Hybrid Classical-Quantum Systems

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Syllabus

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Properties

• Semester hours: 3.0
• ECTS: 4.5
• Type: Lecture and Exercise

Contact Information

• Lecturers: Dr. Vincenzo De Maio, Meerzhan Kanatbekova MSc, Felix Zilk MSc, Univ.Prof. Ivona Brandic, Dr. Nicolai Friis, Dr. Tobias Guggemos
• Email: hcqs-lecture [at] ec [dot] tuwien [dot] ac [dot] at

Course Description

The course presents the basics of HPC, integration with quantum systems as well as theoretical topics such as vectors, matrices, tensor products, pure states, mixed states, quantum circuits, variational quantum algorithms, quantum optimization, quantum machine learning, quantum error corrections and photonic quantum computing.

Learning Outcomes

1. Explain how the physics of quantum computation is different from classical computational models;
2. Describe the theoretical performance improvements that (hybrid) quantum algorithms offer compared to classical algorithms;
3. Analyze the life cycle of hybrid applications and decompose their execution on a hybrid classical-quantum continuum;
4. Develop their own (hybrid) quantum algorithms and implement them using (real or simulated) quantum computers using quantum toolkits such as Qiskit.

Textbook and Materials

The main sources of this Lecture are the Qiskit Textbook and “Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists”, by Yanofski and Mannucci and edited by Cambridge Press. Also, in each lecture presentation slides you can find supportive reference materials and textbooks as additional study material.

Lectures’ slides and additional learning materials of the class are accessible here. The folder is password protected. To access the material, request a password by mail: hcqs-lecture [at] ec [dot] tuwien [dot] ac [dot] at.