The Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute beganstarted in 1992 as a research group started in 1992the by[[University Dr.of Utah School of Computing]] by [[Christopher R. Johnson|Chris Johnson]] and Dr. Rob MacLeod. In 1994 this group became the Center for Scientific Computing and Imaging, and in 2000 the name was changed to the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute. In 2007, the SCI Institute was awarded funding from [[USTAR]] to recruit more faculty in medical imaging technology. In 2008, theThe SCI Institute was chosenrecognized as one of threean [[Nvidia|NVIDIA]] Centers[[CUDA]] Center of Excellence in the U.S2008.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Humber|first1=Andrew|title=NVIDIA Recognizes ([[University ofOf Illinois]]Utah andAs [[HarvardA University]]Cuda areCenter theOf otherExcellence two{{!}} NVIDIA Centers)|url=http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1217508281856.html|publisher=NVIDIA|accessdate=8 April 2017|language=en-us|date=31 July 2008}}</ref> In 2011, [[USTAR]] funding allowed faculty recruitment for genomic [[signal processing]] and information visualization.
