Founder and CEO of Restora Medical Inc., Quan Ni, reminisces about his time at the University of Utah’s Biomedical Engineering Department 25 years ago and how it has led him to where he is today. How did your Biomedical Engineering education and research at the University of Utah impact your vision for your career? I […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative (One-U RAI) at the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute has named 12 new faculty fellows, nearly double the number of awardees announced last year. This expansion underscores the university’s commitment to rapidly advancing ethical, interdisciplinary AI research that addresses real-world challenges, from expediting emergency medical […]
Read MoreFor 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 […]
Read MoreReposted 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, […]
Read MoreStudents, 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 […]
Read MoreAfter 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, […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreRohan 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
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