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Empowering our students and scholars to impact society through multidisciplinary transformative computing research

Established in 1994, SCI has always made a significant impact – not only in Utah, but also the world.

~180

Faculty, Staff, and Students

~4000

Publications

36

Best Paper Awards

66

State and National Awards

~250,000

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News from the Institute

Engineers’ AI Project Will Help Predict Natural Disasters’ Chaotic Flows
August 21, 2025

Thanks to a new National Science Foundation grant, researchers at the John and Marcia Price…

Akil Narayan Named Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in the College of Science
July 18, 2025

The College of Science welcomes Lauren Birgenheier as associate dean for faculty affairs, Akil Narayan…

Four Scholars with SCI Ties Named Finalists in Bioengineering Student Paper Competition
July 17, 2025

Three Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute students under faculty member Jeffrey A. Weiss were…

SCI’s Bidone Helps Lead $8.5M Leducq Network for Vascular Breakthroughs
June 20, 2025

Tamara Bidone, a faculty member in the University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI)…

Manish Parashar Wins ACM Distinguished Service Award
May 28, 2025

The prestigious award is one of five honoring computing professionals for their impactful service and…

SCI Team Lands Cover of ‘Algorithms’ with New Method to Analyze Big Data
May 23, 2025

University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute researchers built a new, more efficient tool…

U Supercharges AI Computing Power with New GPUs
May 21, 2025

The University of Utah Center for High Performance Computing recently installed its single-biggest upgrade to…

New Faculty Member Andrew McNutt Harnesses Vis Expertise to Make Computers Easier to Use
May 8, 2025

Using a computer is complicated. Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute faculty member Andrew McNutt…

New Faculty Member Karli Gillette Returns ‘Home’ to SCI to Develop Cardiac Digital Twins
May 7, 2025

After earning two of her three degrees at the University of Utah, native Salt Laker…

SCI Marks One of Its Biggest Presences at Top Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
April 21, 2025

The University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute will have one of its…

Akil Narayan Reflects on First Year as College of Science Faculty Fellow
April 4, 2025

The University of Utah College of Science named Akil Narayan—a mathematics professor and member of…

U taps NVIDIA’s AI Expertise
March 10, 2025

A new statewide AI initiative will enhance Utah’s technology-based workforce training and economic development. In…

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Empowering our students and scholars to impact society through multidisciplinary transformative computing research. We accomplish this through collaborative, translational research utilizing our core strengths in simulation, imaging, visualization, scientific and high-performance computing, and data science.
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A culture of multidisciplinary, collaborative and translational research underpins the history of the SCI Institute. SCI faculty members come from a range of backgrounds and are united by a passion for collaborative, interdisciplinary science and engineering.

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