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Valerio and Kree Receive IEEE Visualization 15 Year Test of Time Award

October 03, 2017

Congratulations to Valerio Pascucci and Kree Cole-McLaughlin on receiving the IEEE Visualization 15 Year Test of Time Award for their paper "Efficient computation of the topology of level sets."

Using topological approaches to analyze level…

Chuck Hansen Receives the 2017 IEEE Visualization Career Award

Oct 02, 2017
2017 NERSC Award for Innovative Use of HPC

Sep 26, 2017
Nothing is Certain

Sep 11, 2017
Driving Visualization at the SH/EAHP Workshop 2017

Sep 05, 2017
Need for Speed

Aug 30, 2017
SCI Acquires Nvidia DGX-1

Aug 24, 2017
A Calming Effect

Aug 21, 2017
Snapshots of Life: Muscling in on Development

Jul 28, 2017
Research Initiative Seeks to Understand Neural Pathways in Deep Brain Stimulation

Jun 21, 2017
Miriah Meyer Interviewed at Women in Data Science 2017

May 04, 2017
Gigapixel image analysis on the fly

May 02, 2017
Mike Kirby Honored Among Top Researchers at the University of Utah

Apr 04, 2017
Combating Wear and Tear

Mar 22, 2017
Best Paper Award at SIGCSE 2017

Feb 16, 2017
Early Science Projects for Aurora Supercomputer Announced

Jan 30, 2017
SCI Alum Thiago Ize to Receive Technical Oscar

Jan 05, 2017
Rob MacLeod Elected as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

Jan 03, 2017
Laura Lediaev wins the Utah Rendering Competition for the 3rd straight year

Dec 19, 2016
Miriah Meyer Receives Distinguished Alumni Award

Nov 30, 2016
SCIx 2016: November 16th

Nov 09, 2016

Video Spotlights


Summer Course on Image-Based Biomedical Modeling

Tools for Understanding Connective Tissue Structure	Advancing Microscopy with FluoRender	Evolution of the Medical Classroom

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Research Highlights

2016 Image-Based Biomedical Modeling (IBBM) summer course

The Image-Based Biomedical Modeling (IBBM) summer course was held for the third time in 2016, from July 11-21, 2016 in Newpark Resort, Park City (Utah). The two-week course format included the following activities: Didactic lecture sessions given by the three… Read more

Introduction to Image-Based Modeling

Sponsored by the R. Harold Burton Foundation Over the course of four weeks, students from West High School and Skyline High School and a homeschooled junior year student were given an introduction to image-based modeling (IBM) as part of the SCI Institute… Read more

Image Analysis Tools for Understanding Connective Tissue Structure

Sponsored by the Burton Foundation This summer, two Salt Lake area high school students from Copper Hills High School came to the University of Utah to participate in a hands-on research experience. The students learned how image analysis tools help… Read more

Visualizing Hurricanes

On September 27th, Hurricane Joaquin, a Category 4 storm developed over the Atlantic Ocean pounding the Bahamas. There were a number of predications as to which way the storm would travel, one of which was that the hurricane would head north along the east… Read more

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Upcoming SCI Events

Today

12:25pm: NERG Seminar: Dr. Brian Mickey and Katie Warthen presents Neuropeptide Y and representation of salience by nucleus accumbens in humans

Tomorrow, Oct 18

12:00pm: Visualization Seminar: Carolina Nobre and Rushit Sanghrajka presents

Friday, Oct 20

2:00pm: SCI Seminar: Paul Woodward , Professor, University of Minnesota presents Integrating Simulation and Visualization in Stellar Hydrodynamics

Monday, Oct 23

12:00pm: Imaging Seminar: Line Kühnel presents TBA

Tuesday, Oct 24

12:25pm: NERG Seminar: Stefan Pulst, M.D. presents Antisense oligonucleotide therapy for spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

12:55pm: NERG Seminar: Collin Anderson presents Dentate Nucleus deep cerebellar stimulation for degenerative cerebellar ataxias

Wednesday, Oct 25

12:00pm: Visualization Seminar: Philip presents

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2017 Image-Based Biomedical Modeling (IBBM) summer course - July 2017

Graduate Studies

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Jan 31, 2017