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NNSA Announces Selection of Centers of Excellence for Academic Computational Science Partnerships

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Press Release from the National Nuclear Security Administration Website, June 27, 2013. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the selection of its six new centers of excellence whose primary focus will be on the emerging field of predictive science. Six universities were selected either as a Multidisciplinary Simulation Center (MSC) […]

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July 31, 2013

SCI Papers Spotlighted in TVCG June and August Issues

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Congratulations to Harsh Bhatia, Valerio Pascucci, and Peer-Timo Bremer, et. al. whose paper: H. Bhatia, G. Norgard, V. Pascucci, P.-T. Bremer. “The Helmholtz-Hodge Decomposition – A Survey,” In IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 19, No. 8, pp. 1386–1404, Note: Selected as Spotlight paper for August 2013 issue, 2013. is spotlighted in […]

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July 8, 2013

SCI Team Wins HBM Hackathon Challenge

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Congratulations to Kris Zygmunt, Wei Liu, and Sean McKenna for winning the second challenge of the 2013 HBM Hackathon sponsored by Allen Institute for Brain Science and Amazon Web Services. The HBM Hackathon consisted of two challenges announced prior to the meeting and a third mystery challenge announced during the meeting. These challenges were: 1. […]

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June 26, 2013

Ross Whitaker Selected Member of CRA CCC

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Congratulations to SCI faculty member Ross Whitaker who has been selected to serve on the Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Computing Community Consortium (CCC). The CCC is an organization whose goal is to catalyze and empower the U.S. computing research community to pursue audacious, high-impact research. Dr. Whitaker will serve a three-year term on the council. […]

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May 30, 2013

Explore Utah Science: When Art and Science Intertwine

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See original article on Explore Utah Science website: “When Art and Science Intertwine” Written by  Julie Kiefer The collection of images appears to be a study in shape, color, and design. Zig-zagging lines that meld into smoke-like ribbons; an explosion of colors that seemingly blasts beyond the frame; a brain washed in pastels (see Image […]

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May 6, 2013

Chris Johnson to be Featured Speaker at FiRe 2013

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Dr. Johnson will be a featured speaker at the 2013 Future in Review (FiRe 2013) conference. He will be among a number of other distinguished guests including the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Mdme. Janet Napolitano. The conference will be held May 21 – 24 in Laguna Beach, California. This year’s conference is […]

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April 22, 2013

Chris Johnson Elected to CRA Board of Directors

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SCI Institute Director Chris Johnson has been elected a new member of the Computing Research Association (CRA) Board of Directors. Johnson’s three-year term on the board will begin July 1, 2013. The CRA “is an association of more than 200 North American academic departments of computer science, computer engineering, and related fields; laboratories and centers […]

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March 18, 2013

FluoRender 2.12 Released

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We are happy to announce the 2.12 release of FluoRender. For details, check the release notes and download FluoRender at www.fluorender.com. Release Notes 03/04/2013 FluoRender 2.12

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March 4, 2013

Guido Gerig Co-author on AJP Best Paper

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Dr. Guido Gerig co-authored a paper that made the list of the American Journal of Psychiatry’s “Best of 2012” for their paper “Differences in White Matter Fiber Tract Development Present from 6 to 24 Months in Infants with Autism” In the AJP’s 2012 Year in Review, the editors discuss the significance of this paper:

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December 20, 2012

Dongbin Xiu Joins the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute as a Professor of Mathematics

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Dongbin Xiu has joined the University of Utah’s Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute as a Professor of Mathematics. The SCI Institute focuses on solving important problems in biomedicine, science, and engineering using computation and is an international research leader in the areas of scientific computing, visualization, and image analysis.

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December 6, 2012