Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute

Drs. Chris Johnson and Rob MacLeod, along with their first graduate students, founded the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) research group in 1994. Early growth in 1996 resulted in the SCI research group graduating to the status of a University of Utah (UofU) research center. In 2000, coinciding with a major National Institutes of Health National Centers for Research Resources (NCRR) award, the Center for SCI joined seven other UofU permanent research institutes as the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. The SCI Institute is now home to over 200 faculty, students, and staff. The SCI's 17 tenure-track faculty members are drawn primarily from the School of Computing and the Departments of Bioengineering, Mathematics, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, and all faculty members have adjunct appointments in other, largely medical, departments.