(Spring 2020) CS 410/510 - Intro to Quantum Computing

Main materials for this course

Lectures we will follow loosely

• Quantum Computation lecture notes PDF by John Watrous (Winter 2006 at UCalgary).
• Qubits, Quantum Mechanics, and Computers by Umesh Vazirani (Spring 2012 at UC Berkeley). Videos on Youtube.

Recommended texts

• [KLM] Phillip Kaye, Raymond Laflamme, Michele Mosca, An Introduction to Quantum Computing, Oxford University Press (2007). Library elink (Errata)
• [NC] Michael A. Nielsen and Isaac L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, 10th anniversary ed., Cambridge University Press (2010). Library elink
• [Aaronson] Scott Aaronson, Quantum Computing since Democritus, Cambridge University Press (2013). PSU Library eLink

Courses elsewhere

• Quantum Computing Since Democritus by Scott Aaronson (Fall 2006 at UWaterloo).
• Quantum Computing for the determined short video series by Michael Nielsen.
• Ronald de Wolf’s course (Spring 2011 at UAmsterdam)

Quantum programming tools

• IBM Qiskit.
• Microsoft Q# development kit.
• Google Cirq.
• Rigetti Forrest SDK.

Misc

LaTeX

• Online TeX editors, such as Overleaf, are convinent to get you started. Overleaf also maintains a nice set of tutorials. Just open a template tex file and tweak it!
• A Not so short intro to Latex PDF, a thorough introduction to LaTeX, and guide on good style.
• Qcircuit package for drawing quantum circuits in LaTeX, and more examples [PDF TeX] by Charemza.

Remote learning

• PSU’s guide on remote learning GoogleDoc. Tips for online learning by the American Math Society.
• How to set up a home workspace?

COVID-19 related

• Keep updated on PSU’s response to COVID-19, as well as FAQs for students.
• Update from CS department. Lots of assistance available, e.g., Chrombook loaner program.
• Comcast has made its public hotspots freely available. Check here and use their interactive map to find hotspots in your neighborhood.