A: Solid State and Materials

Lattice structure and dynamics
Inhomogeneous and disordered systems
Glasses and amorphous materials
Quantum solids and liquids
Electronic structure and dynamics
Low-dimensional systems
Topological insulators and superconductors
Graphene and related materials
Strongly correlated electron systems
Cold atoms and quantum simulators
Surfaces and interfaces
Thin films, multilayers and superlattices
Semiconductors
Magnetic structure and dynamics
Random magnetism and frustrated magnets
Quantum spin systems
Spin-dependent transport
Spintronics
Superconductivity

B: Mesoscopic and Nanoscale Systems

Clusters and nanotubes
Quantum dots and wires
Quantum coherence
Nanoelectronics
Optoelectronics
Nanomechanics

C: Computational Methods

Ab-initio methods
Classical and quantum many-body schemes
Atomistic simulations
Multi-scale modeling
Kinetic algorithms
Lattice-Boltzmann methods
Cellular automata and agent-based modeling
D: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Equilibrium statistical mechanics and thermodynamics
Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
Information theory approaches and complexity measures
Phase transitions and critical phenomena
Fluctuation phenomena and stochastic processes
Chaos and nonlinear dynamical systems
Collective dynamics and self-organization
Science of networks
Interdisciplinary theory, modeling and applications

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