This semester, we will be working our way through the review paper by Das Sarma et al, Non-Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1/23 | Robbins | Quantum Computation |
| 1/30 | Robbins | Algorithms |
| 2/6 | Paban | Anyons |
| 2/13 | Sadun | Quantum Hall |
| 2/20 | Freed | Chern-Simons TQFT |
| 3/5 | Distler | Chern-Simons and Anyons |
| 3/12 | Orit | Conformal Field Theory |
| 3/19 | Spencer | Chern-Simons/CFT |
| Kaplunovsky | Superconductors | |
| Gordon | Knot Invariants | |
| Sadun | Adiabatic Theorems |
Das Sarma et al, Non-Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation
John Preskill’s Quantum Computation lecture notes
Zhang, Hansson and Kivelson Effective Field Theory Model for the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
Kitaev, Shen and Vyalyi Classical and Quantum Computation