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 […]

Building AI to Transform Health Care: Meet Gianfranco Doretto, SCI’s First Joint Hire with the School of Medicine

As health-care costs soar, the global population ages, and patient needs grow more complex, biomedical informatics professor Gianfranco Doretto sees artificial intelligence as a powerful solution. His vision: create AI-driven tools that improve outcomes and make care more affordable. Last summer, Doretto joined the University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute as its […]

How a Scientific Visualization PhD Student Became an Award-Winning Sports Journalist

As U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles surged in the final stride to win the men’s 100‑meter dash at the Paris 2024 Olympics—the closest finish in modern history—The New York Times graphics team faced a race of its own. Within hours, they published an intricate visualization of the event, powered in part by the work of University […]

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

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 […]