 6w2 summer 2022: welcome to week 5
 
Hello and welcome to the fifth week of the class. Only this week is not the last.

Midterm appointments ended last night, and I would like to give you an update now. 

Our students are physically located in at least four time zones: GMT+3, GMT+8, GMT-4, GMT-7.  

We started with 25 students (3 auditing). Another audit student added the class end of first week, so: 26. 

Second week 3 students dropped (had other priorities or found the class intimidating). Sorry we could not keep you. 

Tue July 12 individual midterm appointments (10am - midnight) started. Not going to lie to you, am a little exhausted. 
 
Only four students did not show up for their midterm interviews. Please do reach out to Arpan and I soon, so we can help you.

Everybody is still in the running for full credit for this class, but we need to hear from you at least once a week (just reply to this e-mail).  

This week and the next we're going to discuss chapter 3 in this online textbook:

https://qiskit.org/textbook/ch-states/introduction.html

Today Alex will have a guest presentation on the Many-World Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. 

Please join our D!scord channel. Please look at the list of questions I have posted as an alternate Final Exam: 

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c290-quantum-dgerman/sum2022/course-description.html (it's under 07/29)

The questions are to be answered collectively, collaboratively, by all of us via the D!scord assignment discussion channel. 

Thanks for your continued interest and hard work. See you in class today. With renewed best wishes, 

Sincerely,

Adrian German
IU QSEc Acting Organizing Manager
https://qsec.sitehost.iu.edu/research/history/
QED-C Workforce Development TAC Chair (2021)
https://quantumconsortium.org/members/
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Sun Jul 17

Leo van Dommelen's book (w/ exercises and answers):

• QM for scientists and engineers.

Qubit modalities by company (and size of quantum computer):

Click to enlarge. Also, detailing the immediate prospects in industry: this story.

Sat Jul 16

Here's info on BB84 (Bennett and Brassard) as well as The Ekert Protocol.

Here's an article by Miguel Morales in ArsTechnica on Quantum Mechanics (no math).

Fri Jul 15

Second Arpan lecture today; will be very interactive.

Video recording from today posted in Class Notes (under 07/15, just now (at 9:52pm)).

This is the message I sent yesterday afternoon:

From: German, Dan-Adrian
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2022 4:03 PM
To: CSCI-C 290 Class Distribution List
Subject: today's video recording, tomorrow's lecture
 
I just posted today's video recording. 

Arpan will run tomorrow's lecture, in four parts: 

(a) basic circuits

(b) Deutsch

(c) Simon's algorithm 

(d) starting out with QFT

That's the basic plan we will see how it will turn out. 

If anybody has any questions or needs any help, please let us know. 

Sincerely,

Adrian German
IU QSEc Acting Organizing Manager
https://qsec.sitehost.iu.edu/research/history/
QED-C Workforce Development TAC Chair (2021)
https://quantumconsortium.org/members/

--

Interesting link posted by Arpan to D!scord today: here.

Different source: https://thequantuminsider.com/2022/07/12/nvidia-says-unified-computing-platform-with-speed-up-quantum-rd/

Thu Jul 14

One possible learning outcome (for incoming students in our MS in QIS program):

https://qubit.guide/

Sent yesterday to the class distribution list about today's class:

From: German, Dan-Adrian 
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 1:57 PM
To: CSCI-C 290 Programming Quantum Computers
Subject: tomorrow's lecture: deutsch's algorithm
 
In tomorrow's class we will demonstrate once and for all in the simplest possible terms 
the superiority of quantum algorithms over their classical counterparts. 

No math necessary beyond the ability to count. To better understand the lecture it might 
be useful to look over the following original materials before coming to class: 

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c290-quantum/sum2022/0714/economou-rudolph-barnes.pdf

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c290-quantum/sum2022/0714/csaapt-2022-barnes.pdf

Note these are aimed at HS students and early undergraduate students. Please focus on the 
Money or Tiger! section of the paper. 

I will have my own slides and we can implement the algorithm tomorrow at the end or if not, 
Arpan will pick it up in his lecture on Friday. 

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow in class (or during in your respective midterm 
appointment(s) whichever one comes first). 

Sincerely,
Adrian German
IU QSEc Acting Organizing Manager
https://qsec.sitehost.iu.edu/research/history/
QED-C Workforce Development TAC Chair (2021)
https://quantumconsortium.org/members/

P.S https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/~dgerman/2020/boot-camp/loqcdd.pdf 
(this is the link Ahmed asked during the lecture yesterday) 

--

Wed Jul 13

Link used in class today:

https://learn.qiskit.org/course/introduction/what-is-quantum

Sent to the class distribution list just now:

From: German, Dan-Adrian 
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 11:28 AM
To: CSCI-C 290 Programming Quantum Computers 
Subject: today's lecture: recording now posted
 
Today's lecture was by far the best so far (with many thanks to Alex, Zixiao, Jocelyn and Shawn). 

It's been posted under 07/13 in Class Notes (especially please watch from where Alex takes over): 

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c290-quantum-dgerman/sum2022/course-description.html

In today's lecture we modeled a midterm interview. See Alex simply crushing it (from 9:22am on). 

Please don't skip your midterm interviews. We only want to help. All you have to do is show up. 

More lectures of this kind coming up (including some student guest presentations next week). 

If you have questions, comments or concerns please let us know. 

With many thanks and renewed best wishes, 

Sincerely,
Adrian German
IU QSEc Acting Organizing Manager
https://qsec.sitehost.iu.edu/research/history/
QED-C Workforce Development TAC Chair (2021)
https://quantumconsortium.org/members/

--

Tue Jul 12

Midterm interviews start today here's the schedule for the week.

Code discussed with Shawn in class today:

def fun(a, b):
  if a < b: 
    pass
  else:
    (a, b) = (b, a)
  for num in range(a, 1, -1):
    if a % num == 0 and b % num == 0:
      # print (num)
      return num
    else:
      pass # print(num, "No.")

print(fun(6, 21)) # prints 3

We resume tomorrow from here, to generate variable size circuits.

Mon Jul 11

Today's video recording posted at 11:19am under 07/11 in Class Notes.

Notes posted for Friday are relevant for this week's meetings.

Eventually we will talk about quantum hardware in this class.

Sun Jul 10

Sent just now to the class distribution list:

From: German, Dan-Adrian
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2022 10:14 PM
To: the class distribution list 
Subject: csci-c 290 lecture tomorrow
 
Arpan will teach lecture tomorrow. It will be on StrangeFX in Java. 

The Zoom link is the same: I will be in the room, Arpan will connect and teach. 

I did post some notes for tomorrow. More to come soon. Please make a midterm appointment: 

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c290-quantum/sum2022/midterm-interviews.html

Thanks to those who already mailed me their preferred times and I look forward to hear from the others. 

See you in the morning in class for Arpan's first lecture (he will have one more possibly two). 

Sincerely,
Adrian German

--

Notes for Monday posted. Arpan will present StrangeFX.

Sat Jul 09

Midterm interviews next week:

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c290-quantum-dgerman/sum2022/midterm-interviews.html

More details will be made available shortly. Here's the note sent to the class distribution list:

From: German, Dan-Adrian
Sent: Saturday, July 9, 2022 6:43 AM
To: everybody associated with the class 
Subject: This week: CSCI-C 290 Midterm Interviews
 
Please look over the posted schedule and send me a note with your preferred time: 

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c290-quantum-dgerman/sum2022/midterm-interviews.html

These interviews are a way to celebrate (as we wrap up) the first half of the class. Arpan and I look forward to them.

Congratulations on reaching this important milestones. Expect a couple more updates via e-mail during this weekend. 

So please let me know (just reply to this message) what time works best for you. Also, if you have any questions/concerns. 

As soon as I hear from you I will mark that spot on the calendar if it's still available (it's a first come first serve basis). 

And, no, you don't need to prepare anything special in advance: just show up so we can chat with you. 

With many thanks and renewed best wishes, 

Sincerely,
Adrian German

-- 

Fri Jul 08

What we said in class (shows in video as well):

Welcome to Friday July 8, 2022.

Assignment 0
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3 (all, last two not debated) 

Assignment 4 (we started already, 3)

Individual meetings next week (schedule convenient time for you)
Again in the final week

Midterm Exam (3)
Final Exam (3)

Still to come: Assignment 5, 6, 7. 

Quantum objects are produced as particles, propagate as
waves, are detected as particles with the probability distribution
of a wave. The double-slit experiment emphasizes the probabilistic
nature of things and brings forth the uncertainty principle in so
many ways. Qubits live in a two dimensional complex space. We
need a basis, and we express them as linear combinations with
complex amplitudes. That's the first axiom of QM: superposition.
Measurement axiom. Third axiom: unitary evolution. One- and
two-qubit gates: I, X, Z, H, CNOT. 

One qubit, two-qubits, composite system, tensor product, partial
measurement , entanglement. No signaling theorem, no cloning
theorem, teleportation protocol. 

Colab, Python, Java, LaTeX, Qiskit, Wolfram Alpha, Numpy

Simon's (Extended Church-Turing Thesis) 
Bernstein-Vazirani
Deutsch-Josza
Grover's
Shor

Video recording from today posted around 10:55am (Class Notes 07/08).

Thanks to Zixiao for catching a typo in Tuesday's video.

Here's the correct answer:

One can check this and other conjugate transposes here:

• on that page type {{-2i, 5i}, {5, 1-i}} then push submit

Today in class, among other things, we'll also go through this:

https://qiskit.org/textbook/ch-states/atoms-computation.html

Also:

https://learn.qiskit.org/course/introduction/why-quantum-computing

Thu Jul 07

Video recording of today's class posted (in 07/07 at 10:58am).

Notes for today's class posted during the night.

Reminder:

Wed Jul 06

Video recording of today's class posted (in 07/06 at 10:49am).

Notes for today's class posted during the night.

Tue Jul 05

Vieo recording of today's class posted (in 07/05 at 11:27am).

Notes for today's class posted during the night.

Mon Jul 04

Independence Day: no class today. See you tomorrow at 8:45am.

Sun Jul 03

All individual grade reports have been sent by e-mail yesterday.

Sat Jul 02

I have sketched our path through the end (July 29, 2022) in Class Notes.

Please see the individual links for the daily lectures/meetings for specific info.

Fri Jul 01

Welcome to the month of July 2022!

Very happy to be on this journey with all of you.

Today in class we discuss Assignment 2 (completely).

Thu Jun 30

Next week we start working with the book by Johan Vos (StrangeFX in Java).

Book is on the Resources page: Quantum Computing in Action (examples in Java).

Arpan has prepared the following set of installation instructions: here.

Wed Jun 29

Notes for today posted (see Class Notes under 06/29).

Tue Jun 28

Slides for this week's Lectures 3-4, 5-6 posted in Class Notes (under 06/28-29).

Mon Jun 27

Maps of learning trails in Brilliant for this class.

Sun Jun 26

Here's another (online) book we're going to start working with very soon:

https://learn.qiskit.org/course/introduction/why-quantum-computing

UNSW again in the news, last week (this time via ACM).

This reminded me of a (TEDx) talk Q-CTRL's Michael Biercuk gave about six years ago.

Sat Jun 25

Free book by Creighton's Tom Wong worth perusing:

https://www.thomaswong.net/introduction-to-classical-and-quantum-computing-1e2p.pdf

This is how he announced it back in January:

https://twitter.com/thomasgwong/status/1478959577710403586

Notice that it tries to walk the fine divide between the classical and the quantum.

Fri Jun 24

Today's video recording was posted at 5:26pm in Class Notes (under 06/24).

Sorry about that I had to go to the airport in Indianapolis right after class.

I will clean the notes for today (posted last night, discussed this morning) soon.

One thing we discussed that I need to index is "The Notion of Computation".

The emphasis on that was how "intuitive" that notion was (or not).

This in the context of how counterintuitive Quantum Mechanics apparently is.

Thu Jun 23

Reminder that Arpan's office hours are daily at 5:30pm. See his Canvas announcement for details.

Today's lecture's video recording posted at 11:36am in Class Notes (under 06/23).

Wed Jun 22

Here's a relevant link for today; and another.

The Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation at UC Berkeley.

The video recording of today's lecture posted at 11:20am (it's under 06/22 in Class Notes).

All assignments, including exams, posted yesterday (except for assignment 8, which will be posted today).

Tue Jun 21

Sent this morning after class to the e-mail distribution list:

From: German, Dan-Adrian
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 11:48 AM
To: everybody enrolled in this class 
Subject: c290-quantum: today's video recording posted
 
The video recording from today's class is now posted. To see it please go to: 

https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c290-quantum-dgerman/sum2022/course-description.html

Then click on 21 (today). You will find the link to the video recording at the very top. 

The top priority right now (for today, at least) is: send me your github.com username please. 

If you don't have a github.com account please create (a free) one. Then send me the username. 

I will use it to send you an invite to your private repository for this class. Then you can start submitting assignments. 

Tomorrow in class we will solve the Diagnostic Quiz, together. If anyone needs anything please let me know  (just reply to this message).

Sincerely,

Adrian German
IU QSEc Acting Organizing Manager
https://qsec.sitehost.iu.edu/research/history/
QED-C Workforce Development TAC Chair (2021)
https://quantumconsortium.org/members/

--

Mon Jun 20

Class starts tomorrow at 8:45am (on Zoom and in person in Info West 109).

Fri Jun 17

Chicago (with Argonne, U Chicago and Toshiba as partners) has now activated a 124-mile quantum network as a testbed for a quantum internet.

Thu Jun 16

Sent to the class distribution list today:

From: German, Dan-Adrian 
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2022 5:23 PM
To: everybody enrolled in this class 
Subject: Welcome to CSCI-C 290 "Programming Quantum Computers" for 6W2 Summer 2022 (starting next week Tue Jun 21)
 
Hello and I hope that my message finds you well. 

I am writing because you are on the roster for the C290 class that starts next week. 

I want to remind everybody that the class is in-person, remote and asynchronous all at the same time. 

The Zoom link for the lectures is [link posted in Canvas as e-mailed here] and recordings will be posted 30 minutes after the lecture. 

There is a website for this class https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c290-quantum and I will publish the Canvas section tonight. 

My (and your) TA will be the very outstanding Arpan Ojha and we will be available for office hours (in person or via Zoom) daily. 

I hope you're not intimidated at all about anything related to this class. Our goal is simply to educate and empower. 

We will be very thorough, but nobody will struggle with this class as we will help you throughout with everything. 

We'll use differentiated instruction (final grade will be a measure of personal growth as I will explain in class). 

We've been waiting for the enrollment to settle; it looks like we're going to have 25 students enrolled (we're at 24 currently). 

We have a very diverse population of students in terms of background so everybody should learn (for an A) as much as they can. 

Please let me know if you have any additional questions and I very much look forward to working with you starting next week. 

Sincerely,

Adrian German
IU QSEc Acting Organizing Manager
https://qsec.sitehost.iu.edu/research/history/
QED-C Workforce Development TAC Chair (2021)
https://quantumconsortium.org/members/

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Tue Jun 14

Reminder that this class is offered simultaneously in three modalities: in person, remote and asynchronously.

Information on how to sign up (and one of the reasons the subject matter is so important).

Fri Jun 10

Quantum advantage in learning from experiments is published in Science today.

Tue May 31

Xanadu Borealis (already available on Xanadu cloud) soon to be accessible via Amazon Braket.

Nobody explains Boson Sampling and how they have achieved it better than Xanadu themselves.

Thu Apr 21

PsiQuantum's Path to 1 Million Qubits by the Middle of the Decade

Tue Mar 08

Quantware will build you a custom 25 qubit quantum processor in 30 days.

Sun Feb 27

You can read about the current quantum workforce landscape here.

IU has (since Fall 2021) an accelerated MS in Quantum Information Science (QIS) program.

Efforts worldwide increasingly aim to better define programs at the undergraduate level.

Fri Feb 25

A mathematical problem with no classical solution turns out to be solvable using quantum rules.

Sun Feb 20

Our paper gets accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions of Education.

Fri Feb 18

This class is approved by the CSCI Department.

Sat Jan 01

Quantum 101 as delivered via the QuTech Academy Learning Platform.