  We review a scheme for the systematic design of quantum control protocols
based on shortcuts to adiabaticity in few-level quantum systems. The adiabatic
dynamics is accelerated by introducing high-frequency modulations in the
control Hamiltonian, which mimic a time-dependent counterdiabatic correction.
We present a number of applications for the high-fidelity realization of
quantum state transfers and quantum gates based on effective counterdiabatic
driving, in platforms ranging from superconducting circuits to Rydberg atoms.
