NESSI has published a paper in which we review the current state of software technologies in quantum computing and highlight the strategic importance of addressing the research challenges identified.
NESSI proposes the following key actions.
- Identify the near-term business opportunities offered by quantum computing, and promote industry involvement to help seize these opportunities.
- Increase the number of computer scientists and software experts in quantum computing research and leverage their extensive knowledge in software design automation.
- Promote interdisciplinary collaboration between hardware experts and tool developers to improve the uptake of quantum computing across a diverse range of domains.
- Establish a cohesive quantum software community to increase efficiency in quantum software research and development and nurture an innovative quantum ecosystem.
- Conduct research addressing the software challenges of today’s noisy quantum devices and preparing quantum software engineering (QSE) for the future era of large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers (FTQCs).
- Conduct basic research to find quantum algorithms with better end-to-end complexities than their classical counterparts.