QSI faculty are in the process of designing new cross-disciplinary quantum information science courses, as well as Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) academic tracks within the Physics and CSEE majors.
Current quantum science relevant courses at UMBC include:
- CMSC 457/643: Quantum Computing
The course begins with a brief overview of those topics in quantum mechanics and mathematics needed for the understanding of quantum computation. It will then focus on quantum algorithms, covering such topics as quantum superposition and quantum entanglement, quantum decoherence, quantum teleportation, quantum Turing machines, Shor’s Algorithm, Grover’s algorithm, Hallgren’s algorithm, quantum information theory, quantum data compression, quantum cryptographic protocols, quantum error-correcting codes, implementation issues. - IS 471: Data Analytics for Cybersecurity
This course provides an introduction to data analytics for multiple aspects of cyber security and focuses on data analytics methods for discovering anomalies pertaining to Cyber threats through exercises in programming and hands on data analytics tools. This course includes a module on quantum cryptography and software system security in the era of quantum computing - PHYS 424: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
This course introduces the breakdown of classical mechanics and the development of quantum theory, the foundations of the Schoedinger equation, the uncertainty principle, quantum systems in one dimension, angular momentum, spin and atomic physics, indistinguishable particles, and quantum entanglement. - PHYS 612: Quantum Information Physics
This course gives an introduction to the fundamental concepts of quantum information processing with an emphasis on the physics of its implementation. The focus is on the nascent field of quantum computing, with some results in quantum communication discussed as well. - PHYS 710: Quantum Optics
This course covers the quantum mechanical treatment of the electromagnetic field. Topics include properties of the electromagnetic field, coherent states, squeezed states, Bloch- Maxwell equations and photon optics.
