After recent breakthroughs in quantum error correction, research on quantum computing is entering a new era. We have more exciting algorithms and more qubit technologies than ever, and now we can suppress hardware errors to some degree. In this diverse field, computer science people can build compilers that optimize code and add error correction, verify that algorithms and tools work correctly, and prove limits on what can be achieved. I will take you on a tour of the research landscape, summarize the status of the field, and try to persuade you that now is a great time to join.

Jens Palsberg is a Professor and a former Department Chair of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research interests span the areas of programming languages, software engineering, and quantum computing. He is the director of the UCLA-Amazon Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence, an associate editor of ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing, and a member of the ACM Council. He is also the co-director of the quantum research center at UCLA, which has more than 30 professors, and he is on the team that started a Masters degree on quantum science at UCLA. In 2012 he received the ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award, and in 2023 he received a teaching award at UCLA for his courses on quantum computing.