September 17, 2008
Horse Power #52: Dr. Chris Johnson, University of Utah SCI
In this episode of horsepower Steve Spencer, President of Twelve Horses and host of the Utah Tech Spotlight, chats with Dr. Chris Johnson, Director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah. We first met Chris back at the Utah Innovation Awards and finally got to sit down with him a few weeks later to talk about how the SCI works to develop new methods and algorithms and release them to the community as open source tools.
SCI is in the new Warnock Engineering building on the University of Utah Campus. The building was donated by UofU alum, John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe. As we found out, the University of Utah has been an amazing incubator for technology innovators, cultivating the minds–such as John Warnock, Ed Catmull, founder of Pixar, Jim Clark, founder of SGI and Netscape, Alan Kay who invented object oriented programming–behind companies like Adobe, numira biosciences, Rayscale, and others.
Chris’ impressive experience includes:
Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI).
Co-Director, Center for Integrative Biomedical Computing (NIH NCRR).
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science.
Research Professor of Bioengineering.
Adjunct Professor of Physics.
Faculty Member, Computational Engineering and Science (CES) Program.
Faculty Member, Brain Institute .
Co-Founder, Visual Influence Inc.
Co-Editor, The Visualization Handbook.
It was great talking with Chris and learning how the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute is developing world class technology right here in Utah. If you’re in Utah and you want to talk tech with Steve, stop by our office in Draper or give us a shout.
-Mike
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