Quantum algorithms for data analysis

In these lecture notes, we explore how we can leverage quantum computers and quantum algorithms for information processing. It has long been known that quantum computation can offer computational advantages with respect to classical computation, and in this place we explore more the consequences of this intuition in current domains of computer sciences. Why are we studying quantum algorithms? Studying how to use quantum mechanical systems is already fascinating in itself, but we argue that having faster algorithms it's not the only reason for studying quantum computing. Studying quantum computation might also reveal profound insights on new ways to process information.