Large-Scale Systems – Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute

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 […]

December 23, 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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

September 11, 2025

U Supercharges AI Computing Power with New GPUs

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The 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 […]

May 21, 2025

U taps NVIDIA’s AI Expertise

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A new statewide AI initiative will enhance Utah’s technology-based workforce training and economic development. In early December, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and University of Utah President Taylor Randall signed a memorandum of understanding for a new education initiative with NVIDIA, designed to democratize AI access across communities. “AI will continue to grow in importance, affecting […]

March 10, 2025

SCI Receives HPCwire Award for National Data Platform, an Effort to Democratize Responsible AI R&D

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The Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute at the University of Utah has been recognized in the 21st edition of the HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards, presented at the 2024 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC24) in Atlanta, Georgia. The SCI Institute and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) […]

November 20, 2024

SDSC and SCI Democratizing Nationwide Access to Science Data

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The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego and the University of Utah (Utah) have announced a national-scale pilot project, called the National Data Platform (NDP), aimed at a service ecosystem to make access to and use of scientific data open and equitable across a broad range of communities, including traditionally underrepresented researchers.

March 5, 2024

TPC Announced with Founding Partners

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On Friday, 10-November TPC released the announcement below. The community continues to grow–with now over 500 participants in the Slack workspace, from nearly 70 organizations around the world. We expect to announce additional partners in the coming weeks and months, as we develop governance functions and membership processes. New International Consortium Formed to Create Trustworthy […]

November 10, 2023

Universities use blockchain-based storage to protect and democratize data

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Decentralized solutions can make academic research more secure and more accessible. Academic institutions house some of the world’s most important data generated from years of research. Yet centralized data storage models are becoming a concern for many universities looking to keep critical information safe and accessible.

July 3, 2023