Quantum Information Science II
An advanced sequence from MIT's Department of Physics covering three modules: quantum states, noise, and error correction; efficient quantum computing including fault tolerance and algorithms; and quantum complexity theory and information theory. The course assumes prior knowledge of quantum circuits and elementary quantum algorithms, building on MIT's introductory quantum information science subject. Materials are archived on MIT's Open Learning Library, where all lecture notes, problem sets, and readings can be used freely without enrolling, or you can sign up to track progress through the three modules. Topics include stabilizer codes and error correction techniques, fault-tolerant gate constructions, and the theoretical limits of quantum computation and communication. This is the second half of a two-course MITx sequence and expects comfort with the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics and basic quantum algorithms like Shor's and Grover's before starting.