Tentative Course Schedule*

Week Date Topics
1 Aug 22 Frank Mueller: Intro
2 Aug 27
Aug 29, Frank Mueller: D-Wave
3 Sep 3 no class
Sep 5 Frank Mueller: D-Wave, Patrick Dreher: Math Foundations
4 Sep 10 Patrick Dreher: Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
Sep 12_ no class, video by Greg Byrd: Introduction to the Gate Model/IBM Q
5 Sep 17 Greg Byrd: Quantum Circuits and Algorithms/IBM Q
Sep 19 Patrick Dreher: Trapped Ion Quantum Computer
6 Sep 24 Dan Stancil: IBM Q and the Josephson junction
Sep 26. TBD
7 Oct 1. Greg Byrd/TA: Exam Review
Oct 3. First Exam
8 Oct 8 Greg Byrd: The IBM Q Experience
Oct 10
9 Oct 15 Greg Byrd: IBM Qiskit
Oct 17
10 Oct 22 Greg Byrd: Quantum for Machine Learning and for Monte Carlo Hill Climbing
Oct 24 Frank Mueller: Quantum Compilers
11 Oct 29 Frank Mueller: Cross-model translation
Oct 31 students: Quantum Chemistry with IBM Acqua
12 Nov 5 Greg Byrd: Quantum Error Correction
Nov 7
13 Nov 12 student presentations
Nov 14.,
14 Nov 19
Nov 21 no class
15 Nov 26 student presentations
Nov 28
16 Dec 3 Exam review
Dec 5 Second Exam

*This schedule is tentative and subject to change.