# QIC 710 F24

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**Parent**: https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/

Introduction to Quantum Information Processing\
QIC 710, CS 768, CO 681, PHYS 767, AMATH 871, PMATH 871 (Fall 2024)\
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Instructor: [Richard Cleve](http://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca)[.](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Qic710LectureNotesMain2025.pdf) ([cleve@uwaterloo.ca](mailto:cleve@uwaterloo.ca))\
Note to students: please include QIC-710 in email subject, regardless of the version you’re in\
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TAs:\
Avantika Agarwal ([avantika.agarwal@uwaterloo.ca](mailto:avantika.agarwal@uwaterloo.ca)) office hour: Fridays 2:30pm in QNC 4321\
Vahid R. Asadi ([vrasadi@uwaterloo.ca](mailto:vrasadi@uwaterloo.ca)) office hour: Mondays 3-4pm in QNC 4401\
Eric Culf ([eculf@uwaterloo.ca](mailto:eculf@uwaterloo.ca)) office hour: Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm in QNC 3112\
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Course web site: [http://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710-F24/index.html "QIC 710 F24")\
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Classes: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00-11:20am in EV2 Rm 2002 (first class is Sept 5)\
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General course information [[here](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710-F24/information-F24/index.html "General course information F24")]\
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Lecture videos [[here](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710-F24/video-lectures-F24/index.html "Lecture videos F24")]\
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Lecture notes [[here](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710-F24/lecture-notes-F24/index.html "Lecture notes F24")]\
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Announcements\

- Comment on Assignment 6, Q4(b): if you are having trouble attaining the success probability stated in the question, note that you will receive partial credit for any success probability greater that the 5/6 form part (a).
- [Assignment 6](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment6_F24.pdf) has been posted (due November 29).
- Lecture notes on *Information Theory* have a new section 5 on Schmidt decomposition.
- [Assignment 5](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment5_F24.pdf) has been posted (due November 19).
- [Assignment 4](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment4_F24.pdf) has been posted (due November 8).
- The *Algorithms* lecture notes have been revised to be clearer in section 12.
- (10/7) Assignment 3, Q2 typo has been corrected: *f*  maps to *Z\_*3 (not *Z*).
- (10/6) Assignment 3, Q4 typo has been corrected in part (b): *F\_*8 changed to *F\_*16.
- The *Algorithms* lecture notes have been revised (minor corrections and section 7.4 added).
- (10/3) Assignment 3, Q4 typo has been corrected (changed (*x*,*y*) to (*a*,*b*)).
- (10/2) Assignment 3, Q4 has been revised (and its due date is now Oct 11).
- [Assignment 3](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment3_F24V4.pdf) has been posted (due Oct 11, 11:59pm).
- Here are references for the basics of *modular arithmetic* and definitions of rings and fields:\
  *- Modular arithmetic* (AoPS) [[here](https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Modular_arithmetic)]\
  *- An Introduction to Groups, Rings, and Fields* (H.A. Priestley) [[pdf](https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/flynn/genus2/sheets0405/grfnotes1011.pdf)].
- (9/25) Assignment 2, Q2(c) revised for clarity, with phi instead of psi.
- (9/23) Assignment 2, Q2(a)(c) revised so as to be more clear about question.
- (9/20) Assignment 2, Q1 has been modified. Please see current version.
- (9/19) Assignment 2 has revised (same questions, but clearer wording).
- The *Primer* lecture notes has been revised (with section 8.5 added).
- [Assignment 2](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment2_F24V4.pdf) has been posted (due Oct 1, 11:59pm).
- For A1, Q4(c), if you give a solution where you use both *V* and *V\** in the four places on the circuit diagram then you will receive partial credit of 3 out of 5.
- Vahid Asadi office hour: Mondays 3-4pm in QNC 4401.
- Avantika Agarwal office hour: Fridays 2:30-3:30pm in QNC 4321.
- Richard Cleve special office hour Wednesday, Sept 11, 2:30-4:00pm in QNC 3129.
- [Assignment 1](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment1_F24.pdf) has been posted (due Sept 17, 11:59pm).
- First class is on Thursday, Sept 5 in EV2 Room 2002.

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Assignments (60% of grade)\

- 6 assignments (10% each)
- Please check the grading policy information [[here](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710-F24/grading-policy-F24/index.html "Grading policy F24")]
- Please check [Sample Assignment A](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Qic710_SampleA2024.pdf) and [Solutions to Sample Assignment A](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Qic710_SolutionsSampleA2024.pdf)

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[Assignment 1](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment1_F24.pdf) (Due September 17, 2024, 11:59pm)\
[Assignment 2](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment2_F24V4.pdf) (Due October 1, 2024, 11:59pm)\
[Assignment 3](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment3_F24V4.pdf) (Due October 11, 2024, 11:59pm)\
[Assignment 4](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment4_F24.pdf) (Due November 8, 2024, 11:59pm)\
[Assignment 5](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment5_F24.pdf) (Due November 19, 2024, 11:59pm)\
[Assignment 6](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F24/Assignment6_F24.pdf) (Due November 29, 2024, 11:59pm)\
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Tests (40% of grade)\

- Two tests (20% each)
- Test 1 in class (October 22)
- Test 2 in class (December 3)