About This Course

We experience the benefits of classical computing every day. However, there are challenges that today’s systems will never be able to solve. For problems above a certain size and complexity, we don’t have enough computational power on Earth to tackle them.

To stand a chance at solving some of these problems, we need a new kind of computing. Universal quantum computers leverage the quantum mechanical phenomena of superposition and entanglement to create states that scale exponentially with number of qubits, or quantum bits.

In this course, we will begin by setting out the basic principles of quantum mechanics while simultaneously introducing and explaining the formalism of Dirac notation, which we will use to express their mathematical content. In the subsequent modules, we will discuss on quantum states as information carriers, and then introduce the idea of quantum cryptography. And finally we will learn to build and apply quantum algorithms which are to be used in quantum circuits.

The technology of tomorrow's world is going to be nothing but quantum computing. Brace yourselves for the brand new world of quantum computers. Happy learning!