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Chasing fusion's hardest problem on the nation's fastest university supercomputer | College of Engineering

The Huang Complex supercomputer's architecture makes it particularly well suited for this work. The system is built on NVIDIA's Vera Rubin platform — a next-generation GPU architecture optimized for the kinds of extreme-scale deep learning workloads that Rodriguez's project requires. He has trained large models on Frontier, the Department of Energy's flagship supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and found the experience instructive about the limits of general-purpose high-performance...
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Growing intelligence: How hybrid AI models are transforming agricultural decision-making | College of Engineering

The result: 60% higher phenology accuracy and 40% higher cold-hardiness accuracy than deployed models, while remaining biologically realistic and generalizing across weather regimes. Critically, the model also generalized across weather regimes — where pure deep learning models collapsed when tested in Vermont or California after training in Washington State, DMC-MTL showed only marginal degradation.

Multi-task learning lets the model share patterns across 32 grape cultivars rather than trainin...

Bringing psychological expertise into AI development

When a well-known tech company attempted to build an AI-powered résumé-screening system several years ago, its developers discovered what a century of industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology research could have predicted from the start: Stripping obvious demographic markers like names from résumés didn’t eliminate discriminatory bias. Information such as college affiliations, word choices, and even formatting preferences was enough to perpetuate discriminatory patterns.
Engineering •

Vera C. Rubin Observatory Meets Astronomical Expectations

On the morning of 18 June 2025, the world's astronomers and sky-watchers alike received a long-awaited treat: the first images from the newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Released to global fanfare, the images panoramas of iridescent galaxies, shimmering nebulas, and a trove of previously unseen asteroids-marked both a technical milestone, capping more than a quarter-century of vision, engineering, and collaboration, and the start of a scientific campaign that has the potential to transform our understanding of the universe.
DEIXIS: Profiles in Computational Science •

Getting physical - DEIXIS: Profiles in Computational Science

Machine learning methods show remarkable powers of prediction. But statistical guesses aren’t sufficient for most real-world scientific problems that require rigorous mathematics and incorporate physical principles.


Jerry Liu works at the intersection of pure mathematics and these cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools. He focuses on improving these methods in areas such as differential equations, physics and identifying trends in regularly occurring events.


That work includes a variet...

Beyond good intentions: Overcoming barriers for researchers with a disability

People with mental and physical disabilities make up over 27% of the U.S. populationopens in new window, yet they are severely underrepresented in both psychological science and the larger scientific workforce. There are many reasons for this gap, including pervasive barriers such as ableism (i.e., the belief that people with disabilities are flawed and less valuable than nondisabled people), bias, and lack of accessible accommodations. Whenever any group is underrepresented in science, the inevitable consequences are fewer good ideas, less discussion, and a narrowed perspective.
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Alien oceans - DEIXIS: Profiles in Computational Science

When Daniel Abdulah learned to write, his earliest scribbles included the names of planets, in order, alongside little drawings of each one. That early fascination with worlds beyond Earth never really faded. The child’s imagination matured into a passion for research into the physics of alien oceans, particularly those hidden beneath the icy shells of Saturn’s and Jupiter’s moons.


Abdulah, now a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, works at the intersection of fluid...
University of Utah Health | University of Utah Hea •

New Study in Mice Reveals Long-Term Metabolic Risks of Ketogenic Diet

Key points:
Research in mice shows dangerous consequences of a very high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet.
Keto was associated with fatty liver disease and harmed blood sugar regulation, with some changes happening within days.

IMPACT: If the results hold true in people, ketogenic diets may have dangerous long-term health risks.


A study published in Science Advances by University of Utah Health researchers sheds light on the long-term effects of...
Engineering •

Commercial Efforts Flail to Replace Aging International Space Station

Released in September 2024 by an oversight committee of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a safety report about the International Space Station (ISS) cited, in addition to 50 other “areas of concern,” a troublesome leak first detected six years ago in one of the station’s modules. Given the persistent leak, called “a top safety risk”, and the fact that the space station has outlived its original life expectancy by more than 10 years, the agency’s current plans call for decommissioning the ISS in 2031 by dragging it into the Pacific Ocean.
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The Genetics of Suicide Risk

While the environment has had an undeniable impact, evidence suggests that genetic factors play a significant role in suicide completion. 
Hilary Coon, PhD, professor at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, began her research career 35 years ago examining links between genes and physical illnesses such as hypertension along with mental illnesses such as alcohol and nicotine addiction, autism, and schizophrenia. In the past decade, she has turned her attention to the genetics underlying suicide....