What AI Costs the Planet and How Higher Ed Can Help

Behind every AI prompt is a chain of physical infrastructure—from data centers and power grids to cooling systems, mined minerals, and discarded hardware—with consequences for people and the planet, University of Utah researchers reminded the campus community during an Earth Month panel discussion. “We have millions of users that are hitting enter or submit at […]

Xinnor and the University of Utah’s SCI Institute Replace Aging PostgreSQL Backend with xiRAID

Xinnor, developer of the data protection solution xiRAID, announced the successful deployment of xiRAID at the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute at the University of Utah. The project replaced an aging single-drive PostgreSQL backend that had become a bottleneck for one of the world’s largest research data environments, cataloging over 3 billion files across […]

Price Engineering Researchers Identify How Integrin Bond Stability Controls Cell Spreading and Structure

New research from the University of Utah John and Marcia Price College of Engineering identifies a key mechanism that determines how cells spread and organize their internal structure. The study shows that a cell’s behavior depends on how long the cell receptors known as integrins stay attached to the extracellular matrix. Long-lasting attachments lead to […]

Transformational Utah Investment in Artificial Intelligence and Computing to Advance Health and Discovery

SCI Affiliate Dan Reed Wins Computing Research Association Distinguished Service Award

Adapted from an article by the Computing Research Association. The Computing Research Association (CRA) Board of Directors recently selected Dan Reed—University of Utah Presidential Professor emeritus in computational science and affiliate faculty in the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute—as the recipient of the 2026 CRA Distinguished Service Award. Reed received the award for his […]

Utah Charts a New Path for Regulating Mental Health AI

Reposted from Huntsman Mental Health Institute. Nina de Lacy is affiliate faculty in the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute and a faculty fellow in SCI’s One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative. As generative AI rapidly expands into mental health care, Utah has emerged as a national leader in developing a pragmatic, forward-looking regulatory framework that […]

Utah wildfire camera network supports management efforts, U research

Reposted from @theU. This story involves the Center for High Performance Computing, which is part of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. A lightning strike on a patch of grass, choked dry by drought, can spark a fire in an instant and destroy hundreds of acres in minutes. Along the Wasatch Front, it’s likely someone […]

Huntsman Mental Health Institute contributes to new framework ensuring ethical and fair use of AI in health care

Salt Lake City, UT — Huntsman Mental Health Institute today announced the publication of a pioneering framework designed to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) systems used in health care are developed and deployed ethically, transparently, and with patient equity at the forefront. The framework—Scalable Agile Framework for Execution in AI (SAFE AI)—has been published in the […]

Three SCI Faculty Among Recipients of RAI Seed Grants

The University of Utah One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative (One-U RAI) will award its first round of seed grants, totaling $386,855, to nine research teams advancing AI tools and uncovering new insights on AI’s societal impacts. Projects will empower patients and their families, shed light on AI’s role in the classroom, and help people better […]

NASA Lands at the U

Connecting leaders in exploration with Utah’s integrated research community. Amanda Ashley, Director of Communications for Research and Innovation, Office of the Vice President for Research   When NASA leadership visited the University of Utah in February, the conversations quickly moved beyond introductions. What unfolded was a substantive exchange about how complex problems — in space […]