Theory of semiconductor quantum dots - single-dot lasing, superradiance and two-photon emission -- Theory of phonon-dressed light matter interactions and resonance fluorescence in quantum dot cavity systems -- Resonantly excited quantum dots: superior non-classical light sources for quantum information -- Generation of time-bin entangled photon pairs and hyper entanglement -- Generation of polarization entangled-photon pairs -- QDs in nanowires -- The physics of large quantum dots in photonic nanostructures -- Enhancing photon-photon and spin-photon interaction with cavity-QED -- Nanophotonic interface for quantum dot spin qubits -- Cavity QED effects and transform limited photons -- Deterministic single-photon sources based on quantum dot microlenses -- Photonic integrated circuits with quantum dots -- Ultrafast manipulation of spins in quantum dots -- Coherent control of dark excitons in quantum dots -- Hybrid quantum dot-atomic systems -- Generation of quantum dot spin entanglement.