CSc. 86300: Topics in Scientific Computing: Classical & Quantum Computing
 

Course description: This reading course provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to all the subjects and techniques important in scientific computing. It covers topics in classical computing (Boolean algebra, gates, circuits, latches, error detection and correction, neural networks, Turing machines, cryptography, genetic algorithms, for the first time, genetic expression programming is presented) and topics in quantum computing (mathematical foundations, quantum algorithms, quantum information theory, hardware used in quantum computing).