Module CS4171-KP12

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

12

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Artificial Intelligence 2023, compulsory, Artificial Intelligence

Classes and lectures:

• Parallel Computing Lab (practical course, 2 SWS)
• Parallel Computing Systems (lecture, 2 SWS)
• Quantum Computing (practical course, 2 SWS)
• Quantum Computing (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 240 hours private studies
• 60 hours work on project
• 60 hours e-learning

Contents of teaching:

• Quantum Computing: Introduction to Quantum Computing / The Bloch Sphere / Quantum Logic Gates / Qiskit and Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm / Silq / Grover's Search / Quantum Annealing Versus Grover's Search: Optimizing Transaction Schedules / Quantum Data Encoding Patterns / Introduction into Quantum Machine Learning: Data Encoding, Model, Measurement / Quantum Machine Learning: Optimization / Quantum Cryptography: Shor, Quantum Key Distribution / Quantum Error Correction
• Parallel Computing Systems: Motivation and limits for parallel processing / Models of parallel processing / Classification of parallel computers / multi/manycore systems / Graphics processing units (GPUs) / OpenCL / Tensor Processing / Programming environments for parallel computers / Hardware architectures / System management of manycore systems

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• For all topics listed in the course content under the bullet points, students will be able to name the central ideas, define the relevant terms in each case, and explain how associated algorithms work using examples of applications.

Grading through:

• portfolio exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mladen Berekovic

Teacher:

• Institute of Information Systems
• Institute of Computer Engineering
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mladen Berekovic
• Dr. rer. nat. Javad Ghofrani
• Prof. Dr. Sven Groppe

Literature:

• M. McCool, J. Reinders, A.D. Robison : Structured Parallel Programming Morgan Businessman, 2012
• T. Rauber, G. Rünger : Parallel Programming Springer Publishers, 2012
• D.A. Patterson, J.L. Hennessy : Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface Morgan Businessman, 2013
• D. Kaeli, P. Mistry, D. Schaa, D.P. Zhang : Heterogeneous Computing with OpenCL 2.0 Morgan Businessman, 2015
• M.A. Nielsen, I.L. Chuang : Quantum Computation and Quantum Information Cambridge University Press, 2010
• S. Ganguly, T. Cambier : Quantum Computing with Silq Programming Packt Publishing, 2021
• M. Homeister : Quantum Computing verstehen: Grundlagen – Anwendungen – Perspektiven Springer, 2022

Language:

• offered only in English

Notes:

Last Updated:

02.05.2025