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  • Course information

    Welcome!

    On this page you will find general information about the course Introduction to Quantum Technology (ELEC-C9420). In case you have any questions, please contact the course staff via the general discussion forum below, or in more personal matters by email.

    Course staff
    The responsible teacher of this course is Matti Raasakka (matti.raasakka@aalto.fi). The course assistant is Tero Korkalainen.

    Weekly schedule
    There are two lectures and two exercise sessions every week. These are organized virtually via Zoom. The lecture times are:
    • Tuesdays 10:15-12:00
    • Thursdays 12:15-14:00
    (See 'Lectures and materials' page for a more detailed schedule.)

    There are two exercise sessions per week, also organized on Zoom. The exercise session times are:
    • Tuesdays 14:15-15:30
    • Fridays 14:15-15:30


    Midterm exams

    Midterm exams will be organized virtually here on MyCourses.
    The first midterm exam will be organized on the 22th of October at 13:00-16:00.
    The second midterm exam will be organized on the 10th of December at 13:00-16:00.

    In order to pass the course, you must get at least 20% of the maximum points from each of the midterm exams.

    Study materials
    Lecture slides will be published weekly. As the course material is rather varied, we will be using several different textbooks for this course. The first half of the course (classical mechanics) will be based mainly on Young, Freedman, University Physics (13th Edition), Pearson. For the second half we will be using at least Nielsen, Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information: 10th Anniversary Edition, Cambridge University Press, and Harris, Modern Physics, Second Edition, Pearson. In addition, several freely available materials will be used, which will be linked to 'Schedule and materials' page.

    Grading
    The course grade is based on the exercise problem points and the midterm exam points. There will be altogether 12 weekly exercise problem sets, with three problems each, and two midterm exams. The final points for the course will be determined as follows:
    • max. 2p/exercise problem => maximum points from weekly exercise problems = 72p
    • max. 20p/midterm exam => maximum points from midterm exams = 40p

    The final grade will be determined based on the sum of these two contributions. The lower limits for the different grades are:
    56p => grade 1
    68p => grade 2
    79p => grade 3
    90p => grade 4
    101p => grade 5

    In addition, you must get at least 20% of the maximum score (= 4p) from each of the midterm exams in order to pass the course.

    Absences and compensations
    Any absence is the students own responsibility. If you cannot attend an exam or give in a weekly exercise due to illness, contact the teacher as soon as possible. Any compensations or special arrangements must be negotiated with the teacher well in advance.