Academic Catalog

PHYS437 PRACTICAL QUANTUM COMPUTING FOR SCIENTISTS

Course Code: 2300437
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(2-2)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Physics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 2300200 , 2300300 , 2360260
Set 2: 2300200 , 2300300 , 2360261
Set 3: 2300200 , 2300300 , 5690210
Set 4: 2300300 , 2360260 , 5710240
Set 5: 2300300 , 2360261 , 5710240
Set 6: 2300300 , 5690210 , 5710240
One of the sets above should be completed before taking PHYS437 PRACTICAL QUANTUM COMPUTING FOR SCIENTISTS .

Course Content


This course is a hands-on introduction to the use of Quantum Computers with a focus on basic sciences. Students will learn concepts such as Quantum Fourier transform, Quantum Walk Algorithms, Hamiltonian Simulation, Common error channels and Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation, Quantum Machine Learning and Other paradigms in Quantum computing (Quantum cluster state model, Bosonic sampling, etc.)