Tentative Course Schedule*

Week Date Deadlines Topics
1 Aug 20 Intro .
Aug 22 .
2 Aug 27. D-Wave HW0 due
Aug 29. .
3 Sep 3 Math Foundations HW1 due
Sep 5 Postulates of Quantum Mechanics .
4 Sep 10 .
Sep 12 Introduction to the Gate Model/IBM Q HW2 due
5 Sep 17. no class .
Sep 19. Quantum Circuits and Algorithms/IBM Q .
6 Sep 24 The IBM Q Experience HW3 due
Sep 26 .
7 Oct 1. Grover's algorithm and Project Selection .
Oct 3. HW4 due
8 Oct 8 QFT .
Oct 10 First Exam .
9 Oct 15 no class .
Oct 17 Shor's Algorithm HW5 due
10 Oct 22 VQE .
Oct 24 QAOA .
11 Oct 29 Quantum Device Technologies .
Oct 31 Noisy Quantum Computing HW6 due
12 Nov 5 Systems Level Mitigation of Noise .
Nov 7 Quantum Compilers .
13 Nov 12 Quantum Error Correction .
Nov 14 .
14 Nov 19. project presentations HW7 due
Nov 21. .
26 Nov 26 .
Nov 28 no class .
27 Dec 3 Review .
Dec 5 Second Exam .

*This schedule is tentative and subject to change.