CPEN 400Q: Gate-model quantum computing (UBC ECE, January 2025)

Lecture notes and in-class demos for the undergraduate course in gate-model quantum computing with PennyLane at UBC.

These materials are open source and free for anyone to use and adapt as they wish.

Lectures

1. [2025-01-06] Overview and intro to gate model quantum computing
2. [2025-01-08] Single-qubit systems; introducing PennyLane
3. [2025-01-13] Measurement I (projective measurements)
4. [2025-01-15] Basis rotations; entanglement and multi-qubit systems

Resources

• PennyLane Codebook
• PennyLane documentation

Previous instances

Complete materials from previous versions of the course are available under Releases, or you can view the repository state using the links below:

• v3 (2024)
• v2 (2023)
• v1 (2022)