SECOND EXAM:Monday April 4th Location: Hörsal B Time: 9:00-12:00
Outcome of the exam: The outcome of the exam can be seen here.
Outcome of the retake exam: The outcome of the retake exam can be found here.
Hybrid format: The lecture will from now on be held in a hybrid format. This means that it will be held on-site. But we will in addition stream the lecture via WebEx.
Exam:The exam will be held on Wednesday, February 16, 8am - 11am, as a presence exam. It will take place in Hörsaal B.
Re-take Exam: There will also be a re-take exam.
Topic of the lecture:
This course provides an overview of an exciting emerging field of research, that of quantum information theory. The field is concerned with the observation that single quantum systems used as elementary carriers of information allows for entirely new modes of quantum information processing and communication, quite radically different from their classical counterparts. Quantum key distribution suggests to communicate in a fashion, secure from any eavesdropping by illegitimate users. Quantum simulators can outperform classical supercomputers in simulation tasks. The anticipated - but now rapidly developing - devices of quantum computers can solve not all, but some delicate computational problems that are intractable on classical supercomputers. This course will give a comprehensive overview over these developments. At the heart of the course will be method development, setting the foundations in the field, building upon basic quantum theory. We will also make the point that quantum information is not only about information processing, but a mindset that can be used to tackle problems in other fields, most importantly in consensed matter research, with which quantum information is much intertwined for good reasons.
Content:
1. Introduction 1.1 Some introductory words 1.2 Quantum information: A new kind of information?