QUROPE Quantum Information Processing and Communication in Europe

• Quantum measurement theory
• Measurement and quantum channels
• Entropic bounds on information
• Stochastic methods for quantum open systems
• Decoherence
• Error correction based on feedback

• Quantum entanglement
• Decoherence
• Quantum noise
• Geometric phases
• Josephson junctions
• Interacting spin systems
• Quantum channels
• Condensed matter systems
• Quantum optical systems

• Quantum information
• Quantum communication
• Quantum optics
• Quantum estimation
• Cold atoms
• BEC matter
• Cavity QED
• Open quantum systems and non-Markovianity
• Experiments with continuos variables
• Experiments with discrete variables (polarization entanglement)

• Spin Chain Quantum Communications
• Quantum Information Related Quantum Optics
• Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

• Quantum Information Theory
• Quantum Error Correction
• Decoherence
• Quantum Key Distribution
• Quantum Optics

• Practical Quantum Key Distribution: QKD networks (architecture, protocols, topological optimization), practical key distillation, integration into security architectures, Side-channels and security certification of QKD devices
• Theoretical Quantum Cryptography:  QKD security proofs, Post-Quantum Security Models (noisy storage...) , Non-QKD Quantum Crypto Prtotocols (secret sharing, etc...), Device-Independent Quantum Crypto

• Superconducting Quantum Information Processing
• Quantum Optics
• Cavity/Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
• Mesoscopic Physics

Quantum Optics and Quantum Information

• color centers in diamond
• single-photon sources
• atom-photon interfaces
• cavity QED
• single photon nonlinear optics

• Quantum walks with neutral atoms in optical lattices
• Cavity QED with single atoms and small ensembles

• Applications of entanglement
• Bell's theorem
• Kochen-Specker theorem