17-617 Programming Quantum Computers

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Quantum Computer are currently an experimental hardware architecture based on quantum mechanics. Yet in the near term, they will become common and software engineers should know the basics about how to program them. This course focuses on the programming of quantum computers. No physics knowledge or sophisticated mathematical knowledge is required.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Fall 2026

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