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Computer Science Centers
For more on each center please visit the corresponding web site.
Center for Advanced Computing Research (CACR) | Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering (CNSE) | Information Science & Technology | Institute for Quantum Information (IQI)
The Center for Advanced
Computing Research (CACR) was established at Caltech to
foster advances in computational science and engineering. To achieve
this goal, our center conducts multidisciplinary, application-driven
research in Computational Science and Engineering (CS&E) and participates
in a variety of high-performance computing and communications research
and development activities. In addition to its research activities
and creating large-scale computing facilities, CACR acts as a catalyst
for the advancement of information and computing technologies at
Caltech and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory. CACR aims to enable breakthroughs
in computational science and engineering by following an applications-driven
approach to computational science and engineering research, conducting
multidisciplinary research on leading-edge computing facilities,
providing an intellectual environment that cultivates multidisciplinary
collaborations, and harnessing new technologies to create innovative
large-scale computing environments.
http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/
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The Center for Neuromorphic
Systems Engineering (CNSE) is about vision, olfaction, hearing,
touch, learning, decision making, and pattern recognition. These
are all things that even simple biological organisms perform far
better and more efficiently than the fastest digital computers.
The scientists and engineers at the Center for Neuromorphic Systems
Engineering (CNSE) are working to translate our understanding of
biologic systems into a new class of electronic devices that imitate
the ways animals sense and make sense of the world. Compared to
digital devices, analog VLSI sensors that result from research at
CNSE generally have lower power requirements, are more adaptable,
are more easily miniaturized, and are lower in cost. The ultimate
goal of CNSE researchers is to enable the machines of the future
to sense, interact with, learn from, and adapt to their environment
with a flexibility equivalent to that of living creatures. The CenterŐs
work is cross-fertilized by researchers in a wide variety of fields,
including biology, electronics, fluid dynamics, optoelectronics,
chemistry, neural networks, and physiology. Although the core research
takes place at Caltech, we have close ties with investigators from
other universities and many corporations.
http://www.cnse.caltech.edu
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IST
Information Science & Technology
IST is the first integrated research and teaching activity in the country that investigates information from all angles: from the fundamental theoretical underpinnings of information to the science and engineering of novel information substrates, biological circuits, and complex social systems.
The Institute for Quantum Information
(IQI) sponsors programs which encourage the growth and development of
the emerging field of quantum information science.
Quantum information science (QIS) is a new field of science and technology which draws upon the disciplines of physical science, mathematics, computer science, and engineering. Its aim is to understand how fundamental physical laws can be harnessed to dramatically improve the acquisition, transmission, and processing of information.
The inspiration for QIS is the discovery that quantum mechanics can be exploited to perform important and otherwise intractable information-processing tasks. Already quantum effects have been used to create fundamentally unbreakable cryptographic codes, to teleport the full quantum state of a photon, and to compute certain functions in fewer steps than any classical computer can.
Even aside from its technological implications, QIS is an intellectually exciting field. Fundamental questions such as "What is the computational power of Nature?", "Can measurement be reversed?" and "How much information can we learn?" continue to drive the field and inspire new research directions. We expect that QIS will have an extensive impact on how science is taught at the college and secondary level. We also believe QIS will bring a deeper understanding of quantum physics to a broad segment of the lay public.
We
founded the Institute for Quantum Information (IQI) to catalyze
QIS research. We sponsor a vigorous visiting scholars program, develop
and teach novel QIS-based courses, hold regular interdisciplinary
seminars and workshops, mentor Ph.D. thesis research, and support
undergraduate research internships.
http://www.iqi.caltech.edu/
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