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Jake Bergquist Receives HRS Fellowship Award

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Congratulations to Jake Bergquist who received the Heart Rhythm Society fellowship award. This is a one year, $50,000 fellowship to support research in cardiac electrophysiology. The mission of HRS is to improve the care of patients by promoting research, education, and optimal healthcare policies and standards. To this end, HRS has established a post-doctoral research […]

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Manish Parashar Receives HPDC’23 Achievement Award

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Manish Parashar is the recipient of the 2023 Achievement Award in High Performance Distributed Computing for pioneering contributions in high performance parallel and distributed computational methods, data management, in-situ computing, and international leadership in cyberinfrastructure and translational computer science. Dr. Parashar will deliver a keynote address and be recognized at the HPDC 2023 conference as […]

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Reimagining Data Visualization

By Despina GiannopoulosMarch 10, 2023 Youjia Zhou is a computing Ph.D. candidate at the University of Utah working to help scientists and mathematicians with their knowledge-discovery process through practical visual analytics systems. Her research focuses on large and complex data, coupling theoretical analysis with interactive visualization to help users quickly gain insights from complex graphs […]

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Seal Storage Technology and the University of Utah Announce NASA Climate Data Democratization Partnership

Over 200TB of NASA climate data is now accessible through the collaboration between Seal Storage Technology and the University of Utah’s Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI), enabling researchers around the world to access and visualize the data with zero egress fees. TORONTO and SALT LAKE CITY, April 12, 2023 /CNW/ – In an effort […]

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SCI Faculty, Valerio Pascucci to Receive 2023 Distinguished Research Award

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The Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) has selected SCI faculty member Valerio Pascucci as a 2022-2023 Distinguished Research Award (DRA) recipient. The DRA is designed to shine a spotlight on the outstanding achievements of University of Utah research faculty. “Valerio is an outstanding scientist, leader, and mentor. He is integral to the […]

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Penny Atkins Named Associate Director of One Utah Data Science Hub

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Penny Atkins, PhD has been named associate director of the One Utah Data Science Hub, which connects the Data Exploration and Learning for Precision Health Intelligence (DELPHI) Initiative, the Data Science and Ethics of Technology (DATASET) Initiative, and the Utah Data Science Center to expand data science research, education, outreach, infrastructure, and datasets at the […]

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Dan Reed, Daniel Balouek-Thomert, and Manish Parashar Contribute Edge AI to Environmental Monitoring

Sage sensors monitor environment, support ‘edge AI’ Jesse Drake – University Information Technology Smokey Bear is mostly right—you can help prevent wildfires—but it’s not all on you. Using fire-resistant building materials, establishing vegetation-free “ignition zones,” and avoiding fire-related activities when it’s hot, dry and windy are actions that, ideally, we all can take. The scientific […]

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SCI Faculty Make Headlines at Vis 2022

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Congratulations are in order for several SCI faculty who took to the awards stage at the IEEE Visualization conference this year in Oklahoma City. Valerio Pascucci was not only awarded the IEEE VGTC Visualization Technical Achievement Award, but was also inducted into the IEEE Visualization Academy. The Visualization Academy is a prestigious academy that highlights […]

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Valerio Pascucci Receives IEEE VGTC Technical Achievement Award

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The 2022 VGTC Visualization Technical Achievement Award goes to Valerio Pascucci for his seminal contribution in using topology for visualization and analysis of data. Valerio Pascucci is the John R. Parks Inaugural Endowed Chair of the University of Utah, a Professor of Computer Science in the School of Computing, a faculty member of the Scientific […]

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Jake Bergquist Presents Two Talks at CinC2022

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My name is Jake Bergquist. I am a biology graduate from Westminster College, and a 4th year PhD student under Dr. Rob MacLeod at the University of Utah department of Biomedical engineering. I was drawn to bioengineering for both my love and fascination with biology and medicine, and my passion to build and create things. […]

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