This program hosts a series of four workshops dedicated to the following topics: Dynamics and Topology of Complex Network Systems (29 April - 3 May), New Challenges in High Dimensional Complex Dynamical Systems (6 - 10 May), Quantum Measurement and Control (13 - 17 May), and Informational Foundations for QFT (20 - 24 May).
The Wallenberg Initiative on Networks and Quantum Information (WINQ), supported by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation (KAW), is located within the conducive research environment of Nordita. It is aimed at nurturing and bringing together expertise from both quantum information science and complex dynamical systems to address major open challenges in these fields.

The program will bring together a group of theoretical physicists, mathematicians, and experimentalists from biology, biophysics, and biomedical engineering to study the mechanisms by which i) protein assemblies, such as biopolymers, layers, and condensates, exert forces in cells, ii) protein assembly dynamics in cells are regulated by forces, and iii) the dynamics of force-generating assemblies are controlled by signaling pathways. It will also clarify the links between apparently disparate, but related phenomena by bringing in individuals with a broad range of backgrounds. Finally, it will enhance the development of the mechanobiology community in the Nordic countries.

The Quantum Connections 2024 is part of the Quantum Connections series of scientific events, a summer school that is organized for graduate students and postdocs, both theoretical and experimental, in all aspects of quantum frontiers. Quantum Connections events are organized jointly by the Department of Physics and Nordita (hosted by Stockholm University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Uppsala University), together with TD Lee Institute and Wilczek Quantum Center at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Short courses covering developments of modern physics widely from the frontline quantum matter and information to the forefront of particle physics and all the way to the fundamental structure of matter.

The Cosmic Dawn is the era when the first stars and galaxies formed and which set in motion a series of fundamental changes in our Universe. This Nordita program is dedicated to studies of these early galaxies and how they changed the matter between them, the intergalactic medium, from cold and neutral to hot and ionized in a process called reionization. In this context, the program will address the implications of the latest observations, such as by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and various 21-cm experiments, expectations for future observations, as well as the latest developments in modelling the processes during the Cosmic Dawn and the use of these in interpreting the observational results.

Recent breakthroughs in neutrino astronomy have begun the mapping of the sky in high-energy neutrinos. Already, a clearer picture of the origin and propagation of cosmic rays has emerged thanks to the multi-messenger complementarity of neutrino and photon observations. New neutrino observatories are now under construction and a more powerful next generation is being planned. It is therefore a critical time to assess what we have learned and the implications for the future. The program brings together experts from the theoretical and experimental astrophysical neutrino communities to envision what questions we want to address in extragalactic and galactic neutrino astronomy, from MeV to EeV energies, and how to ensure the next wave of neutrino experiments can answer them.

The formulation of a consistent theory of quantum gravity is one of the most outstanding and pressing unsolved problems in theoretical physics, which has aroused interest since the middle of the last century. In the last decades, there have been several interesting developments, and promising novel ideas have been proposed, ranging from effective field theory approaches to ultraviolet complete theories. The main objective of this Nordita Scientific Program is to assess our current understanding of the interplay between gravity and quantum physics by addressing central questions, contrasting different approaches, and permitting a genuine exchange of ideas.

Coherent control of molecular dynamics by dressing potential energy surfaces with light has an enormous potential for photochemical applications in light harvesting, energy storage, opto-electronics and communication. In recent years this concept has been extended to modified vacuum fields as they are created by photonic structures that can confine specific light modes, such as optical cavities or nano-plasmonic structures. The integration of the new theoretical framework into existing electronic structure and molecular dynamics methodologies will be a tremendous challenge and requires an interdisciplinary approach. With the workshop, we intend to overcome this challenge by bringing together researchers who are at the forefront of this field, either in theory or experiment.

Understanding turbulent convection is of crucial importance in many fields of stellar astrophysics. For example, differential rotation and large-scale magnetic fields in stars owe their existence to turbulent convection. However, increasing evidence suggests that our understanding of stellar convection is much less complete than previously thought. The most dramatic manifestation of this is the wide discrepancy between the velocity amplitudes at large horizontal scales from helioseismic inferences and numerical simulations. We bring together experts in three-dimensional convection simulations, helio- and asteroseismology, theoreticians and observers present the latest developments and to address open problems in the field.

Over the past decade, quantum chaos in many-body systems has been a dynamic and thriving field, driven by significant advances in the control and engineering of complex quantum systems. In this context, the interplay of chaotic dynamics and environmental-induced dissipation in many-body settings has been receiving increasing attention. The aim of this school is to provide students with a broad view of the field of dissipative quantum many-body chaos. At the same time, we aim to address the technicalities needed to understand some of the most recent developments.

Over the past years, ideas from quantum information theory have become increasingly influential in other areas of theoretical science. While there are a number of approaches, it has emerged on several forefronts of research that ideas from operator algebras can be highly relevant. However, while there has been impressive progress in operator algebras over the years, this knowledge has by and large not spread into the bulk of theoretical physics. This workshop is aimed specifically at the connections between the subject of operator and some of these emerging revolutionary ideas in those fields of theoretical physics.

Equilibrium statistical physics provides an extremely powerful and universal formalism for describing the behaviour of many-particle systems in thermal equilibrium, but we have no counterpart of such a theory for non-equilibrium systems. Since most systems and processes found in nature are out of equilibrium, such a theory, if it can be formulated, will have an enormous impact. Indeed the large interest in the field of Stochastic thermodynamics stems from the fact that it provides a general theory for small out-of-equilibrium systems which generalizes fundamental equilibrium concepts such as the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, current fluctuations and linear response to the non-equilibrium domain. In this program we aim to discuss these topics which we think will be in the very forefront of the research field by 2024.