Instituto Potosino de Investigación CientÃÂfica y Tecnológica, A.C. (IPICyT, and in English: San Luis PotosàInstitute of Scientific Research and Technology) is one of 26 Public Research Centers in Mexico, funded by CONACyT. It was founded on Nov. 24, 2000.
It is divided into five academic departments: Nanoscience and Materials, Control and Dynamical Systems, Environmental Science, Applied Geosciences and Molecular Biology.
It also houses the Centro Nacional de Supercómputo de los Centros CONACyT (National Supercomputing Center for CONACyT).