The course will begin with a brief overview of those topics in quantum mechanics and mathematics needed for the understanding of quantum computation. An incomplete list of topics covered in the course is given below:

• Quantum superposition and quantum entanglement
• Quantum decoherence and the resulting
     implementation barriers
• Quantum teleportation
• Quantum Turing machines
• Shor's Algorithm
• Grover's algorithm
• Quantum information theory
• Quantum data compression
• Quantum cryptographic protocols
• Quantum error-correcting codes
• The search for a physical implementation
     of a scalable quantum computer
• Various research level problems

Course Text:

• "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information" by Michael A. Nielsen and Isaac L. Chuang Cambridge University Press (2000) ISBN 0-521-63503-9

Prerequisites: CMSC 641 (or equivalent), reasonable mathematical & algorithmic maturity, and an intense desire to learn.

Grading:

The Course grade will be computed as follows:

	25%	Research Report 1
	25%	Research Report 2
	25%	Homework & Class Participation
	25%	Research Report 3