FKA135 Physics of Computing, lp1 2001
Lecturer: Göran Wendin
L1: (10/9, 10-12, A820, MC2) 

Towards 2015: Trends in computers and computing

Moore's Law
Quantum devices
Quantum computing
DNA computing
Bioinspired systems
Neural nets
Biosystems

Material:
R. Landauer
P.S. Peercy, Nature
J.R. Barker 

 

 L3: (17/9, 10-12, A820, MC2)  

Introduction to computer science:

Finite state machines (FSM)
Turing Machines (TM)
Quantum Turing Machines (QTM)
Computational classes

Material:
Feynman lectures

 G1: (24/9, 10-12, A820,MC2)

Bo-Sture Skagerstam

Entropy and information
 

 L6: (1/10, 10-12, A820, MC2)

Quantum Information Processing and Communication:

Elementary quantum computers
Quantum networks and quantum gates
Quantum algorithms
(Deutsch, Shor, Grover, etc)

 L8: (8/10, 10-12, A820, MC2)  

Biophysics of Computing

Introduction to Bioelectronics

Nerves as cables:
Hodgkin-Huxley model;
Interfaces to living cells.

Koch Laboratory, Caltech

Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Membrane and Neuro Physics

G6: (15/10, 10-12, A820, MC2)  

Stefan Mankefors, HTU

Bioinspired systems:

Bioinspired computer architectures and systems
Adaptive computers
Cellular Automata
Neuromorphic systems
L2: (12/9, 8-10 A820, MC2)

Ultimate limits of computation

Ultimate limits
Possible limits?
(atomic computer)
Realistic limits
(single quanta)

Material:
S. Lloyd, Nature
 

 

 L4: (19/9, 8-10, A820, MC2)

Quantum devices for computing

Single electronics
Molecular electronics
Josephson junctions and superconducting electronics
Single-flux quantum devices
Electron wave guide devices
Photonic devices

G2: (26/9, 8-10, A820, MC2)

Anna Kidiyarova-Shevchenko

Superconducting electronics:
Application of Josephson flux circuits in digital computing

 L7: (3/10, 8-10, A820, MC2)

Quantum computers and communication systems:
Göran Wendin/
Per Delsing

Survey of real quantum computers
Solid state qubits &
and quantum gates;
Quantum computing with Josephson junctions

 L9: (10/10, 8-10, A820, MC2)

Neural nets and brain-like computing

G4: (17/10), 8-10, A820, MC2)

Qwe Orwar's group:

Biochemical computing:
 
 
P1: (14/9, 13-15, A604,MC2)

Selection of Project Work 

 G1: (21/9, 13-15, A604,MC2)

Anna Kidiyarova-Shevchenko

Cancelled
Moved to Wednesday 26 Sept

 L5: (28/9, 13-15, A604, MC2)

Quantum physics for quantum computing

Elementary QM for 2-levels systems:
qubits, Bloch sphere, switching, measurement

 G3: (5/10, 13-15, A604,MC2)

Bo-Sture Skagerstam

Quantum optics, computation and communication

 G4: (12/10, 13-15, A820,MC2)

Peter Nordin:
Evolutionary computing, genetic programming, adaptive systems and robotics
 

 P2: (19/10, 13-17, A820, MC2)

Examination:

Seminar presentations of Project Work