IFAE stands for the Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (Institute of High-Energy Physics), a public research center in Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. Founded in 1991, it is a consortium between the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. IFAE conducts research in fundamental physics, such as particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, and also applies its expertise to fields like detector technology, medical imaging, and quantum computing.