1. Device engineering and quantum operations

• Shortcuts to adiabaticity in classical and quantum science and technology
• Non-Hermitian Physics and asymmetric devices
• Control and machine learning for driven nonlinear quantum systems
• Fundamentals of quantum measurement theory

2. Quantum information, communication, and computing

• Quantum information and quantum computation
• Alternative quantum computing paradigms
• Communication and quantum metrology in the microwave range

3. Quantum communication, metrology, sensing, and entanglement

• Quantum entanglement theory and quantum metrology
• Geometry of quantum correlations
• Correlation constraints and the existence of absolutely maximally entangled states
• Quantum sensing protocols with NV centers

4. Quantum matter and quantum simulations

• Quantum simulation of high-energy physics and condensed matter models
• Dynamical effects in Bose-Einstein condensates
• Superfluid phenomena in ultracold atomic systems
• Novel methods for understanding chemical reactivity