Data Science Day 2023
January 23rd, 2023
On January 13, 2023, the Utah Center for Data Science hosted at least 280 participants at Data Science Day, making this perhaps the largest data science event ever at the University of Utah. Read more...
School of Computing Welcomes 11 New Faculty Members
October 7th, 2022
The School of Computing is delighted to announce that eleven new faculty members have joined the School at the beginning of the 2022-23 academic year. Read more...
Vermont Researchers Uses POWDER for Unique Testing
September 19th, 2022
University of Vermont researchers visited Utah recently to use POWDER for testing new radar device. Read more...
Developing 5G Tech for the Government
September 16th, 2022
A U research team was selected to develop a proposal for 5G network technologies for the federal government. Read more...
Reaching Out to Students in Crisis
August 26th, 2022
Salt Lake City author Lark Dean Galley will deliver U. of U. talk Sept. 8 about her family experiences with suicide. Read more...
Lab Safety Day 2022
August 23rd, 2022
The college is hosting its first annual "Lab Safety Day" on Friday, Sept. 2, for all faculty and students. Read more...
Parashar Named Presidential Professor
August 8th, 2022
School 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. Read more...
Van der Merwe receives U Research Award
May 6th, 2022
Congratulations to University of Utah School of Computing professor Jacobus (Kobus) Van der Merwe, who is one of six U faculty to receive this year’s Distinguished Research Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research. Read more...
Vivek Gupta receives prestigious Bloomberg Fellowship
January 2nd, 2022
Vivek Gupta, a PhD student working with Vivek Srikumar was selected as a recipient of the 2021-2022 Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship. Read more...
SOC Student receives Women in Tech Award
October 6th, 2021
Congratulations to University of Utah School of Computing student Anna Bell, who received the student 2021 Women Tech Award from the Women Tech Council (WTC). Read more...
SOC FACULTY RECEIVE DOE/ASCR X-STACK AWARD
September 27th, 2021
University of Utah School of Computing professor Ganesh Gopalakrishnan and assistant professor Pavel Panchekha have received one of the five DOE/ASCR X-Stack awards from the U.S. Department of Energy to adapt scientific software for next-generation high-performance computing (HPC) systems. Read more...
SoC's Ricci Tops Research Grants for 2021
September 10th, 2021
University of Utah research funding continues to grow, totaling $641 million in fiscal year 2021, which ended June 30. The total is a new record high for the U, which achieved milestones of $600 million in funding last year and $500 million three years ago. Read more...
Inclusive Computing Center
September 10th, 2021
The School of Computing has officially launched the new Utah Center for Inclusive Computing (UCIC), which recognizes the importance of inclusion in engineering and computing and is designed to boost the percentage of students from groups currently underrepresented in computing. Read more...
Introduction to The Data Science Club
August 18th, 2021
The Data Science Center is a passion project that has been in the works for several years. Prof. Jeff Phillips and others spent months trying for a data science center to help students interested in Data Science... Read more...
U Part of World’s Ultimate IT Team
July 28th, 2021
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is turning to expert computer scientists from the University of Utah’s School of Computing and five other top universities, to help facilities and other research projects manage their data in faster and more affordable ways. Read more...
Utah Center for Inclusive Computing (UCIC)
July 1st, 2021
Recognizing the importance of inclusion in engineering and in computing, the University of Utah’s College of Engineering will be launching the Utah Center for Inclusive Computing (UCIC). Read more...
2021 Graduation Awards
June 11th, 2021
The School of Computing would like to congratulate several 2021 graduates and other individuals with special awards this year. Read more...
Cohen appointed Distinguished Professor of Computing
March 22nd, 2021
Congratulations to University of Utah School of Computing professor Elaine Cohen, who has been appointed a Distinguished Professor of Computing. The rank of Distinguished Professor ... Read more...
Former U Researcher Wins Academy Award
February 12th, 2021
If it weren’t for an important computer graphics technique seen in special effects for movies known as “ray tracing,” Spider-Man would appear as a flat, lifeless superhero, or Thanos from “The Avengers” would just be a one-dimensional super villain. Read more...
Undergraduate Students Recognized by CRA
December 23rd, 2020
The Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Program recently recognized four School of Computing undergraduate students who demonstrated outstanding potential in computing research. Read more...
Rajeev Balasubramonian named IEEE Fellow
December 17th, 2020
School of Computing Professor Rajeev Balasubramonian has been named an IEEE Fellow. He is being recognized for his contributions to in-memory computation and memory interface design. Rajeev will be elevated to IEEE Fellow status starting January 1, 2021. Read more...
New SCI Institute Director
October 30th, 2020
National Science Foundation and Office of Science and Technology (OSTP) veteran, professor Manish Parashar, a distinguished professor of computer science at Rutgers University, will become the new director of the U’s Scientific Computing Imaging Institute (SCI). Read more...
Reducing the Risk of a Fall
October 19th, 2020
One of the greatest fears for anyone with a frail, aging family member is that the person could be seriously injured in a fall. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries for older Americans... Read more...
Chris Johnson Honored by Leonardo Museum
October 19th, 2020
Christopher R. Johnson, co-founder of the University of Utah’s Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute and former director of the U’s School of Computing, was named this year’s recipient of the Leonardo Award... Read more...
Dan Reed Talks About the Internet
October 15th, 2020
Dan A. Reed, the U's senior vice president for academic affairs, discusses how the internet was created, introduces some of the colorful characters who helped create it, and reflects on some of the social, technical, and economic challenges ahead. Read more...
Mary Hall named the new director of the School of Computing
June 29th, 2020
The University of Utah’s School of Computing (SoC) is pleased to announce that professor Mary Hall has been named the new director of the School of Computing. She is replacing Ross Whitaker, who had been the director for the last six years. The change will take affect July 1. Read more...
Bei Wang Receives DOE Award
June 23rd, 2020
University of Utah School of Computing assistant professor Bei Wang was awarded more than $832,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program... Read more...
Resources related to COVID-19
June 15th, 2020
Precautions, student, faculty and staff information, travel advisory, and latest news Read more...
Social Disparities in Air Pollution
May 18th, 2020
Wei Xing, Ross Whitaker and Miriah Meyer of the U’s School of Computing are part of a team that helped build an air quality sensor network and are now participating in a new pollution study. Read more...
EAE TO HOLD GRADUATION IN GAME
April 30th, 2020
While colleges around the country have cancelled their graduation ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic, seniors and graduating master’s students from the University of Utah’s... Read more...
Ed Catmull to Receive Turing Award
April 8th, 2020
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced that University of Utah School of Computing alumnus Ed Catmull, co-founder and former president of Pixar Animation Studios... Read more...
Mary Hall Elected to CRA Board of Directors
April 8th, 2020
After four years serving as an ACM representative on the CRA Board of Directors, Professor Mary Hall was voted in by the CRA member institutions, which is comprised of chairs of computer science departments throughout the country. Professor Hall will serve on the board for three years. Read more...
Teapot Rendering Competition 2019
January 3rd, 2020
Thirteen students with 13 beautiful images and met on December 10th to compete in the annual Teapot Rendering Competition. The competition, which is open to all students who have taken the Ray Tracing for Rendering (CS 6620).... Read more...
Vinu Joseph Receives NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship
November 27th, 2019
Vinu Joseph, a fifth year PhD student working with Ganesh Gopalakrishnan was selected as a recipient of the 2020-2021 NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship. The prestigious award provides funding to help further Vinu’s research. Read more...
Mary Hall Named 2020 IEEE FELLOW
November 27th, 2019
Mary Hall a professor in the U’s School of Computing was named an 2020 IEEE Fellow and recognized for her contributions to compiler optimization and performance tuning. Read more...
R&D 100 Award Recipients
November 18th, 2019
A team of researchers from the University of Utah’s School of Computing and Idaho National Laboratory received the prestigious 2019 “R&D 100 Award” from R&D World magazine . Read more...
U Students Win Prestigious Programming Contest
November 8th, 2019
The team, “Utah Hydrogen,” beat 71 other teams in the U.S. and Canada to win the Rocky Mountain Regional of the Intercollegiate Programming Contest. Read more...
Wi-Fi with Longer Range
October 25th, 2019
Former University of Utah School of Computing graduate student, Phil Lundrigan, has created a software-based protocol that greatly extends the range of Wi-Fi signals. With it, devices such as Wi-Fi routers could extend their range by as much as 67 meters. Read more...
School of Computing launches new Bachelors Degree in Data Science
October 15th, 2019
Data science has become one of the hottest and most valuable tools for businesses and scientists, whether it’s to help find a cure for diseases or figuring out what movie to watch next on Netflix. Read more...
Birth of the Internet
September 9th, 2019
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ARPANET, the University of Utah School of Computing is holding an event on October 7th. Space is limited, so register today! Read more...
School of Computing Welcomes New Faculty
September 5th, 2019
The faculty in the School of Computing at the University of Utah is growing with a number of new strategic hires. This fall the school welcomes eight new faculty to its ranks. Read more...
Milinda Fernando named recipient of the 2019 ACM/IEEE-CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowship
August 8th, 2019
Weerahannadige Milinda Shayamal Fernando of the University of Utah have been named recipients of the 2019 ACM/IEEE-CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowship Read more...
"You’ve got to have more engineers"
May 16th, 2019
A story from Forbes explains Utah's success story in tech, thanks in part to the college feeding new engineers to the workforce. Read more...
Michael Clemens awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
May 9th, 2019
Michael Clemens has been selected to receive a 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF). The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports.... Read more...
Mary Hall featured in COE Newsletter - Simplifying Supercomputing
May 7th, 2019
The most powerful computers in the world can simulate complicated phenomena including the properties of energy, the climate, even how cancer advances. The problem is these supercomputers... Read more...
2019 COE Convocation
May 2nd, 2019
Click here for information on this week's College of Engineering convocation, including parking, the schedule and instructions for students. Read more...
Venkatasubramanian wins Ethics in CS Grant
May 1st, 2019
Whether it’s choosing the next movie we watch on Netflix or weeding out a group of job applicants, computers and the software that runs on them are becoming more powerful tools in society. That requires they be used responsibly and fairly. Read more...
Kessler to be Honored with IEEE Award
April 3rd, 2019
University of Utah School of Computing professor Robert R. Kessler, who is also co-founder of the U’s Entertainment Arts & Engineering video game development program, has been named to receive the IEEE Computer Society Computer Science... Read more...
SOC Congratulates Two Recipients of the 2019 PhD Google Fellowship
April 3rd, 2019
The School of Computing would like to congratulate Chinmay Kulkarni and Zhuoyue Zhao, recipients of the 2019 Google PhD Fellowship. Read more...
Hermans receives NSF Career Award
April 3rd, 2019
University of Utah School of Computing assistant professor Tucker Hermans has received the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award for his research into the development of machine-learning algorithms... Read more...
Charles Hansen appointed Distinguished Professor
March 13th, 2019
School of Computing professor Charles Hansen has been appointed as a Distinguished Professor of Computing at the University of Utah. The title of Distinguished Professor is a rare and prestigious honor granted by the University of Utah... Read more...
John Warnock: Utah’s Engineering Initiative has boosted state’s high-tech boom
January 31st, 2019
Among Utah’s legislative strategies for growing the economy, the long-running Engineering Initiative stands out as an unqualified success. Read more...
Daniel Reed, SVPAA elected Chair-Elect of AAAS
December 20th, 2018
University of Utah's Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs Daniel Reed was elected Chair-Elect for the Information, Computing, and Communication section of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Read more...
Catmull to Receive Technical Academy Award
December 18th, 2018
College of Engineering alum Ed Catmull will receive another scientific and technical Academy Award. Read more...
Feifei Li named ACM Distinguished Member for 2018
November 13th, 2018
School of Computing professor Feifei Li has been named an ACM Distinguished Member for 2018. The Association for Computing Machinery, named 49 Distinguished Members for outstanding contributions to the field. Read more...
New Club for Women in CS
November 7th, 2018
"This club is so important because it will provide women-centered spaces and the support that I wish I’d had going through this program. I encourage any women taking a CS class to join so they can not only go to cool events, but also affirm that they belong here and they're not alone." Attend the new Women in Computing (WiC) meeting 11 a.m. Nov. 16 in the Union’s Saltair Room to hear from speaker Kiri Wagstaff of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. Read more...
Dreams Amplified: Undergrad Emma Beatty Named Inaugural Goldman Sachs Women in Computing Scholar
November 5th, 2018
Company gives $15,000 to support high-achieving women starting out in, sticking with STEM Read more...
School of Computing is hiring
November 2nd, 2018
The School of Computing at the University of Utah seeks applications for tenure-track faculty at all ranks. The School will run a broad faculty search in all areas of computing and is seeking to fill 10-12 open positions. Read more...
Anders Ynnerman receives 2018 IEEE Visualization Technical Achievement Award
October 25th, 2018
Anders Ynnerman an adjunct Professor in the School of Computing at the University of Utah and Professor at Linkoping University in Sweden was present the 2018 Technical Achievement Award at the IEEE Visualization conference in Berlin, Germany. Read more...
What You Can’t See Can Hurt You
October 5th, 2018
School of Computing researchers conducted a study to determine if homeowners change the way they live if they could visualize the air quality in their house. It turns out, their behavior changes a lot. Read more...
Racket wins 2018 SIGPLAN Programming Languages Software Award
October 3rd, 2018
The Racket programming language team, which includes University of Utah School of Computing professor Matthew Flatt, was presented the 2018 SIGPLAN Programming Languages Software Award. Read more...
First Annual PIPELINE Career Expo
September 20th, 2018
The School of Computing held its first annual PIPELINE Career Expo in September. The event brought together more than 350 undergraduate and graduate students with 18 companies and organizations. Read more...
Suresh Venkatasubramanian featured on Science Friday
September 17th, 2018
Professor of computing at the University of Utah Suresh Venkatasubramanian talks with Ira Glass and Mathematician Hannah Fry to discuss how algorithms are being used not only in the justice system, but in healthcare and data mining too. Read more...
U Alumni Inducted into Siggraph Academy
August 27th, 2018
Ivan Sutherland, a University of Utah computer science icon widely regarded as “The Father of Computer Graphics” who also ushered in a generation of well-known computer graphics legends as a professor, was among eight U luminaries who were the first inductees into the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy. Read more...
Sneha Kasera to serve as COE Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
August 15th, 2018
Sneha Kasera will serve as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the College of Engineering. He will begin serving immediately. Read more...
SoC Researchers Secure National Funding to Build Wireless Living Laboratory, Spur Global Tech Innovations
July 3rd, 2018
The University of Utah is at the global vanguard of wireless communications thanks to School of Computing Associate Professor Kobus Van der Merwe and the Flux Research Group. Read more...
Prospective Students can Explore Ranking Data
May 4th, 2018
Ranking university programs can be useful: it helps students decide which school to attend, it helps prospective professors decide where to apply for jobs, and it lets university administrators determine which of their units are performing exceptionally well. What does it really mean for one department to be ranked higher than another? Does it mean that they publish more papers? That more of their graduates create successful companies? It isn't clear that there's any single right answer to these questions. Read more...
The University of Utah’s School of Computing Ranked #25 in the US
May 4th, 2018
The University of Utah’s School of Computing continues to be recognized for its world-class scientific output and dedication to student learning as acknowledged by recent rankings of US computer science programs. Read more...
Suresh Venkatasubramanian new Computing Community Consortium council member
April 27th, 2018
School of Computing professor Suresh Venkatasubramanian has been appointed a council member of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC). Read more...
Philippe David receives prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Excellence in Education Scholarship
April 24th, 2018
Congratulations to Philippe David who was selected to receive the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Excellence in Education Scholarship. Philippe is an undergraduate student who is double majoring in chemistry and computer science. Read more...
Mike Kirby awarded 2018 Distinguished Mentor Award
April 13th, 2018
School of Computing professor Mike Kirby will be awarded the 2018 University Distinguished Mentor Award during the College of Engineering’s convocation ceremony. Read more...
Johnny Le awarded 2018 Ivory Prize for Excellence in Student Leadership
April 13th, 2018
Johnny Le, an undergraduate in the University of Utah’s School of Computing, was awarded the 2018 Ivory Prize for Excellence in Student Leadership for his work in developing the annual HackTheU event. Read more...
Tucker Hermans will present lecture as part of Science Movie Night
April 5th, 2018
Natural History Museum of Utah is partnering with the Utah Film Center and Salt Lake City Library to offer a free screening of AlphaGo followed by a free lecture by Tucker Hermans, founding member of the University of Utah Robotics Center. Read more...
Graduate students work on interactive data visualization software
March 12th, 2018
University of Utah computer science graduate students are working with other institutions to develop software that combines computer images and data to create stunning imagery of the universe and solar system. Read more...
School of Computing Alum Receives Prestigious Churchill Scholarship
March 5th, 2018
Scott Neville of Clearfield, Utah, who graduated from the University of Utah in December with a degrees in mathematics and computer science has received the prestigious Churchill Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Read more...
SoC Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
February 28th, 2018
Two SoC faculty members received the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award for projects in developing faster cloud-based data systems and software that can help researchers and doctors determine why they choose the medical decisions they make. Read more...
Ivan Sutherland Honored
February 26th, 2018
Ivan Sutherland, a University of Utah computer science luminary who taught the likes of Ed Catmull, Alan Kay and was co-founder of the computer graphics firm, Evans & Sutherland, was honored with the Washington Award from the Western Society of Engineers. Read more...
Suresh Venkat Radio Interview
February 20th, 2018
Professor of computing at the University of Utah Suresh Venkatasubramanian talks with Larry Mantle on AirTalk regarding algorithms for pre-trial risk assessment. Read more...
SOC Faculty Receive Google Open Source Peer Award
February 15th, 2018
John Regehr, Eric Eide, and Yang Chen (PhD '14), were selected to receive a Google Open Source Peer Bonus, an award that recognizes "exceptional contributions to open source." Read more...
School of Computing Offering Professional Education Course
February 13th, 2018
The Introduction to Machine Learning course targets professionals who are comfortable with implementing algorithms and have encountered calculus, linear algebra and statistics at some point. Read more...
Utah ranked Best State for Higher Education
January 26th, 2018
Half of the weighting in the education rankings goes to higher education. The metrics involved include the shares of citizens in each state holding college degrees, with wide variances found among the states and regionally. Read more...
Dealing with HPC Correctness: Challenges and Opportunities
January 26th, 2018
Developing correct and reliable HPC software is notoriously difficult. While effective correctness techniques for serial codes (e.g., verification, debugging and systematic testing) have been in vogue for decades, such techniques are in their infancy for HPC codes. Why is that? Read more...
Ruth V. Watkins Named New U President
January 19th, 2018
The Utah State Board of Regents has selected Ruth V. Watkins as the 16th president of the University of Utah. Watkins is the first woman to lead the University of Utah — the state’s oldest, largest and only Research 1 higher education institution - Read more...
SoC Graduate Student Awarded Prestigious Microsoft Research PhD Fellow
January 9th, 2018
Congratulations to Dong Xie on receiving the prestigious Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship for 2018-19. Xie is a 2nd year PhD student working with Feifei Li and is one 10 fellows this year. Read more...
SoC Undergraduates honorable mentions of the CRA Undergraduate Research Award
January 8th, 2018
Congratulations to Scott Neville and Yiliang Shi, both honorable mentions of the 2018 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award. Read more...
SoC Alum named 2018 IEEE Fellow
January 3rd, 2018
Professor Laurie Williams was named as a 2018 IEEE Fellow. Williams, a Interim Department Head and a Professor in computer science at North Carolina State University (NCSU) was named an IEEE Fellow and recognized for contributions to reliable and secure software engineering. Read more...
U Alum's Company, Pixar, Honored
November 28th, 2017
Pixar Animation Studios, the legendary computer animation house run by University of Utah computer science alumnus Edwin Catmull, was honored with the 2018 IEEE Corporate Innovation Award. Read more...
Statement Concerning Death of Computer Science Student
October 31st, 2017
The University of Utah's School of Computing would like to express its deepest condolences after the tragic death of computer science student ChenWei Guo who was killed Monday, October 30. Read more...
School of Computing Graduates Attend Alumni Day
October 13th, 2017
On September 30, 2017, School of Computing graduates gathered in the Warnock Engineering Building to celebrate the 2nd School of Computing (SoC) Alumni Day event. Read more...
Valerio Pascucci receives IEEE Visualization 15 Year Test of Time Award
October 5th, 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." Read more...
Nothing is Certain
September 11th, 2017
"The only certainty...," it is said, "is that nothing is certain." And so it goes with computational forecasts of important events such as weather, finance, and climate. Among all of this uncertainty, however, there are patterns, likelihoods, and rarities that inform important decisions that may affect billions of dollars in resources and thousands, or even millions, of lives. Read more...
CloudLab Gets New $9.7M Grant
September 7th, 2017
Researchers with the University of Utah’s School of Computing have received a new three-year $9.7 million grant to extend work on CloudLab, a facility used by scientists to study cloud computing. Read more...
Celebrated U Computer Graphics Alumnus Passes Away
August 30th, 2017
Lance J. Williams, a University of Utah computer science student during the department’s famed period in computer graphics development in the early 1970s and the inventor of computer image optimization known as mip-mapping, died Aug. 20 of cancer. Read more...
Charles Hansen to receive 2017 IEEE Visualization Career Award
August 21st, 2017
Charles (Chuck) Hansen will receive the 2017 IEEE Visualization Career Award in recognition of his research contributions to large scale data visualization, including advances in parallel and volume rendering, novel interaction techniques, and techniques for exploiting hardware. Read more...
SOC Faculty Named R&D Award Finalists
August 17th, 2017
PRUNERS, a software project launched jointly by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of Utah, and RWTH Aachen, has been named a finalist in the 2017 “R&D 100 Awards.” Read more...
Scholarships for video gamers? The University of Utah plugs into the world of esports
June 12th, 2017
There was a buzz inside Rice-Eccles Stadium last fall. What else would you expect when Utah faces BYU? There were hundreds of rowdy students, cheers for the Utes, boos for the Cougars. Read more...
Tucker Hermans wins Best Paper Award
June 2nd, 2017
Tucker Hermans has won the ICRA Best Medical Robotics Paper Award at the ICRA 2017 conference (IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation), for the paper titled Read more...
SoC faculty and students honored during graduation reception
May 15th, 2017
Prior to this year’s convocation ceremonies the School of Computing hosted a graduation reception honoring its 2017 graduates. Students and families were invited to attend the lunch giving them an opportunity to mingle and congratulate one another. Read more...
Profile on Ed Catmull
April 24th, 2017
The Salt Lake Tribune recently published a profile on University of Utah College of Engineering (Computer Science Department) graduate Ed Catmull, who is now the president of Walt Disney Animation and Pixar. Read more...
SoC Alum Recipient of 2016 ACM Prize in Computing
April 19th, 2017
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, announced today that Alexei A. Efros of the University of California, Berkeley is the recipient of the 2016 ACM Prize in Computing. Read more...
Calculating Justice
April 18th, 2017
The rap sheet for the criminal defendant included a laundry list of petty crimes. There were prior convictions for theft, a case of fraud and a history of violence. University of Utah Honors College students in Praxis Lab titled When Machines Decide: The Promise and Peril of Living in a Data Driven Society. Read more...
Mike Kirby honored at Celebrate U Event
April 4th, 2017
Congratulations to Robert "Mike" Kirby who will be honored with a top faculty research award at this years Celebrate U: A Showcase of Extraordinary Faculty Achievements event. Read more...
Anand Venkat selected as recipient of the CoE Outstanding Dissertation
March 10th, 2017
Anand Venkat (Ph.D.’16), a University of Utah computer science graduate, has been selected as recipient of the College of Engineering Outstanding Dissertation for 2016 Read more...
New Master of Software Development Degree
March 6th, 2017
School of Computing has created its new Master of Software Development program, designed for those who do not have a computer science or related degree. Read more...
CS Undergraduate Enrollment Up
March 2nd, 2017
A new report by the Computer Research Association and co-authored by SoC professor Mary Hall shows the biggest increase in undergraduate enrollment in computer science degrees in decades. Read more...
Aditya Bhaskara selected for Google Faculty Research Award
February 28th, 2017
Congratulations to Aditya Bhaskara who has been selected for a Google Faculty Award this year, in Algorithms and Optimization. Read more...
SoC Ranks High for Productivity
February 22nd, 2017
The University of Utah’s School of Computing was ranked in the top quarter of the nation’s schools for its research productivity, according to the latest statistics from CSRankings.org, Read more...
Utah Team Wins Gold at Competition
February 8th, 2017
A University of Utah team led by School of Computing assistant professor Zvonimir Rakamaric won three gold and a silver medal in the 6th International Competition on Software Verification. Read more...
SoC Grad Thiago Ize Wins Technical Academy Award
January 9th, 2017
Every time you go to the movies, there’s a good chance the roaring spaceships or fantastical beasts wowing audiences were brought to life in part thanks to the work of software engineer and University of Utah alum Thiago Ize. Read more...
Mahdi Bojnordi's HPCA'16 Paper Selected Top Paper By IEEE Micro
January 5th, 2017
IEEE Micro magazine has a special issue every year where they identify the best 12 published architecture papers of the year (top picks) and the next 12 best (honorable mentions). Read more...
Meyer to Receive Distinguished Alumni Award
December 15th, 2016
School of Computing assistant professor Miriah Meyer will receive the University of Utah’s annual Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017. Meyer will receive an award during the university’s Founders Day in March. Read more...
Inspiring Teachers
December 9th, 2016
In the video segment entitled “Inspiring Teachers,” Gooch credits School of Computing professor Elaine Cohen as an inspiration while pursing his Ph.D. in computer science. Read more...
EAE Play! on Dec. 9
December 5th, 2016
Virtual reality is all the rage in video gaming, and the University of Utah’s No. 1-ranked Entertainment Arts & Engineering (EAE) video game development program is exploring all the ways this hyper-realistic form of interactivity can be informative as well as fun. Read more...
The Digital 'Utah Teapot'
December 5th, 2016
It’s just a 3D graphic of a porcelain teapot, but it became the legendary launching point for computer graphics throughout the world. The Salt Lake Tribune has written a history of the “Utah Teapot,” the digital computer model created in 1975 here at the University of Utah. Read more...
SoC Undergraduates take 2nd Place at SC2016
November 18th, 2016
The University of Utah’s School of Computing undergraduate team took second place overall at the 2016 Super Computing Student Cluster Competition. Read more...
Hall Gets Exascale Computing Award
November 11th, 2016
University of Utah School of Computing professor Mary Hall was awarded a $871,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for an exascale computing project designed to make it easier for programmers to write code for different kinds of high-speed exascale computing systems. Read more...
SoC Women Attend Grace Hopper Celebration Conference
October 27th, 2016
With nine undergraduates and five graduate students, the School of Computing (SoC) had a record number of attendees at this year’s Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) of Women in Computing conference. The conference was held in Houston October 19-21st, 2016 . Read more...
SoC Welcomes New Faculty
October 10th, 2016
The faculty in the School of Computing at the University of Utah is growing with a number of new strategic hires. It’s a great time to be a member of our faculty. We invite you to learn more about these new faculty members and would like to welcome them to the School of Computing. Read more...
Visualizing the Universe
September 7th, 2016
Computer scientists from the U will be developing OpenSpace, open-source 3-D software for visualizing NASA astrophysics, heliophysics, planetary science and Earth science missions for planetariums and other immersive environments. The software also will be developed for use in schools and on home computers. Read more...
Gretchen McClain to Give Gould Lecture
September 6th, 2016
Gretchen McClain, NASA's former chief director of the International Space Station program and University of Utah mechanical engineering alumna, will be giving this year's William R. and Erlyn J. Gould Distinguished Lecture on Technology and The Quality of Life. Read more...
The School of Computing and Utah's Growing Tech Sector
September 1st, 2016
What does the educational environment supporting workforce development within Utah's IT industry look like? To answer that question EDCUtah sat down for a conversation with Dr. Ross T. Whitaker, director of the University of Utah School of Computing. Read more...
Matthew Turner wins CoE Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
August 23rd, 2016
Matthew Turner, a beloved TA in the School of Computing proves that all of those qualities, along with a deep understanding of what students need, are the hallmarks of a successful assistant. Read more...
David Johnson Wins CoE Outstanding Service Award
August 23rd, 2016
Thanks to David’s dedication, ingenuity and hard work, the summer-long camps have grown in just a short time from two sessions with 30 kids to more than a dozen camps that serve more than 700 students. Read more...
GREAT Camp - Another Successful Summer
August 16th, 2016
This year’s GREAT Camps at the University of Utah proved to be another successful summer journey for hundreds of Utah students wanting to learn about the power of computers, graphics and robots. Read more...
To Catch a Wireless Thief
July 20th, 2016
University of Utah School of Computing professor Sneha Kumar Kasera and his team of researchers are tasked with creating a system that allows cellphone and laptop users to help detect and locate someone who is stealing bandwidth on radio frequency waves. Read more...
Feifei Li wins best paper award
July 6th, 2016
Feifei Li has won the Best Paper Award at the ACM SIGMOD 2016 conference, for the paper titled "Wander Join: Online Aggregation via Random Walks". The paper is co-authored with Bin Wu, Ke Yi, and Zhuoyue Zhao. Read more...
U graduate Kallie Bracken reflects on coding as an art form
July 5th, 2016
“Coding fulfills what I enjoy most: I get to solve problems, gain a bird eye’s view of a situation, put pieces of a puzzle together and engage my artistic side. It can be intimidating at first, but now I see it as a tool for my craft." Read more...
SoC Alum Honored With Prestigious Award
June 27th, 2016
Uri Weiser (PhD '81), a University of Utah computer science graduate and emeritus professor in the electrical engineering department at the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology was presented with the prestigious 2016 Eckert-Maulchy Award. Read more...
RoboUtes Placed Third in National Competition
May 31st, 2016
The University of Utah RoboUtes robotics team placed third in the NASA-sponsored RASC-AL Robo-Ops robotic competition in Houston, Texas. Read more...
Erik Brunvand's class featured on KSL
May 26th, 2016
A class taught by School of Computing professor Erik Brunvand was featured on the KSL news, the news story highlights a new class titled Making Noise: Sound Art and Digital Media. The course, developed by Brunvand is part of his University Professorship that he was awarded in 2014. Read more...
SoC faculty and students honored during graduation reception
May 24th, 2016
Following this year’s convocation ceremonies the School of Computing hosted a graduation reception honoring its 2016 graduates. Students and families were invited to attend the lunch giving them an opportunity to mingle and congratulate one another. Read more...
John LaLonde awarded the College of Engineering Outstanding Service Award
May 10th, 2016
University of Utah School of Computing alum, John LaLonde, was awarded the College of Engineering’s Outstanding Service Award at the College’s convocation May 6. Read more...
Daniel Khoury awarded the College of Engineering Graduating Student Leadership Award
May 10th, 2016
Daniel Khoury an undergraduate student in the University of Utah’s School of Computing, was awarded the College of Engineering Graduating Student Leadership Award at the College of Engineering Convocation May 6 in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Read more...
Senior Capstone Demo Day
May 5th, 2016
The University of Utah's School of Computing showcased 17 Senior Capstone Projects, ranging in topic from Clean Air Monitors, to Physics Trainers, to Dog Walker Aids, to Child Development Trackers Read more...
Valerio Pascucci to receive Distinguished Mentor Award
May 4th, 2016
Valerio Pascucci, Professor in the School of Computing at the University of Utah will receive the Graduate School's Distinguished Mentor Award. Read more...
Matt Might and Mike Kirby among coauthors of ISC 2016 award winning paper
April 7th, 2016
Congratulations to students, Jim King and Tom Gilray, along with Robert M. Kirby and Matt Might for best paper award Read more...
Celebrate U Event Congratulates SoC Faculty
April 5th, 2016
Congratulations to Robert M. Kirby, Martin Berzins, Valerio Pascucci, Rob Ricci and Eric Eide who were recently honored at this years Celebrate U: A Showcase of Extraordinary Faculty Achievements event. Read more...
Ali Shafiee Receives University of Utah Graduate Research Fellowship
April 4th, 2016
Congratulations to Ali Shafiee on receiving a University of Utah Graduate Research Fellowship. Shafiee is a PhD student in Utah Arch group working with Rajeev Balasubramonian. Read more...
Danielle Pruss Receives an NSF Graduate Fellowship
April 1st, 2016
Congratulations to Danielle (Dasha) Pruss on receiving a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. Pruss is an undergrad student researcher working with Professor Miriah Meyer. Read more...
Computer Pioneer Robert Royce Johnson Dies
March 31st, 2016
Robert Royce Johnson, former chairman of the University of Utah computer science department, passed away Friday, March 25, in Salt Lake County due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease. He was 87. Read more...
ARCS Foundation
March 29th, 2016
Utah Chapter presents Matthew Might, PhD, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Adviser to President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative will present, "An Algorithm for Precision Medicine: What do you do when you're the first and only?” Read more...
Matt Might receives White House Appointment
March 29th, 2016
Professor Matt Might has joined the Executive Office of the President at the White House to serve as an Advisor for the Precision Medicine Initiative. In this role, Matt will deploy his broad expertise in computer science and genomic medicine toward a successful launch and scaling of the President's Precision Medicine Initiative. Read more...
USS web team: Creating functional, feature-rich websites
March 28th, 2016
USS started transitioning to OmniUpdate’s (OU) OU Campus content management system in 2011, a move that enabled the strategic retirement of older systems like Vignette and HumIS. Read more...
School of Computing Undergraduate Gaming Emphasis Ranked No. 1
March 16th, 2016
The University of Utah’s School of Computing undergraduate computer science degree with an emphasis in video game design ranked No. 1 in the nation, according to the new 2016 rankings by Princeton Review. Read more...
Utah Robotics Center Launches
February 11th, 2016
The university’s School of Computing and Department of Mechanical Engineering, both part of the College of Engineering, have announced the creation of the University of Utah Robotics Center (UURC).<> Read more...
Dean Brown Receives Prestigious Honors
January 4th, 2016
Richard B. Brown, the University’s 11th dean of the College of Engineering, received two prestigious honors on the same day. The medals will be awarded at an event January 13 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy. Read more...
Computer Engineering Demo Day Shows Senior Projects
December 18th, 2015
University of Utah computer engineering students demonstrated their final projects on Dec. 11 to cap off the CS 4710 Senior Project course. Read more...
SoC Professor Elected to the AIMBE College of Fellows
December 16th, 2015
The AIMBE College of Fellows represents the most accomplished and distinguished medical and biological engineers responsible for innovation and discovery. Read more...
SOC Junior Wins Harvard Hackathon Award
November 30th, 2015
Calvin Chhour, a junior in the University of Utah’s School of Computing, took first place in the first annual Harvard Hackathon. Chhour along with three other team members won the International Development award for their project, Stegosaurus. Read more...
U Students Win Programming Contest
November 17th, 2015
Three freshmen in the University of Utah’s School of Computing took first place in the Rocky Mountain Regional ACM Programming Contest Saturday, Nov. 14, at Utah State University in Logan. Read more...
Studying Policy Behind Augmented Reality
November 5th, 2015
University of Utah assistant professor Tamera Denning has co-authored a white paper looking at policy issues that can help drive the development of augmented reality, the technology of laying computer graphics over real-world views. Read more...
DIGITAL DEFENSE: Fighting Back Against Cyber-crime
October 13th, 2015
For the general public, the term “hacker” often conjures Hollywood-style images of socially awkward misanthropes bathed in the soft blue light of their tricked-out laptops. Read more...
Visualizing Hurricanes
October 9th, 2015
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, Read more...
Do you want Windows 10 peeking into your private information?
September 1st, 2015
Tamara Denning was recently interviewed by KSL. Read more...
Exploring Large Data for Scientific Discovery
August 28th, 2015
More elegant techniques combined with highly interdisciplinary, multi-scale collaboration are essential for dealing with massive amounts of information, plenary speaker says at the XSEDE15 conference. Read more...
Professor Joe Zachary Named Outstanding Teacher
August 25th, 2015
Joe has tackled and mastered complex topics in computer science and conveyed them in classrooms with passion, dedication and an innate ability to reach out to students in an effective way. Read more...
GREAT Camps Conclude Another Successful Summer
August 25th, 2015
The GREAT Camps, hosted by the University of Utah’s School of Computing, finished a summer of fun activities for school kids eager to learn about graphics and computer programming. Read more...
Programming and Prejudice
August 24th, 2015
University of Utah School of Computing associate professor Suresh Venkatasubramanian has discovered a technique to find out if algorithms used for hiring employees or issuing housing loans can be biased. Read more...
Rendering Science
August 10th, 2015
University of Utah computer science professor Charles Hansen is part of a team developing new software that will allow researchers to visualize their work through computer simulations with much more realistic graphics. Read more...
Salt Lake City is #1 for Startups
August 5th, 2015
Entrepreneur has listed Salt Lake City as their first choice for startup companies. VCs invested nearly $1 billion in local startups last year, making Salt Lake tops nationally in dollar-per-deal average. “Utah is open for business.” Read more...
Erik Brunvand featured speaker in TEDx Salt Lake City this fall
July 16th, 2015
The theme of this year's event is "Upcycling." I'll be talking about upcycling old toys to turn them into weird-sounding electronic "musical" instruments. Read more...
University of Utah Computer Science Alum Receives 2015 Steven A. Coons Award
June 15th, 2015
Henry Fuchs, a University of Utah computer science graduate was presented the Steven A. Coons Award for his outstanding creative contributions to computer graphics. Read more...
Robert Christensen and Feifei Li received the SIGMOD 2015 Best Demonstration Award
June 10th, 2015
Robert Christensen and Feifei Li received the SIGMOD 2015 Best Demonstration Award for their paper and system demo "STORM." Read more...
Faculty and Students recognized with Top Awards at Graduation Reception
May 11th, 2015
Following this year’s College of Engineering convocation ceremony the School of Computing hosted a graduation reception honoring its 2015 graduates. Read more...
School of Computing Graduates Attend Inaugural Alumni Day
May 11th, 2015
Alumni from the University of Utah’s School of Computing were invited to a new event to meet other graduates of the department. Read more...
SoC Students Receive NSF Graduate Fellowships
April 20th, 2015
Congratulations to both Nina McCurdy and Hannah Swan for receiving an NSF Graduate Fellowships Read more...
Fighting the Next Generation of Cyberattacks
April 16th, 2015
Utah computer scientists working on analyzer that will sniff out future form of security vulnerability. The next generation of cyberattacks will be more sophisticated... Read more...
SoC Undergraduate Receives Best Talk Award
April 15th, 2015
Charlie Jacobsen received a Best Talk Award for his paper A Parameterized Floating-Point Formalization in HOL Light. Read more...
Mary Hall has been appointed a new member of CRA Board of Directors
April 13th, 2015
The CRA is an association of more than 200 North American academic departments of computer science, computer engineering, and related fields... Read more...
School of Computing Undergraduate Gaming Emphasis Ranked No. 2
March 31st, 2015
The University of Utah’s School of Computing undergraduate computer science degree with an emphasis in video game design ranked No. 2 in the nation. Read more...
U Computer Science Grad to Receive Governor's Technology Award
March 18th, 2015
University of Utah School of Computing graduate and Westminster computer science professor Helen Hu will receive the Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology. Read more...
Inside the U’s Big Data Certification Program
March 6th, 2015
The University of Utah's big data certification program helps prepare students for a world where data analysis is playing an ever-growing part in business. Read more...
U Computer Scientist Leads Student Robotics Team to Regionals
February 26th, 2015
University of Utah computer scientist Mary Hall's student team, the "Skeleton Crew," was chosen to compete in the regional FIRST Tech Challenge robotics contest in Oakland after a great showing at the state competition in Ogden. Read more...
SOC Professor Receives Google Award
February 17th, 2015
University of Utah School of Computing Associate Professor Feifei Li received the Google Research Award for his work developing an online engine that analyzes different databases. Read more...
SoC alum, Robert McDermott passes away
February 9th, 2015
Robert McDermott, passed away on January 20, 2015. Robert received his PhD from University of Utah computer science department in 1980. Read more...
U Grad Wins Academy Award
February 9th, 2015
University of Utah computer science graduate Colette Mullenhoff won a technical Academy Award for her work on a new digital system that helps Hollywood artists with their CGI. Read more...