The University of Utah is looking to join forces with two powerhouse tech firms to accelerate research and discovery using artificial intelligence (AI). The agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and AI chipmaker NVIDIA will amplify the university’s capacity for understanding cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, mental health, and genetics. The initiative is projected to enable medical […]
Read MoreThanks to a new National Science Foundation grant, researchers at the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering will collaborate with teams at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brown University on a new project at the intersection of artificial intelligence and geoscience. Natural disasters — from avalanches, to earthquakes, to volcanic eruptions — are […]
Read MoreThe College of Science welcomes Lauren Birgenheier as associate dean for faculty affairs, Akil Narayan as associate dean for undergraduate and graduate studies and Matthew S. Sigman as associate dean for research. Their appointments began on July 1, 2025. Lauren Birgenheier Lauren Birgenheier earned a Ph.D. in geoscience from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and completed […]
Read MoreThree Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute students under faculty member Jeffrey A. Weiss were selected as finalists in the student paper competition at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Summer Bioengineering Conference, and a fourth finalist is a recently defended Ph.D. graduate under affiliate faculty member Lucas Timmins. The four biomedical engineering students were […]
Read MoreTamara Bidone, a faculty member in the University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute and an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is part of an international team of researchers awarded $8.5 million to develop treatments for peripheral artery disease (PAD)—a common and potentially fatal condition where not enough blood flows to the limbs. […]
Read MoreThe prestigious award is one of five honoring computing professionals for their impactful service and work to build a vibrant technical community The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) today recognized University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute Director Manish Parashar with its Distinguished Service Award for service and leadership in furthering the transformative impact […]
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute researchers built a new, more efficient tool for big-data analysis, and their work is featured on the May 2025 cover of Algorithms, a cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal for algorithmic research. To analyze trends in things like wind speed and ocean temperatures, scientists often use datasets where each […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah Center for High Performance Computing recently installed its single-biggest upgrade to AI cyberinfrastructure: a fleet of 10 powerful computer servers with 80 high-end NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs), hardware critical for AI-driven research. This $2.15 million investment will help the center continue to support Utah researchers who are increasingly using AI […]
Read MoreUsing a computer is complicated. Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute faculty member Andrew McNutt wants to fix that. In one of his potentially most impactful projects, the assistant professor of computer science aims to automate visualization design decisions to help all kinds of analysts—from doctors to engineers—“quickly navigate millions of data-driven decisions in their […]
Read MoreAfter earning two of her three degrees at the University of Utah, native Salt Laker Karli Gillette returned in summer 2024 as an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a member of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute. Read how her personal experiences—including a mild heart condition diagnosis at age 16—led […]
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