SCI X was created to strengthen the interactions between the SCI Institute and other academic researchers, and also those companies conducting or wishing to conduct research with the University and inspire them to increase their collaborative efforts in research and new product development.

SCI X is intended to provide its guests access to unique resources and expertise found within the SCI Institute, creating an expanded relationship between the SCI Institute and our past, present and future academic and industry collaborators.

Collaborative research has always been a hallmark of the SCI Institute. And with the number of current projects going on, the options to collaborate are unprecedented. However, with that number it it is easy to feel disconnected from each other. This year’s SCIx will be focused on showcasing SCI research both among one another at SCI and to our collaborators and university partners.

A primary goal of our organization of this event is to allow members of SCI, particularly the students, to be exposed to as many of the other research groups at the institute as possible. For this reason, we will avoid parallel sessions and try to maximize the chance that someone attending this event can reasonably see everything. This is an impossible task, to summarize the work of SCI in a single day. But it is a task we pursue nonetheless.