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Guang Tian, SCI’s First Urban Planning Faculty Member, Envisions Utah as a National Model for Smart Growth

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For Guang Tian, a new assistant professor at the University of Utah’s Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute, getting stuck in traffic has a silver lining: it might inspire his next project. As SCI’s first faculty member from the City and Metropolitan Planning Department, Tian is pioneering research that blends advanced technology with urban design […]

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November 6, 2025

Malaria parasites are full of wildly spinning iron crystals. Scientists finally know why

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Reposted from @theU. The following Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute members contributed to this research article: SCI faculty member Tamara Bidone, assistant professor of biomedical engineering; co-first author Tomasz Skóra, a former postdoctoral research associate in Bidone’s lab and current assistant professor in physics at the University of Warsaw; and former SCI software engineer Keith Carney, […]

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November 4, 2025

SCI’s Expansive Presence at IEEE VIS 2025 Includes Best Paper and Test of Time Awards

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Students, faculty and staff from the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute at the University of Utah have long played a vital role in shaping IEEE VIS, the top conference for visualization and visual analytics, and their contributions continue to stand out this year. SCI’s VIS 2025 presence includes seven main program papers—among them a […]

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October 31, 2025

Bill Miller Brings National Expertise to Advance Research Computing and Data at the U

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After over a decade of shaping advanced cyberinfrastructure at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), William L. (Bill) Miller joined the University of Utah in September as the senior director for research computing and data—a pivotal appointment that signals the university’s commitment to artificial intelligence (AI), research, and innovation at scale. In this new position, […]

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October 7, 2025

Join the University of Utah’s Bold, Transdisciplinary Effort to Model and Monitor a Changing Planet with AI

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The University of Utah One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative (One-U RAI) at the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute is launching two new tenure-track faculty positions at the intersection of AI, environmental science, and societal impact. These roles—one focused on AI for Environmental Forecasting and Modeling, the other on AI for Environmental Impact Monitoring—are part […]

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October 7, 2025

New Faculty Member Rohan Basu Roy Wants to Make High Performance Computing Faster and Greener

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Rohan Basu Roy is on a mission to make high performance computing (HPC)—core to AI-powered scientific discovery—faster and more sustainable. He joined the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute and the Kahlert School of Computing in July 2025, fresh off completing his Ph.D. in computer engineering at Northeastern University. Roy thrives under pressure, draws inspiration […]

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October 7, 2025

The U to build an AI ecosystem in partnership with tech powerhouses

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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 […]

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September 11, 2025

Engineers’ AI Project Will Help Predict Natural Disasters’ Chaotic Flows

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Thanks 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 […]

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August 21, 2025

Akil Narayan Named Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in the College of Science

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The 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 […]

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July 18, 2025

Four Scholars with SCI Ties Named Finalists in Bioengineering Student Paper Competition

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Three 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 […]

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July 17, 2025