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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 08/09/2026

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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 27/08/2026

🧠🤖 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...

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 30/07/2026

👋 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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 29/06/2026

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...

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 23/06/2026

🧬 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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 12/06/2026

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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 06/05/2026

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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 23/03/2026

🌎 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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 20/03/2026

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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 12/03/2026

🚀 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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 05/03/2026

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...

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 23/02/2026

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...

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 14/01/2026

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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 05/11/2025

🌟 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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 23/10/2025

🎙️🚴 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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 14/10/2025

🔍 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

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 10/09/2025

📢 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.

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 04/09/2025

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

Guest Lecture by Maggie Penn—When Algorithms Shape Behavior: Rethinking Fairness in Classification

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 22/08/2025

🎂 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.” 🚴🧠

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 12/08/2025

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...

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 09/07/2025

Funding opportunity out of @ncstate.bsky.social—apply by July 30! Academic and industry researchers are invited to submit one or more research project ideas. ncsu-las.org/what-we-do/c...

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 08/04/2025

⏩ @pennyatkinsphd.bsky.social keeps SCI's One-U Responsible AI Initiative moving forward through her laser-focused work w/ folks across campus, industry, & gov. Hear her discuss RAI cyberinfrastructure progress & more at an @academicdatasci.bsky.social "listen & lunch" Thurs: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 04/04/2025

📣 Announcing the cash prizes for A Breath of Fresh Air AI Hackathon: 🥇 $1,500 🥈 $1,000 🥉 $500 Sign up by April 15 to help improve air quality and public health—no coding experience needed. All are welcome, especially Utah college students! rai.utah.edu/hackathon/

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 06/03/2025

🌬️ If you care about Wasatch Front air quality and have ideas on how to improve it, sign up for A Breath of Fresh Air AI Hackathon by March 31. No coding experience necessary! rai.utah.edu/hackathon/

A Breath of Fresh Air AI Hackathon, June 2-6, powered by AWS

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 27/02/2025

If you're among the 1,750+ people at the Society for Industrial & Applied Math Conf. on Computational Science & Engineering next week, panels will feature familiar faces: SCI Director @parasharmanish.bsky.social, SCI Assoc. Director Orly Alter, & computing adjunct faculty Glenn Ricart #SIAMCSE25

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 25/02/2025

The U College of Education will host distinguished speaker @hchadlane.bsky.social on March 3. By combining established principles with practical exploration & ongoing research, Lane believes we can chart a course for AI in education that benefits learners & supports educators. 🙌 bit.ly/coe-lane

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 14/02/2025

Mark your calendars for this Feb. 27 discussion with Don Norman, a renowned expert in user-centered design and beyond. He's among the most cited researchers in the world. 🔥 Norman will be hosted by Vineet Pandey, one of the inaugural faculty fellows in SCI's One-U Responsible AI Initiative.

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 06/02/2025

SCI Director @parasharmanish.bsky.social recently appeared on the podcast "AI, Government, & the Future." In this clip, he says 1 part of #responsibleAI entails boosting awareness of AI's limitations, e.g., don't "take an output of ChatGPT & trust it blindly." Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/aigovparashar

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 04/02/2025

What is #responsibleAI and how do you achieve it? Join us in one week, on Feb. 11, to hear from the One-U Responsible AI Initiative's inaugural distinguished visitor, UCSD professor David Danks. Details: rai.utah.edu/david-danks/

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 24/01/2025

Mark your calendars for these upcoming events tied to SCI and its One-U Responsible AI Initiative! Visit rai.utah.edu/events for details. @parasharmanish.bsky.social @katakeith.bsky.social @anamarasovic.bsky.social @freiling.bsky.social

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Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute @sci.utah.edu · 17/01/2025

💡 SCI director @parasharmanish.bsky.social & affiliate faculty member Dan Reed co-wrote 2 newly released @cra-hq.bsky.social Quadrennial Papers, which explore key challenges & opportunities shaping computing research. These recommendations are shared with policymakers & more. cra.org/cra-quadrenn...

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