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Rohan Basu Roy Recipient of Computing’s Top 30 Early Career Professionals for 2025

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The IEEE Computer Society is pleased to recognize Computing’s Top 30 Early Career Professionals for 2025. This esteemed group of rising stars earned this honor for their exceptional early-career achievements and role in driving advancements across the computing landscape. Their contributions span diverse areas, including AI, software engineering, security, and hardware, fundamentally shaping the future […]

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December 23, 2025

Arzani Receives ASME 2026 Y.C. Fung Early Career Award

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Amir Arzani, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, has been selected as the 2026 Y.C. Fung Early Career Award Medalist from ASME. Arzani’s work was recognized “for pioneering scientific machine learning research in cardiovascular biomechanics, development of the innovative concept of wall shear stress topology in blood flow characterization, and development and dissemination of open-source educational […]

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December 18, 2025

Karli Gillette and Utah colleagues receive grant to advance cardiac digital twin technologies

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Dr. Karli Gillette, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering along with University of Utah Faculty, Dr. Akil Narayan and Dr. Ravi Ranjan, received a half a million dollar grant to be utilized over the next three years. The grant will go towards enhancing Digital twin technologies. Digital twin (DT) technologies are rapidly becoming a cornerstone of […]

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December 10, 2025

BME Alumnus Interview with Dr. Quan Ni: Co-founder of Inspire Medical and Current founder and CEO, Restora Medical Inc.

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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 […]

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December 10, 2025

One-U RAI Welcomes 12 New Faculty Fellows Driving Responsible AI Across Disciplines

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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 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 […]

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December 4, 2025

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