The institute has 11 research departments, including two national key research laboratories, one national engineering center and one CAS key laboratory. Specific research fields include: pattern recognition theory and application, complex system management and parallel control, application-specific integrated circuit design, human brain computation based on neural computing, precise perception and intelligent control, intelligent medicine and new types of medical equipment design, and digital content understanding and media services. Institute researchers have won National Technological Invention Awards, National Science and Technology Progress Awards and international awards over the years.