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It is about applications of data-driven computing in various scientific domains, such as biology, physics, astronomy, geophysics, etc.</p><p><a href="http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/" target="_blank">The Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)</a></p><p>IPAC is dedicated to science operations, data archives, and community support for astronomy and solar system science missions, with a historical emphasis on infrared-submillimeter astronomy and exoplanet science.</p><p><a href="http://www.iqim.caltech.edu/" target="_blank">Caltech's Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM)</a></p><p>IQIM is advancing research to understand and harness highly entangled quantum systems for the purpose of yielding new materials, new communication and computation methods, new limits to our ability to measure things, and even new insights into the structure of the Universe.</p><p><a href="http://kiss.caltech.edu/" target="_blank">Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS)</a></p><p>This multi-divisional effort develops new planetary, Earth, and astrophysics space mission concepts and technology by bringing together a broad spectrum of scientists and engineers for sustained scientific and technical interaction. This unique organization links the study elements of a think tank with the implementation elements of designing and developing prototypes.</p><p><a href="http://www.srl.caltech.edu/" target="_blank">Space Radiation Laboratory (SRL)</a></p><p>The Space Radiation Lab is involved in the development of hard X-ray detectors and grazing incidence focusing optics, as well as balloon and satellite payloads. 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