Designed especially for neurobiologists, FluoRender is an interactive tool for multi-channel fluorescence microscopy data visualization and analysis.
Deep brain stimulation
BrainStimulator is a set of networks that are used in SCIRun to perform simulations of brain stimulation such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and magnetic transcranial stimulation (TMS).
Developing software tools for science has always been a central vision of the SCI Institute.

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1607352443 1School of Computing professor Manish Parashar, who is the director of the University of Utah’s Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, was recently named Presidential Professor.

The title of Presidential Professor is reserved for those with achievements that “exemplify the highest goals of scholarship as demonstrated by recognition accorded to them from peers with national and international stature and whose record includes evidence of a high dedication to teaching.”

2021 chi revisit task overviewCongratulations to Alex Lex on his NSF award from the CISE Community Research Infrastructure program titled “reVISit: Scalable Empirical Evaluation of Interactive Visualizations". The project is in collaboration with WPI and the University of Toronto.

We are excited to announce the new release of our software, ShapeWorks 6.3!

To download installation packages for Windows/Mac/Linux and/or the source code, please visit https://github.com/SCIInstitute/ShapeWorks/releases/tag/v6.3.0

Bei2Congratulations to Bei Wang on her NSF career award. A Measure Theoretic Framework for Topology-Based Visualization. Data generated from multiphysics simulations, such as binary black hole mergers and fluid dynamics, has experienced exponential growth thanks to the growing capabilities of computing facilities. At the same time, data-intensive science relies on the acquisition, management, analysis, and visualization of data with increasing spatial and temporal resolutions. This project develops a new set of approaches to support the core tasks in scientific data visualization (such as feature tracking, event detection, ensemble analysis, and interactive visualization) in a way that is more reflective of the underlying physics using measure theory. The results will be instantiated by a collection of open-source software tools to be deployed for the collaborating scientists in materials science and high-performance computing, and the larger research community. This project leverages tools from geometric measure theory, information theory, and transportation theory for topology-based visualization, which utilizes topological concepts to describe, reduce and organize data for scientific understanding and communication.
Hol2022bCongratulations to John Holmen, Damodar Sahasrabudhe and Martin Berzins for their best paper award at PASC22.

J.K. Holmen, D. Sahasrabudhe, M. Berzins. “Porting Uintah to Heterogeneous Systems,” In Proceedings of the Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference (PASC22), ACM, 2022.
joshi payneCongratulations to Sarang Joshi and Allison Payne on their five year funding for “A tissue viability imaging biomarker for use in non-invasive breast cancer therapy.” This collaborative project is between the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute and the Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research (UCAIR).

More women are diagnosed with breast cancer than any other type of cancer, besides skin cancer. This year, an estimated 281,550 women in the United States will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and 49,290 women will be diagnosed with non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer. From 2008 to 2017, invasive breast cancer in women increased by half a percent each year.

zengerCongratulations to Brian Zenger for receiving the Outstanding Dissertation Award for 2021 from the College of Engineering!

"Experimental Examination of Partial Occlusion Acute Myocardial Ischemia"

bha2021dCongratulations to Harsh Bhatia (LLNL/SCI Alumnus), Duong Hoang (SCI), Nathan Morrical (SCI), Peter Lindstrom (LLNl), Peer-Timo Bremer (LLNL/SCI), and Valerio Pascucci (SCI) for receiving the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Pacific Visualization 2022 Conference for their paper:

AMM: Adaptive Multilinear Meshes
Lindsay AnnaAnna Busatto and Lindsay Rupp, PhD students in the Biomedical Engineering Department and the SCI Institute, who study with Dr. Rob MacLeod and the CEG group, were two of the thirty accepted participants for the Simula Summer School in Computational Physiology 2022. This summer-long program is a unique opportunity for graduate students to participate in lectures and projects, first in Oslo, Norway and then in San Diego, CA. A big benefit is the chance to network with mentors and graduate students from around the world. By getting accepted to the summer school, Anna and Lindsay also receive travel support and accommodations for both components of the program.
friere aaasCongratulations to SCI alum Juliana Freire who has been honored as an AAAS lifetime fellow.

In a tradition stretching back to 1874, the AAAS Council elects as Fellows a distinguished cadre of scientists, engineers, and innovators who have been recognized for their achievements across disciplines. The 2021 class of AAAS Fellows includes 564 scientists, engineers, and innovators spanning 24 disciplines.

9 kardonGabrielle Kardon, Ph.D., a professor of Human Genetics at University of Utah Health, is a recipient of a 2021 Pew Charitable Trust Innovation Award. She is one of 12 accomplished scientists with expertise in molecular biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, or other key fields who were selected to investigate critical issues linked to human health.