External Recommended Resources

Resources on Quantum Computation/Information:

• [Textbook] Quantum computation and information by Nielsen and Chuang.
  • Gold-standard introductory/reference textbook for the field.
• [Lecture notes] Preskill's Lecture Notes.
  • Famous lecture notes for John Preskill's course on quantum computation.
• [Lecture notes] Scott Aaronson Quantum Computing Lecture Notes.
  • Lecture notes from the course "Introduction to Quantum Information Science" at UT Austin.
• [Lecture notes] Ronald de Wolf's Lecture Notes.
  • Covers quantum algorithms, quantum complexity, "Alice and Bob stuff," and error correction.
• [Lecture notes] Andrew Child's Lecture Notes.
  • Lecture notes on quantum algorithms.
• [Textbook] Quantum information theory by Mark Wilde.
  • Textbook on quantum information, pdf available for free through MSU library (for MSU students/faculty).
• [Textbook] The theory of quantum information.
  • Textbook by John Watrous, available as a free PDF at the above link.
• [Video lectures] Quantum computing for the determined by Michael Nielsen.
  • Short course with lecture videos on quantum computing.
• [Video lectures] Boulder 2018 School on Quantum Information.
  • Video lectures/lecture notes on quantum information science by multiple researchers in multiple areas (algorithms, entanglement, foundations, etc.).
• [Video lectures] Quantum Information Course by Daniel Gottesman.
  • 14 video lectures from Daniel Gottesman's course on quantum information at Perimeter Institute, recorded in 2015.
• [Textbook] A course in quantum computing for the community college.
  • Excellent self-contained, introductory notes on quantum computing and background topics (complex numbers, vector spaces, matrices, etc.). Video lectures are also available.
• [Lecture notes] Quantum computing course by Dave Bacon.
  • 2006 CS intro/survey to quantum computing covering quantum algorithms, error correction, and quantum information.
• [Video lectures] Mathematical methods of quantum information theory.
  • Video lectures by Richard Werner at the Leibniz Universität Hannover in 2017.
• [Lecture notes] ​​The complexity of quantum states and transformations.
  • Lecture notes for a 2016 workshop on on quantum complexity, covering basic quantum to complexity to AdS/CFT to quantum money.
• [Website] CQuIC courses.
  • Online lecture notes for many courses from CQuIC at the University of New Mexico.
• ​​[Website] Quantum algorithm zoo.
  • Website with an up-to-date list of all (most) known quantum algorithms.

Resources on Quantum Programming:

• [Review paper] Overview and comparison of gate level quantum software platforms.
  • ​Survey paper on quantum programming languages.
• [Textbook] Learn quantum computation using Qiskit. 
  • A university quantum algorithms/computation course supplement based on Qiskit.
• [Website] Quirk: Drag-and-Drop Quantum Circuit Simulator.
  • Graphical drag-and-drop quantum circuit simulator for pedagogical purposes with video tutorials and several example algorithms.
• [Quantum software] Forest by Rigetti.
  • GitHub, Documentation, Grove.
• [Quantum software] Qiskit by IBM.
  • GitHub, Documentation, IBM Quantum experience.
• [Quantum software] Cirq by Google.
  • GitHub, Documentation.
• [Quantum software] ProjectQ .
  • GitHub, Documentation, website.
• [Quantum software] QDK by Microsoft.
  • GitHub, Documentation.

Other Resources:

• [Website] http://quantum.info/conf/index.html
  • Curated list of quantum science and technology conferences.
• [Blog] Shtetl-Optimized.
  • Blog by Scott Aaronson. Popular amongst quantum mechanics.
• [Wiki] Timeline of quantum computing.
  • Historical events in chronological order since 1960.
• [Book] Quantum computing since Democritus.
  • Book/course by Scott Aaronson. A philosopher's  perspective on quantum computing.
• [Website] Advice from Aram.
  • Advice on learning quantum computing from one of the field's best researchers.
• [Open problems] Ten Semi-Grand Challenges.
  • Ten problems in quantum information theory by Scott Aaronson, from 2005.
• [Website] Quantum computing report.
  • Up-to-date information on all happenings in quantum computing, more focused on the business side.
• [Online course] Computational quantum chemistry.
  
• Very clear video lectures/slides on classical methods for quantum chemistry including Hartree-Fock and Density Functional Theory.
  
• [Video lectures] Algebraic and diagrammatic methods for many fermion systems.
  
• Excellent, rigorous course from MSU's own Piotr Piecuch.