Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute

📣 Calling all U students! Sign up for Student AI Week Nov. 18-20. There's something for everyone, whether you want hands-on experience in the hackathon or you want to be part of the convo at the symposium. SCI is teaming up with Lassonde and others to host the action-packed week.

3️⃣ 🚀 During its annual symposium last week, SCI's One-U Responsible AI Initiative celebrated three years and the launch of Redtail, a statewide AI factory powering Utah’s tech future. Read the recap and catch a glimpse of Redtail in a short video: rai.utah.edu/symposium-20...

During last week's Symposium, SCI's One-U Responsible AI Initiative recognized 3 inaugural award winners who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to advancing responsible AI on campus & beyond. Congratulations to Simon Brewer, Baoying Fu, & Matthew Tokson. 👏 rai.utah.edu/awards-2026/

Meet the newest batch of faculty fellows in SCI's One-U Responsible AI Initiative. These 13 fellows will advance people-centered uses of AI—from personalized health care and urban planning to climate research and AI-enabled learning. rai.utah.edu/faculty-fell...

🔐 SCI is part of a $5M NSF grant to develop a more secure way for cross-institutional experts to collaborate on sensitive data & train AI models without exposing private info. This novel cyberinfrastructure could be used nationwide to safely drive discovery. sci.utah.edu/parapet/

SCI's One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative is co-sponsoring this Brave Conversation tomorrow, Sept. 9. Focused on students, but open to all @utah.edu community members. Register now to enjoy an important convo over a free meal: bit.ly/ai-future-u

🧠🤖 Last call for Utah college students! Join the Minds & Machines AI in Education Hackathon Sept. 15–17 to build tools for the future of education. No coding experience needed. Gain hands-on experience, enjoy free food, & compete for cash prizes. Register by Aug. 31: rai.utah.edu/events/hacka...

🌐⚡ SCI is part of a new $24.5M NSF award led by the San Diego Supercomputer Center to expand the country's AI-ready data infrastructure via the National Data Platform. The five-university team will connect data, computing, & AI resources to empower researchers & educators nationwide. bit.ly/sci-ndp

👋 Meet our new One-U Responsible AI Initiative postdoc fellows & our inaugural cohort of grad student fellows. They'll advance mental health workforce training, data center sustainability, drug development, stroke recovery, & more. Postdocs: bit.ly/rai-pd-07-26 Grad students: bit.ly/rai-gs-07-26

🪶 Redtail, an AI factory for all of Utah, recently debuted on a list of the world's top supercomputers, ranking No. 159 for performance and No. 76 for energy efficiency. The system, managed by SCI’s Center for High Performance Computing at @utah.edu, supports statewide innovation. bit.ly/redtailrank

SCI is hiring a postdoc researcher & a grad research assistant to expand the National Data Platform with tools for discovering & analyzing AI models used in scientific research publications. Apply/share! Postdoc: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/203... Grad student: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/203...

🔥💨 Spurred by an active wildfire season, Brenna Kelly, an incoming postdoc fellow with SCI’s One-U Responsible AI Initiative, wrote an @sltrib.com op-ed calling for stronger public health messaging around wildfire smoke: www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm... More on Kelly: rai.utah.edu/postdocs-dec...

🧬 A research team led by SCI's Orly Alter used the mathematics of quantum mechanics to develop a new AI framework that improves cancer outcomes. This advancement in precision medicine can help doctors tailor treatments to a patient's entire molecular background: bit.ly/sci-alter

Kudos to to SCI's Martin Berzins for being named to #SCW75, a list of the top architects of scientific computing’s new era! Berzins focuses on how mathematical software, numerical algorithms, & analysis & parallel computing can solve challenging science & engineering problems. bit.ly/sci-berzins

👏 Congrats to SCI's Andrew McNutt, who recently received the 2026 Johanna Beyer EuroVis Early Career Researcher Award! The @eurovisconf.bsky.social distinction means @mcnuttandrew.bsky.social has already made notable contributions to the field and is likely to make more. Details: bit.ly/sci-mcnutt

🌎 AI has real environmental costs—and real potential to support environmental progress. In a recent panel, @utah.edu faculty explored how higher ed can help by building more sustainable tech, using AI to improve environmental decision-making, and encouraging civic participation. bit.ly/rai-planet

SCI recently partnered with Xinnor on a storage infrastructure upgrade that gives researchers faster, more reliable access for managing the massive datasets that power discovery. 🙌 Read the case study: xinnor.io/case-studies...

💼 We’re hiring a cohort of AI engineers to serve the broader @utah.edu community! Join us as a full-time, benefitted employee in SLC and help researchers, educators, administrators, and campus partners build responsible, scalable AI solutions. Apply by August 19: bit.ly/sci-ai-eng

Recent talk from @parasharmanish.bsky.social, our exec director and @utah.edu chief AI officer, on democratizing access to open data and shared cyberinfrastructure.

Congrats to SCI PhD student Weiran Lyu for leading this award-winning paper under the guidance of advisor Bei Wang Phillips 🙌

As researchers across @utah.edu build & use AI tools, they’re uncovering high-stakes ethical questions that can’t be solved by technologists or humanists alone. Dozens of U experts recently worked through such Qs together at an event hosted by SCI's One-U Responsible AI Initiative: bit.ly/rai-ethics

🏆 Congrats to SCI affiliate faculty member Dan Reed on receiving the Computing Research Association Distinguished Service Award. He's in good company: SCI Executive Director @parasharmanish.bsky.social earned the honor in ’24. bit.ly/sci-reed

Nina de Lacy, SCI affiliate faculty and 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 both the promise of these AI tools and the urgency of regulating them thoughtfully.

A new statewide AI supercomputing system is coming online at @utah.edu 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/sta...

🌎 What does AI cost the planet, and what role should research universities like @utah.edu play? Join SCI and the College of Nursing 10 am April 15 for an #EarthMonth event exploring the sustainability of AI, from data centers and energy use to campus decision-making. Register: luma.com/pkmw3nlo

Calling @utah.edu researchers across tech, humanities, & social sciences: due to interest, we’ve expanded capacity for our AI + Ethics Workshop on 4/3. Discover AI‑related 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 and wellness, or teaching and 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 @utah.edu research 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-se...

Catch SCI's @pennyatkinsphd.bsky.social as a featured speaker in tomorrow's @alliance4dsai.bsky.social webinar involving how to plan and run large-scale AI initiatives. Atkins serves on ADSA's Advisory Council. 🙌 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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

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

📖 @add-hawk.bsky.social, a new faculty fellow in SCI’s One-U Responsible Artificial Intelligence Initiative, is receiving praise in the NYT, WaPo, & more for his new book, “The Score.” Read about the philosophy prof’s book & how he’ll apply these ideas to his fellowship, & catch his Feb. 4 talk.

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

📣 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

𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨! KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly) Education + AI: - utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189... - utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... Computer Vision: - utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...

👋 Join us in welcoming Guang Tian, SCI's first faculty member from @utah.edu's Department of City & Metro Planning & 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.bsky.social) features 2 @utah.edu speakers: Penny Atkins, our director of research & science, and Masood Parvania, director of the Utah Smart Energy Lab & professor of electrical & computer engineering. Learn more: aisummit.utah.gov

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—and contributing in lots of other ways: sci.utah.edu/vis-2025/ @ieeevis.bsky.social

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

🧑‍🏫 @utah.edu is hiring 2 new tenure-track faculty members focused on the future of education empowered by AI. From designing AI-powered learning tools to expanding digital literacy & credentials, these professors will reimagine how we prepare for & succeed in an AI-driven world. bit.ly/rai-ed-hires

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

New faculty member Rohan Basu Roy is on a mission to make high performance computing faster & more sustainable. He draws inspiration from heavy metal music & brings a bold philosophy to his work: computing at scale must evolve to meet environmental challenges. Q&A: sci.utah.edu/rohan-hpc/

👋 SCI is proud to welcome Bill Miller as @utah.edu's senior director for research computing & data. With deep expertise in cyberinfrastructure, he's set to elevate Utah’s leadership in scientific innovation. Read about his vision for the U and his path from NASA to NSF: sci.utah.edu/bill-miller-...

🌎 @utah.edu is hiring 2 new tenure-track faculty members at the intersection of AI, environmental science, & societal impact. They'll be part of a cluster of experts leading cutting-edge research to tackle challenges like pollution, extreme weather, & AI energy use. rai.utah.edu/environmenta...

👥 Thank you to everyone who attended our One-U Responsible AI Initiative Symposium last week! Read a recap of what @utah.edu and state leaders said about the future of AI in Utah, and learn about life-changing work from our researchers: rai.utah.edu/symposium-20...

A major partnership between @utah.edu, NVIDIA, & HPE will accelerate AI-powered research across the state. “This builds on something that’s in the DNA of this university: innovation.” — @parasharmanish.bsky.social, chief AI officer & SCI director More in @sltrib.com: www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

📢 Utah's Responsible AI Community Consortium is excited to unveil its AI Leadership Blueprint to help orgs of all sizes adapt to an AI-driven future: rai.utah.edu/ai-blueprint/ 📸 @ksl5tv.bsky.social interviewed blueprint co-authors Kevin Williams, Robin Huling, & @pennyatkinsphd.bsky.social today.

Join us & @marrinerinstitute.bsky.social on 9/18 as Maggie Penn (Emory, @russellsagefdn.bsky.social) explores how classification algorithms shape human behavior, why traditional fairness metrics fall short, & how a new framework accounts for behavior, individ. welfare, & transparency. bit.ly/raipenn

🎂 Happy big 7-0 to SCI co-founder Rob MacLeod! He's not slowing down: he still bikes to work most days, and #NIH just awarded his team a grant for a project titled “Sustainable Software Tools for Neuromodulation Prediction.” 🚴🧠

How is AI reshaping our information landscape—& what does it mean for democracy, science, & public trust? Join us Aug. 20 to hear from distinguished visitor @dietram.bsky.social on how industry & academia can work together to prepare society for AI's impacts. Details: rai.utah.edu/distinguishe...