Charles Hansen appointed Distinguished Professor
School of Computing professor Charles Hansen has been appointed as a Distinguished Professor of Computing at the University of Utah. The title of Distinguished Professor is a rare and prestigious honor granted by the University of Utah to faculty who meet the highest standards of scholarship, international stature, and dedication to teaching and service.
New Texas supercomputer to push the frontiers of science
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that it has awarded $60 million to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin for the acquisition and deployment of a new supercomputer that will be the fastest at any U.S. university and among the most powerful in the world.The new system, known as Frontera (Spanish for "frontier"), will begin operations in 2019. It will allow the nation's academic researchers to make important discoveries in all fields of science, from astrophysics to zoology, and further establishes The University of Texas at Austin's leadership in advanced computing.
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What you can’t see can hurt you
You can't see nasty microscopic air pollutants in your home, but what if you could?Engineers from the University of Utah's School of Computing conducted a study to determine if homeowners change the way they live if they could visualize the air quality in their house. It turns out, their behavior changes a lot.
SCI Welcomes Two New Faculty
The SCI Institute is pleased to announce the addition of two new faculty members. Timo Heister joins us as an assistant professor of mathematics. Timo is an applied mathematician and a computational scientist. His research centers around numerical analysis and the numerical solution of partial differential equations using the finite element method, which are used as mathematical models throughout the natural and biomedical sciences and engineering.
Contributions to Computer Graphics
By Paul Gabrielsen, science writer, University of Utah Communications
On Monday, August 13, the computer graphics world honored 52 people as inaugural members of the SIGGRAPH Academy. Each played a role in bringing graphics from their beginnings as arrangements of glowing lines to the immersive 3D worlds that moviemakers, game designers and others build today. Seven of those 52 were alumni of the University of Utah. And one was the "father of computer graphics," former professor Ivan Sutherland.
Interim Director Named for SCI Institute
The University of Utah has announced that Christopher Johnson, Ph.D., will be stepping down from his role as director of the university's Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute. Johnson, a pioneer in the fields of visualization, scientific computing, and image analysis, will remain on the U's faculty as a distinguished professor of computer science and SCI Institute faculty member.
Wilson Good Wins Best Poster at ISCE
Congratulations to Wilson Good for winning best poster at ISCE 2018 in Park City, Utah. The International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology was founded in 1984 and is devoted to the advancement of electrocardiology through the application of computer methods. ISCE aims to connect academia, industry, and users through our annual conference and online forums
ISCE is devoted to the advancement of electrocardiology through the application of computer methods. Its Annual Conference, designed in the Gordon format, brings together scientists, clinicians, engineers and policy makers working in the field.
Shana Black and Kara Johnson receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Congratulations to Shana Black and Kara Johnson who both received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships.The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.
Jeff Weiss Elected ASME Fellow
Congratulations to Jeff Weiss who was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements.
Nominated by ASME Members and Fellows, an ASME Member has to have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in ASME.
At the Hayden Planetarium, a Joyride Across the Cosmos
Story appears at the New York Times
Carter Emmart used to want to go to space. Now he does, all the time — but virtually. And he likes to share.On a recent afternoon, he took a visitor at the Hayden Planetarium, where he works, on a kind of joyride across the known universe. The lights dim. The inverted bowl of the planetarium’s screen comes to life. But the familiar, insectlike projector that displays the stars and constellations is stowed under the floor. Instead, projectors are reconstructing images onto the half dome from a desktop computer.
So there’s Mars, filling the screen, its reddish desert revealed as a landscape of mountains and valleys that make the Grand Canyon look like a puny arroyo. Flying around, we take in the sights, the surroundings uncannily close and detailed, so that boulders only a few feet across can be discerned.