# Quantum Information Science

An illustration of the Bloch sphere, which provides a geometrical representation of the pure state space of a 1 qubit quantum register. (Image courtesy of Wikipedia.)

### Instructor(s)

Prof. Isaac Chuang

Prof. Peter Shor

### MIT Course Number

MAS.865J / 6.443J / 8.371J

### As Taught In

Spring 2006

### Level

Graduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Lecture notes
- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)

## Course Description

This is an advanced graduate course on quantum computation and quantum information, for which prior knowledge of quantum mechanics is required. Topics include quantum computation, advanced quantum error correction codes, fault tolerance, quantum algorithms beyond factoring, properties of quantum entanglement, and quantum protocols and communication complexity.

## Other Versions

## Open Learning Library Versions

MIT Open Learning Library offers a free version of this subject:

- 8.371.1x: Quantum Information Science II, Part 1 - Quantum states, noise and error correction
- 8.371.2x: Quantum Information Science II, Part 2 - Efficient Quantum Computing - fault tolerance and complexity
- 8.371.3x: Quantum Information Science II, Part 3 - Advanced quantum algorithms and information theory

## Related Content

## Course Collections

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### Find Courses by Topic

- Computation
- Physics > Quantum Mechanics
- Computer Science > Theory of Computation

Isaac Chuang, and Peter Shor. MAS.865J Quantum Information Science. Spring 2006. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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