The first lecture will take place March 4^th at 12:30-14:30:

"Measurement-based quantum computation — fundamentals and universality"

In this lecture, the model of measurement-based quantum computation (MBQC) will be introduced. It is a universal scheme of quantum computation, driven by local measurements on suitably entangled initial quantum states. Because the entanglement present in these states is “used up” as the quantum computation proceeds, these states are called resource states for MBQC. Examples for universal resource states are 2D cluster states and  AKLT states. The central goal of this lecture is to present the universality proof of MBQC. Further, since universal resource states are known to exist, their classification is desirable but to date not achieved. I’ll briefly review what is known about that question.

The second lecture will take place on March 5^th  at 12:30-14:30.

"Measurement-based quantum computation — Fault-tolerance"

For every viable computational model, there needs to be a pathway to fault-tolerance. In this lecture I describe how this is achieved for MBQC. The constructions makes use of 3D cluster states, and implements logical operation in a topological fashion.