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: ''Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, INAOE'') is a Mexican science research institute located in Tonantzintla,

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. Founded by presidential decree on November 12, 1971, it has over 100 researchers in Astrophysics, Optics, Electronics and Computing Science, with postgraduate programs in these areas. INAOE is one of 30 public research centers sponsored by the

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, developed the Large Millimeter Telescope / Gran Telescopio Milimétrico on the

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border. The asteroid 14674 INAOE was named after this institute.

Structure

There are four research departments with a number of research groups and laboratories:

Astrophysics

Coordinator: José Ramón Valdés Parra Research groups: * Visible Astronomical Instrumentation Laboratory and of High Energies (Esperanza Carrasco-Licea) * Millimeter Wavelength Instrumentation Laboratory * Fourier Spectroscopy Laboratory (Fabián Rosales) * Photographic Plates Collection (Raquel Díaz Hernández)

Computer Sciences

Source: Coordinator: Ariel Carrasco Ochoa Research groups: *Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition *Reconfigurable and High Performance Computing *Ubiquitous Computing and Processing *Biosignal Processing and Medical Computing *Robotics *Language Technologies *Computer Perception *Cybersecurity

Electronics

Coordinator: Alfonso Torres Jacome Research groups: * Microelectronics * Integrated Circuit Design * Electronic Instrumentation * Communications

Optics

Coordinator: Fermín Granados Agustín Research groups: *Science Group and Optoelectronics Engineering (CIOE) *Image-Science Group and Digital Color *Photonics *Optics Instrumentation *Quantum Optics *Diffractive Optics *Optoelectronics *Imaging Science *Biophotonics *Optical Communications and Optoelectronics *Optic Fibers *Holography *Imaging and Digital Color *Optical Instrumentation *Optical Microscopy and Dimensional Metrology *Diffractive Optics *Biomedical Optics *Thin-films

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