{"id":23,"date":"2021-07-01T19:04:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T19:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/cst\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:31:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/cst\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Research Areas<\/h2>\n<p>The following chart highlights our key research areas within Computational Systems and Technology, outlining priorities for research, development, and deployment across our platforms.<\/p>\n        <h3>Next-Gen RF &amp; Microelectronics<\/h3>\n            <ul>\n                <li>Analog Compound Semiconductor<\/li>\n                <li>Rapid Prototyping<\/li>\n                <li>Workforce Development<\/li>\n                <li>Advanced Foundry Access: TSMC, Intel, Samsung<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mosis2.com\" target=\"_blank\">MOSIS 2.0<\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/ca-dreams.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">California DREAMS Super Hub<\/a>\n                Materials &#038; Manufacturing\n                Devices\n        <h3>Novel Processing Hardware<\/h3>\n            <ul>\n                <li>Edge Computing<\/li>\n                <li>Heterogeneous and Reconfigurable Computing<\/li>\n                <li>Transformational Computing <\/li>\n                <li>Hardware Assurance<\/li>\n                <li>Custom EDA Tools<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Secure and Robust Electronics Center<\/a>\n                Devices\n                Hardware Architecture\n        <h3>More than Moore, Beyond CMOS<\/h3>\n            <ul>\n                <li>Alternate physical state variable hardware<\/li>\n                <li>Photonics<\/li>\n                <li>3D integration<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n                Materials &#038; Manufacturing\n                Devices\n        <h3>Advanced Software<\/h3>\n            <ul>\n                <li>Science Automation    Technology<\/li>\n                <li>Decision systems<\/li>\n                <li>Compilers &#038; DSLs<\/li>\n                <li>Run-time frameworks<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n                Hardware Architecture\n                Software\n        <h3>Quantum<\/h3>\n            <ul>\n                <li>Sensing<\/li>\n                <li>Communication<\/li>\n                <li>Computing<\/li>\n                <li>Integration<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-qcc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quantum Computing Center<\/a>\n                Materials &#038; Manufacturing\n                Devices\n                Hardware Architecture\n                Software\n        <h3>Space Systems<\/h3>\n            <ul>\n                <li>Systems Engineering<\/li>\n                <li>Nanosatellites<\/li>\n                <li>Cellularized Spacecraft<\/li>\n                <li>Lunar Landers<\/li>\n                <li>Satellite Communications<\/li>\n                <li>Spacecraft Technologies<\/li>\n                <li>Fault Tolerance &#038; Radiation Mitigation<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/centers-serc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Space Engineering Research Center<\/a>\n                Materials &#038; Manufacturing\n                Devices\n                Hardware Architecture\n                Software\n<h2>\n\t\t\tCST BY THE NUMBERS\t<\/h2>\n\t<strong>70+<\/strong><br \/>\nFull-time Research Staff\n\t<strong>1<\/strong><br \/>\nService Center &#8211;<br \/>\nMOSIS Advanced Foundry Access\n\t<strong>8<\/strong><br \/>\nGenerations of NanoSats\n\t<strong>1<\/strong><br \/>\nGravitation Wave Observation (Black Hole)\n\t<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshots\/mfrench-5.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew French\"\/>\n    <figcaption><strong>Matthew French<\/strong>Director of Computational Systems and Technology<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\t<p>Computational Systems and Technology (CS&amp;T) is a world leader in computing technologies, from basic to applied, investigating a wide range of hardware and software technologies. Our research addresses all levels of computing, from emerging quantum devices to large deployed heterogeneous cloud\u00a0systems, and\u00a0includes the software and tools to enable end users to harness these systems in a highly productive fashion. This research also includes providing reliable computing in challenging domains such as space, mobile, security, and\u00a0low-power.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Areas The following chart highlights our key research areas within Computational Systems and Technology, outlining priorities for research, development, and deployment across our platforms. Next-Gen RF &amp; Microelectronics Analog Compound Semiconductor Rapid Prototyping Workforce Development Advanced Foundry Access: TSMC, Intel, Samsung MOSIS 2.0 California DREAMS Super Hub Materials &#038; Manufacturing Devices Novel Processing Hardware&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":421,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tpl-full-width.php","meta":{"news_source":"","news_author":"","external_news_link":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About - Computational Systems &amp; Technology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/cst\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About - Computational Systems &amp; Technology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Research Areas The following chart highlights our key research areas within Computational Systems and Technology, outlining priorities for research, development, and deployment across our platforms. 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