Christopher R. Johnson
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Christopher Ray Johnson (born January 17, 1960, in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American
computer scientist A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus (al ...
. He is a distinguished professor of computer science at the
University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...
, and founding director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI). His research interests are in the areas of
scientific computing Computational science, also known as scientific computing or scientific computation (SC), is a field in mathematics that uses advanced computing capabilities to understand and solve complex problems. It is an area of science that spans many disc ...
and
scientific visualization Scientific visualization ( also spelled scientific visualisation) is an interdisciplinary branch of science concerned with the visualization of scientific phenomena.Michael Friendly (2008)"Milestones in the history of thematic cartography, stat ...
.


Biography

Johnson received his BS in
physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...
in 1982 from the
Wright State University Wright State University is a public research university in Fairborn, Ohio. Originally opened in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University, it became an independent institution in 1967 and was named in honor of aviation ...
, and his MS in physics in 1984, and his PhD in medical biophysics in 1990, both from the
University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...
, in Salt Lake City. From 1985 to 1989, Johnson was an assistant professor of physics at
Westminster College (Utah) Westminster College is a private college in Salt Lake City, Utah. The college comprises four schools: the School of Arts and Sciences, the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business, the School of Education, and the School of Nursing and Health Sci ...
. In 1990, Johnson joined the University of Utah, first as a research assistant professor of internal medicine at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) and has held faculty positions in the departments of mathematics, bioengineering, physics, and computer science. In 1996 he was appointed associate professor and associate chairman in the department of computer science. In 2003, Johnson was promoted to the rank of distinguished professor of computer science at the University of Utah and served as the director of the
University of Utah School of Computing The School of Computing is a school within the College of Engineering at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. School of Computing The school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science. The school has major research ...
. Johnson served as the director of th
ACCESS Program for Women in Science and Mathematics
between 1993 and 1993 and a member of the ACCESS Faculty until 2003. In 1999 he founded and directed the Engineering Scholars Program until 2004. In 1992 Johnson founded the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) research group at the University of Utah, which has since grown to become the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI Institute) employing over 200 faculty, staff, and students. Johnson serves on several international journal editorial boards, as well as on advisory boards to several national and international research centers. In 2013 Johnson was elected to the board of directors of the
Computing Research Association The Computing Research Association (CRA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit association of North American academic departments of computer science, computer engineering, and related fields; laboratories and centers in industry, government, and academia enga ...
(CRA) and in 2012 Johnson was selected as a member of the executive committee of the
IEEE Computer Society The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operati ...
Technical Committee on Visualization and Graphics The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operati ...
. Johnson serves on several international journal editorial boards, as well as on advisory boards to several national and international research centers. ;Awards * 1992, Young Investigator's (FIRST) Award from the NIH * 1994, the NSF
Presidential Young Investigator Award The Presidential Young Investigator Award (PYI) was awarded by the National Science Foundation of the United States Federal Government. The program operated from 1984 to 1991, and was replaced by the NSF Young Investigator (NYI) Awards and Presiden ...
* 1995, the NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow (PFF) award from President Clinton. * 1996, a DoE Computational Science Award, * 1997, the Par Excellence Award from the University of Utah Alumni Association and the Presidential Teaching Scholar Award. * 1999, the
Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology The Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology is the highest civilian award bestowed by the U.S. state of Utah in those fields. It is awarded in the five categories of academia, science education, industry, government, and a special category. ...
from Governor Michael Leavitt. * 2003, the Distinguished Professor Award from the University of Utah. * 2004, elected a Fellow of the
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) is a non-profit organization founded in 1991, and headquartered in Washington. It represents 50,000 medical and biomedical engineers, and academic institutions, private industry, ...
. * 2005, was elected a Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific respons ...
. * 2009, elected a Fellow of the
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is a professional society dedicated to applied mathematics, computational science, and data science through research, publications, and community. SIAM is the world's largest scientific socie ...
(SIAM), and received the Utah Cyber Pioneer Award. * 2010, the
Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence Rosenblatt is a surname of German and Jewish origin, meaning "rose leaf". People with this surname include: *Albert Rosenblatt (born 1936), New York Court of Appeals judge * Dana Rosenblatt, known as "Dangerous" (born 1972), American boxer * Elie ...
from the University of Utah and the IEEE Visualization Career Award * 2012, the
IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award In 1989, the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium established the Charles Babbage Award to be given each year to a conference participant in recognition of exceptional contributions to the field. In almost all cases, the awa ...
. * 2013, the IEEE Computer Society Sidney Fernbach Award "For outstanding contributions and pioneering work introducing computing, simulation, and visualization into many areas of biomedicine." * 2014, elected an
IEEE Fellow As of 2019, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has 5,082 members designated Fellow, each of whom is associated with one of the 41 societies under the IEEE. The Fellow grade of membership is the highest level of membershi ...
in recognition of his leadership in scientific computing and scientific visualization.


Selected publications

;Books * * ;Articles * M. Kern, A. Lex, N. Gehlenborg, and C.R. Johnson. Interactive Visual Exploration and Refinement of Cluster Assignments. Journal of BMC Bioinformatics, vol. 18, no. 406, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-017-1813-7, 2017. * M. Chen, G. Grinstein, C.R. Johnson, J. Kennedy, and M. Tory. Pathways for Theoretical Advances in Visualization. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, pp. 103–112, July, 2017. * M. Larsen, K. Moreland, C.R. Johnson, and H. Childs. Optimizing Multi-Image Sort-Last Parallel Rendering. Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization, pp. 37–46, 2016. * B. Hollister, G. Duffley, C. Butson, and C.R. Johnson. Visualization for Understanding Uncertainty in Activation Volumes for Deep Brain Stimulation, in Proceedings of the IEEE Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) 2016, Editors: K.L. Ma G. Santucci, and J. van Wijk, pp. 37–41, 2016. * P. Rosen, B. Burton, K. Potter, C.R. Johnson. muView: A Visual Analysis System for Exploring Uncertainty in Myocardial Ischemia Simulations, In Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences III, Edited by L. Linsen, B. Hamann, and H.C. Hege, Springer, pp. 45–65. 2016. * X. Tong, J. Edwards, C. Chen, H. Shen, C. R. Johnson, P. Wong. View-Dependent Streamline Deformation and Exploration, In IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 1788–1801, 2016 * H. De Sterck, C.R. Johnson. Data Science: What Is It and How Is It Taught?, In SIAM News, SIAM, July, 2015. * * * * * * * * * * * * ;Reports * * * * * * * * *


References


External links


Christopher Johnson
at University of Utah {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Christopher R. Living people American computer scientists University of Utah alumni University of Utah faculty 1960 births Information visualization experts Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Fellow Members of the IEEE Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Scientific computing researchers