量子力學和電腦科學都是20世紀最偉大的科學成就，而“量子計算”是二者結合的產物。經過過去40年的理論研究，人們普遍對量子計算機寄以重望，認為它可以在許多重要的計算任務中超越傳統計算機，帶來下一次計算革命。過去10年中，各國政府和工業界紛紛加大投資，在量子計算硬體（量子計算機）和軟體（量子計算演算法）等方面都取得了長足進展。
在量子計算時代即將到來的關鍵時期，NSR《量子計算》專題應運而生。該專題邀請頂尖專家撰稿，內容涉及基礎理論、硬體、軟體、應用等量子計算領域中的重要問題。
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Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(1): 20–54
https://academic.oup.com/nsr/issue/6/1SPECIAL TOPIC: Quantum Computing
GUEST EDITORIAL
Preface to special topic on quantum computing
Guang-Can Guo and Mingsheng Ying
Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(1): 20
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz007
郭光燦
應明生
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
The complexity-theoretic Bell inequality
Zhengfeng Ji
Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(1): 21
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy075
季錚鋒
PERSPECTIVES
Quantum supremacy: some fundamental concepts
Man-Hong Yung
Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(1): 22–23
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy072
翁文康
Quantum computing with neutral atoms
Mark Saffman
Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(1): 24–25
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy088
Mark Saffman
Quantum machine learning
Jonathan Allcock and Shengyu Zhang
Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(1): 26–28
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy149
Jonathan Allcock
張勝譽
Model-checking quantum systems
Mingsheng Ying and Yuan Feng
Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(1): 28–31
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy106
應明生
REVIEW
Semiconductor quantum computation
Xin Zhang, Hai-Ou Li, Gang Cao, Ming Xiao, Guang-Can Guo and Guo-Ping Guo
Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6(1): 32–54
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy153
李海鷗
郭國平
INTERVIEW
Andrew Chi-Chih Yao: the future of quantum computing
Mu-ming Poo and Ling Wang
Natl Sci Rev 2018; 5(4): 598–602
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy042
姚期智