Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute

🏆 Congrats to SCI affiliate faculty @DanReed762162 on receiving the Computing Research Association Distinguished Service Award. He is the second member of the SCI community to receive the award—Executive Director @parasharmanish earned the honor in ’24. bit.ly/sci-reed

Nina de Lacy, SCI affiliate faculty & a fellow in our One-U Responsible AI Initiative, worked with Utah Office of AI Policy's Zachary Boyd on a review of AI in mental health care. Their findings underscore the promise of these AI tools & the urgent need for thoughtful regulation.

A new statewide AI supercomputing system is coming online at @UUtah this summer, backed by state funding and a public-private partnership. The U’s Center for High Performance Computing—which is a part of SCI—will manage the world-class system. attheu.utah.edu/research/state…

🌎 What does AI cost the planet, and what role should research universities like @UUtah play? Join SCI & @uofunursing April 15 for an #EarthMonth event exploring the sustainability of AI, from data centers & energy use to campus decision-making. Register: luma.com/pkmw3nlo

Calling @UUtah researchers across tech, humanities, & social sciences: we’ve expanded capacity for our April 3 AI + Ethics Workshop. Discover AI work beyond your field & shape new approaches to some of the most important ethical challenges of our time: luma.com/2sgzwn8t

🚀 SCI’s One‑U Responsible AI Initiative just launched graduate student fellowships! If you know a PhD student pushing responsible AI forward—in the environment, health care & wellness, or teaching & learning—send them our way. Applications are due May 1: bit.ly/rai-grad

SCI’s One-U Responsible AI Initiative is awarding $387K in seed grants to 9 teams advancing AI tools & insights. Projects will empower patients, shed light on AI’s role in education, & help us understand the health impacts of environmental exposures: rai.utah.edu/inaugural-seed…

Catch SCI's @pennyatkinsphd as a featured speaker in tomorrow's @AcademicDataSci webinar involving how to plan and run large-scale AI initiatives. Atkins serves on ADSA's Advisory Council. 🙌 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regist…

🥇 As the Olympics end, we’re spotlighting a PhD student who contributed to innovative coverage of the last Games. @kalinalinkalina helped the @nytimes visualize the closest 100m finish in modern history, and her team won a top award. More on her work: bit.ly/sci-kalina

Join SCI next week for two exciting events with Stephen Pizer, a pioneer in medical image computing and longtime @unccs professor. 📅 Jan. 22 Distinguished Seminar: bit.ly/pizer-jan22 📅 Jan. 23 Tutorial: bit.ly/pizer-jan23

📖 @add_hawk, a new faculty fellow in SCI’s One-U Responsible AI Initiative, is receiving praise in the NYT, WaPo, & more for his new book, “The Score.” Read about the book & how he’ll apply these ideas to his fellowship, & catch his Feb. 4 talk on campus. rai.utah.edu/nguyen-score/

💫 On the heels of announcing 12 new faculty fellows last week, SCI's One-U Responsible AI Initiative is excited to add 3 new postdoctoral fellows to its team next year: rai.utah.edu/postdocs-dec-2…

Meet the 12 new faculty fellows joining SCI’s One-U Responsible AI Initiative. These professors are advancing AI research to solve real-world challenges, from protecting the West’s water supply to improving medical care to embedding ethics in AI education. bit.ly/rai-fac-26

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👋 SCI is thrilled to welcome Guang Tian, our first faculty member from @UofUPlanning & an alum of that program. He blends advanced tech with urban design to promote communities that are healthier, better connected, & more sustainable. Get to know him: bit.ly/sci-tian

🌟 This year's Utah AI Summit (hosted by @UtahCommerce) features 2 @UUtah speakers: Penny Atkins, SCI's director of research and science, and @masoodparvania, director of the Utah Smart Energy Lab. Learn more: aisummit.utah.gov

The University of Utah and the State of Utah are set to leverage AI technology, powered by HPE and NVIDIA, to advance medical research and innovation. Learn about the sovereign AI factory that’s set to triple the University of Utah’s compute power. hpe.to/601471moj

SCI faculty, staff, & students are heading to the @ieeevis conference in Vienna this weekend, & they’re bringing scarily good research 👻. They'll be celebrating 3 awards—best paper, honorable mention, & Test of Time—& contributing in many ways: sci.utah.edu/vis-2025/ #ieeevis

The Cycling Over 60 Podcast recently featured SCI co-founder Rob MacLeod, who discussed the sport's influence on his life & SCI. Rob & founding director Chris Johnson used to brainstorm while riding up City Creek Canyon: "Those were [SCI's] origins." 🎧 bit.ly/sci-bikes

🔍 Join us for a Distinguished SCI Seminar from J. Nathan Kutz (University of Washington): "Shallow Recurrent Decoders for the Automated Discovery of Physical Models" 📅 Oct. 23, 4–5 pm 📍 John A. Widtsoe Building (JWB 335) Presented with @uofumath. bit.ly/sci-kutz