6.6410J / 18.435J Quantum Computation
Repeats every week every Tuesday and every Thursday until Tue Dec 10 2024 except Tue Oct 15 2024, Thu Nov 28 2024.
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 1:00pm to 2:30pmLocation:
4-370
Instructor:
Peter Shor
Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of quantum computation. Topics covered: physics of information processing; quantum algorithms including the factoring algorithm and Grover's search algorithm; quantum error correction; quantum communication and cryptography. Knowledge of quantum mechanics helpful but not required.