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Center for Advanced Research in Computer Engineering

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Where foundational science converges with transformative engineering — building the computational systems that will define the next century of human civilization.

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Breakthrough · 1,000-Qubit Coherence Achieved Careers · 12 Postdoc Positions Open Now Award · Best Paper IEEE S&P 2025 Partnership · CERN Collaboration Announced Event · AI Safety Summit — June 2025 Grant · $18M NSF Award for Green Computing Publication · Nature Photonics — All-Optical NN Breakthrough · 1,000-Qubit Coherence Achieved Careers · 12 Postdoc Positions Open Now Award · Best Paper IEEE S&P 2025 Partnership · CERN Collaboration Announced Event · AI Safety Summit — June 2025 Grant · $18M NSF Award for Green Computing Publication · Nature Photonics — All-Optical NN

About CARCE

Advancing the Frontier
of Computing

CARCE unites engineers, scientists, and visionaries to solve the defining technical challenges of our era — with rigor, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to humanity's benefit across eight specialized institutes.

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Fundamental Research
Long-horizon science unconstrained by short-term deliverables
Applied Engineering
Translating breakthroughs into real-world systems
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Industry Partnership
Deep ties with 86 leading global organizations
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Open Science
Freely shared research for humanity's benefit
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Research Institutes

Eight Pillars of Discovery

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Institute · 01
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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Deep learning, foundation models, AI safety and alignment at scale.
Deep LearningAI SafetyNLP
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Quantum Computing & Information Science
Quantum algorithms, error correction, photonic systems.
AlgorithmsPhotonicsError Correction
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Institute · 03
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Cybersecurity & Cryptography
Post-quantum crypto, hardware security, network defense.
Post-QuantumZK ProofsHW Security
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Robotics & Autonomous Systems
Embodied AI, soft robotics, autonomous vehicles & swarms.
Embodied AIAutonomySwarms
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Biomedical & Health Computing
Genomics, AI diagnostics, brain-computer interfaces.
GenomicsBCIMedical AI
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Institute · 06
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Photonics & Semiconductor Engineering
Silicon photonics, 2D materials, integrated circuits.
Photonics2D MaterialsVLSI
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Institute · 07
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Human-Computer Interaction & XR
Spatial computing, haptics, immersive XR environments.
SpatialHapticsXR
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Institute · 08
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Climate & Sustainable Computing
Carbon-aware computation, energy-efficient architectures.
Carbon-AwareClimate AIGreen Arch
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Total Citations
H-index 142 across institutes
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Patents Filed
Across 28 technology domains
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Spin-off Companies
Combined valuation $4.2B
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Nations Represented
Among our 320+ researchers

Publications & Research

Recent Breakthroughs

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2025
Scalable Fault-Tolerant Quantum Error Correction via Topological Surface Codes at Finite Temperature
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · Institute 02
Nature Quantum Information, Vol. 11, 2025
Featured Article
2025
Constitutional AI at Scale: Aligning Foundation Models Without Human Preference Labeling
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · Institute 01
ICML 2025
Outstanding Paper Award
2025
Post-Quantum Lattice Cryptography on Constrained Embedded Systems: A Hardware-Software Co-Design
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · Institute 03
IEEE S&P 2025
Best Paper
2024
All-Optical Deep Neural Networks via Silicon Photonic Circuits: 100 TOPS at 1 pJ/op
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · Institute 06
Nature Photonics, Vol. 18, 2024
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Constitutional AI at Scale: Aligning Foundation Models Without Human Preference Labeling
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · ASAL Lab
ICML 2025
Outstanding Paper
2025
Sparse Mixture-of-Experts at Scale: Training 1T Parameter Models Efficiently
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · DLF Lab
NeurIPS 2025
2025
Scalable Fault-Tolerant Quantum Error Correction via Topological Surface Codes
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · QEC Lab
Nature Quantum Information 2025
Featured Article
2024
Variational Quantum Eigensolver with Improved Classical Optimization on NISQ Devices
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · QAC Lab
Physical Review Letters 2024
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Post-Quantum Lattice Cryptography on Constrained Embedded Systems
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · CPL Lab
IEEE S&P 2025
Best Paper
2024
Certified Robustness via Randomized Smoothing at Scale
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · AMND Lab
CCS 2024
2025
Foundation Models for Genomics: Pre-training on 10 Billion Base Pairs for Variant Effect Prediction
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · CGSB Lab
Nature Methods 2025
Editor's Pick
2024
Spatially Adaptive XR for Motor Rehabilitation: A Randomised Clinical Trial
Rizk, D. · Shiraskar, S. · et al. · Institutes 05 & 07
The Lancet Digital Health 2024
Editor's Choice

News & Events

Latest from CARCE

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Breakthrough · March 2025
CARCE Achieves 1,000-Qubit Logical Coherence Milestone with CERN
Researchers at Institute 02 demonstrate sustained coherence of a 1,000-qubit logical register at near-room temperature — a turning point for practical quantum computation.
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Award · Feb 2025
$18M NSF Grant for Sustainable Computing
Five-year grant funds new carbon-aware computing facility at Institute 08.
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Event · June 2025
International AI Safety Summit at CARCE
Leading researchers and policymakers convene on frontier model alignment.
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