B.E. (Artificial Intelligence and Data Science) Quantum Computing Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the Fourth Year BE AI and DS syllabus under CBCS REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2023-24. The University has published no NEP 2020 syllabus for Semesters V to VIII of any engineering branch, so this is the scheme you are examined on — exam form 1T01817 and 1T01818. The first and second years of the degree are on NEP 2020.
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Syllabus for Quantum Computing
Module 1.0 7 hours
- 1.0 Introduction to Quantum Computing
- 1.1 Motivation for studying Quantum Computing
- Origin of Quantum Computing
- Quantum Computer vs. Classical Computer
- Introduction to Quantum mechanics
- Overview of major concepts in Quantum Computing
- 1.2 Qubits and multi-qubits states
- Bloch Sphere representation
- Quantum Superposition
- Quantum Entanglement
- Major players in the industry (IBM, Microsoft, Rigetti, D-Wave etc.)
- 2.0 Mathematical Foundations for Quantum Computing
- 2.1 Matrix Algebra: basis vectors and orthogonality, inner product and Hilbert spaces, matrices and tensors, unitary operators and projectors, Dirac notation, Eigen values and Eigen vectors.
- 3.0 Building Blocks for Quantum Program
- 3.1 Architecture of a Quantum Computing platform Details of q-bit system of information representation: Block Sphere
- Multi-qubits States Quantum superposition of qubits (valid and invalid superposition)
- Quantum Entanglement Useful states from quantum algorithmic perceptive e.g. Bell State
- Operation on qubits: Measuring and transforming using gates.
- Quantum Logic gates and Circuit No Cloning Theorem and Teleportation
- 3.2 Programming model for a Quantum Computing Program Steps performed on classical computer
- Steps performed on Quantum Computer Moving data between bits and qubits.
- 4.0 Quantum Algorithms and Error correction
- 4.1 Quantum Algorithms, Shor's Algorithm, Grover's Algorithm.
- Deutsch's Algorithm, Deutsch -Jozsa Algorithm
- Quantum error correction using repetition codes
- 4.2 3 qubit codes, Shor's 9 qubit error correction Code
- 5.0 Quantum Hardware
- 5.1 Ion Trap Qubits ,The DiVincenzo Criteria , Lagrangian and
- Hamiltonian Dynamics in a Nutshell: Dynamics of a Translating
- 5.2 Rotor Quantum Mechanics of a Free Rotor: A Poor Person's Atomic
- 5.3 Model: Rotor Dynamics and the Hadamard Gate, Two-Qubit Gates The Cirac-Zoller Mechanism: Quantum Theory of Simple
- Harmonic Motion, A Phonon-Qubit Pair Hamiltonian, Light-
- Induced Rotor-Phonon Interactions, Trapped Ion Qubits, Mølmer-
- Sørenson Coupling ..
- 5.4 Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (cQED): Eigenstates of the Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian
- Circuit QED (cirQED): Quantum LC Circuits, Artificial Atoms,
- Superconducting Qubits
- Quantum computing with spins:
- Quantum inverter realized with two exchange coupled spins in
- quantum dots, A 2-qubit spintronic universal quantum gate.
- 6.0 OSS Toolkits for implementing Quantum program
- 6.1 IBM quantum experience Microsoft Q Rigetti PyQuil (QPU/QVM)
Text Books
- 1 Michael A. Nielsen, "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information", Cambridge University Press.
- 2 David McMahon, "Quantum Computing Explained", Wiley ,2008
- 3 Qiskit textbook https://qiskit.org/textbook-beta/
- 4 Vladimir Silva, Practical Quantum Computing for Developers,2018
References
- 1 Bernard Zygelman, A First Introduction to Quantum Computing and Information,2018
- 2 Supriyo Bandopadhyay and Marc Cahy, "Introduction to Spintronics", CRC Press, 2008
- 3 The Second Quantum Revolution: From Entanglement to Quantum Computing and Other Super-Technologies, Lars Jaeger
- 4 La Guardia, Giuliano Gladioli "Quantum Error correction codes"Springer,2021
Digital Material
- https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_cs103/preview
- https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=quantum%20computing
- https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/1617/QuantComp/
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Artificial Intelligence and Data Science), item 6.12 (N), under CBCS REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2023-24. Wording, module numbering and hours are as printed in that syllabus.
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