# QIC 710 F25

**Source**: https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710/index.html
**Parent**: https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/

Introduction to Quantum Information Processing\
QIC 710, CS 768, CO 681, PHYS 767, AMATH 871, PMATH 871 (Fall 2025)\
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Instructor: [Richard Cleve](http://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca) ([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 2:30-3:30pm, QNC 4321\
Vahid R. Asadi ([vrasadi@uwaterloo.ca](mailto:vrasadi@uwaterloo.ca)) office hour: Mondays 3-4pm, QNC 4401\
Eric Culf ([eculf@uwaterloo.ca](mailto:eculf@uwaterloo.ca)) office hour: Wed 2:30-3:30pm, QNC 3112\
Isaac Lee ([i38lee@uwaterloo.ca](mailto:i38lee@uwaterloo.ca)) office hour: Tuesdays 12-1pm, MC 5464\
Benjamin Wong ([b62wong@uwaterloo.ca](mailto:b62wong@uwaterloo.ca)) office hour: Thursdays 10-11am, QNC 3112\
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Course web site: [http://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710/index.html "QIC 710 F25")\
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Classes: Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30-9:50am in EV2 Rm 2002 (first class is Sept 4)\
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General course information [[here](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710/information/index.html "General course information F25")]\
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Lecture notes [[here](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710/lecture-notes/index.html "Lecture notes F25")]\
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Old video lectures [[here](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/qic710/video-lectures/index.html "Lecture videos F25")]\
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Announcements\

- [Assignment 6](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F25/Assignment6_F25.pdf) has been posted (due: November 25).
- [Assignment 5](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F25/Assignment5_F25-2.pdf) has been posted (due: November 13).
- Correction to Assignment 4: Q2(b) added minus sign to *–MU\_f* (if you already solved it correctly without the minus sign, in which case the rotation angle differs by pi, that's OK)
- [Assignment 4](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F25/Assignment4_F25V2.pdf) has been posted (due: November 3).
- [Assignment 3](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F25/Assignment3_F25.pdf) has been posted (due: October 9).
- Updated Assignment 2 with parentheses added to functions in Q4 for increased clarity.
- 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)].
- Updated Assignment 2 with Q4(b) correction (to function domains).
- [Assignment 2](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F25/Assignment2_F25V3.pdf) has been posted (due: September 29).
- Correction to Benjamin Wong's office hour (see above).
- Office hours have been posted (see above).
- [Assignment 1](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F25/Assignment1_F25V2.pdf) has been posted (due: September 16).
- First class is on Thursday, Sept 4, 8:30-9:50am, 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/grading-policy/index.html "Grading policy F25")]
- 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-F25/Assignment1_F25V2.pdf) (due: September 16, 2025 at 11:59pm)\
[Assignment 2](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F25/Assignment2_F25V3.pdf) (due: September 29, 2025 at 11:59pm)\
[Assignment 3](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F25/Assignment3_F25.pdf) (due: October 9, 2025 at 11:59pm)\
[Assignment 4](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F25/Assignment4_F25V2.pdf) (due: November 3 at 11:59pm)\
[Assignment 5](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F25/Assignment5_F25-2.pdf) (due: November 13 at 11:59pm)\
[Assignment 6](https://cleve.iqc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/QIC-710-F25/Assignment6_F25.pdf) (due: November 25 at 11:59pm)\
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Tests (40% of grade)\

- Two tests (20% each)
- Test 1 in class (October 21)
- Test 2 in class (December 2)