Simons Institute Courses

Using Erasure Codes to Enable Interactions over Networks

Innovative solutions for eliminating stalls, lags, and pixelation in cloud gaming and interactive applications over wireless networks, improving user experience and enabling seamless remote interactions.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Convertible Codes: Adaptive Coding for Large-Scale Data Storage

Explore adaptive coding techniques for efficient data storage, focusing on locally repairable convertible codes that offer protection against failures and flexibility in modifying parameters over time.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Decoders for Good Quantum LDPC Codes

Explores linear-time decoders for asymptotically good quantum LDPC codes, discussing single-shot decoding and its implications for practical quantum error correction.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Back to the Future: The Evolution of Coding Theory Through Reed Muller Codes

Explore the evolution of coding theory through Reed Muller codes, from sphere packing to iterative algorithms and quantum computing applications.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Scalable Surface-Code Decoders with Parallelization in Time

Explore advanced quantum coding techniques for scalable surface-code decoders, focusing on time parallelization methods to enhance quantum error correction efficiency.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Bosonic and Other Codes with Interesting Logical Gate Sets

Exploration of bosonic code design for quantum computing, covering GKP and cat codes, with focus on implementing logical gates and new multimode cat code constructions.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Tutorial on Floquet Codes

Explore Floquet codes in quantum computing, their applications, and recent advancements with IBM researcher Benjamin Brown in this comprehensive tutorial.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Tutorial on Bosonic Codes

Explore bosonic codes in quantum computing with Victor Albert, covering advances in quantum coding theory and their applications in error correction.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Bounds on Quantum Low-Density Parity-Check (qLDPC) Code Parameters

Explore the latest research on quantum low-density parity-check codes, focusing on parameter bounds and their implications for quantum error correction and communication.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Logical Operations in Floquet Codes

Explore quantum coding theory with a focus on logical operations in Floquet codes, examining advancements and implications for quantum information processing.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Logical Gates in Quantum Low-Density Parity-Check Codes

Explore quantum error correction with logical gates in qLDPC codes, focusing on recent advances and their implications for quantum computing.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Panel Discussion on Neutral Atoms

Explore the cutting-edge field of neutral atom technology in this insightful panel discussion featuring leading experts in quantum computing and atomic physics.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Constructions and Performance of Hyperbolic and Semi-Hyperbolic Floquet Codes

Explore innovative Floquet codes derived from hyperbolic surfaces, offering efficient quantum error correction with improved distance scaling and potential for near-term experimental implementation.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Homological Quantum Rotor Codes - Logical Qubits from Torsion

Explores advanced quantum coding theory, focusing on homological quantum rotor codes for encoding logical information. Discusses applications in superconducting devices and potential hardware implementations.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

QEC in Neutral Atom Quantum Computers - Advances in Quantum Coding Theory

Overview of neutral atom quantum computers, their operations, and suitability for error-corrected computations, highlighting key characteristics and opportunities for enhancement.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video