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Visual Computing: Case Studies and Research Challenges

Speaker: Chris Johnson, Ph.D., Director, Scientific Computi , University of Utah-School of Computing
Date: June 13 2007
Time: 1:00PM to 2:00PM
Location: 32-G449 / Patil
Host: Seth Teller & Fredo Durand, MIT - CSAIL - RVSN & CGG

Chris Johnson, Ph.D.
Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute,
Distinguished Professor,
School of Computing,
University of Utah


Abstract

Computers are now extensively used throughout science, engineering, and
medicine. Advances in computational geometric modeling, imaging, and
simulation allow researchers to build and test models of increasingly
complex phenomena and thus to generate unprecedented amounts of data.
These advances have created the need to make corresponding progress in
our ability to understand large amounts of data and information arising
from multiple sources. In fact, to effectively understand and make use
of the vast amounts of information being produced is one of the greatest
scientific challenges of the 21st Century. Visual computing, which
relies on and takes advantage of, the interplay among techniques of
visualization, computer graphics, virtual reality, and imaging and
vision, is fundamental to understanding models of complex phenomena,
which are often multi-disciplinary in nature. In this talk, I will first
provide several examples of ongoing visual computing research at the
Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute as applied to problems
in computational science, engineering, and medicine, then go on to
discuss future research opportunities.

Bio

Professor Johnson directs the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
at the University of Utah where he is a Distinguished Professor of
Computer Science and holds faculty appointments in the Departments of
Physics and Bioengineering. His research interests are in the areas of
scientific computing and scientific visualization. Dr. Johnson founded
the SCI research group in 1992, which has since grown to become the SCI
Institute employing over 100 faculty, staff and students. Professor
Johnson serves on several international journal editorial boards, as
well as on advisory boards to several national research centers.
Professor Johnson has received several awards, including the the NSF
Presidential Faculty Fellow (PFF) award from President Clinton in 1995
and the Governor's Medal for Science and Technology from Governor
Michael Leavitt in 1999. In 2003 he received the Distinguished Professor
Award from the University of Utah. In 2004 he was elected a Fellow of
the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
and in 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.

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