# Calendar

## Instructors

C = Isaac Chuan
S = Peter Shor
H = Sean Hallgren, Guest Lecturer

Course calendar.
SES # | INSTRUCTORS | TOPICS | KEY DATES
--- | --- | --- | ---
1 | C | Quantum Operations; Operator Sum Representation; System-Environment Model | Problem set 1 out
2 | C | Quantum Error Correction - Criteria and Examples |
3 | S | Calderbank Shor Steane Codes |
4 | S | Stabilizers; Stabilizer Quantum Codes | Problem set 2 out Problem set 1 due
5 | S | Topological Quantum Codes; Kitaev's Anyon Model |
6 | C | Stabilizers II; Computing on Quantum Codes |
7 | C | Concatenated Codes; The Threshold Theorem | Problem set 3 out Problem set 2 due
8 | C | Cluster State Quantum Computation |
9 | C | Measurement and Teleportation Based Quantum Computation |
10 | C | Adiabatic Quantum Computation |
11 | S | Quantum Algorithms on Graphs; Quantum Random Walks | Problem set 4 out Problem set 3 due
12 | H | Quantum Algorithms: The Abelian Hidden Subgroup Problem; QFT Over Sn |
13 | H | The Nonabelian HSP; Hidden Dihedral Group; Positive and Negative Results |
14 | S | Channels I: Quantum Data Compression; Entanglement Concentration; Typical Subspaces |
15 | S | Channels II: Holevo's Theorem; HSW Theorem; Entanglement Assisted Channel Capacity | Project forms out Problem set 4 due
16 | S | Channels III: Quantum-Quantum Channels, Mother/Father Protocol; Distillable Entanglement |
17 | C | Entanglement as a Physical Resource |
18 | C | Quantum Protocols - Quantum Communication Complexity; Distributed Algorithms | Project forms due
19 | C | Quantum Games |
20 | C | Quantum Cryptography |
21-22 |  | Project Meetings |
23-26 |  | Project Presentations |