ISIS' Pioneering Model-Integrated Computing is at the Epicenter of Transformation in Engineering

The founder and director of ISIS, Sztipanovits recently spearheaded the institute’s transition from smaller, less modern digs to new headquarters on 16th Avenue just blocks away from campus. It was a fitting upgrade for a team that won more than $17.5 million in research funding for 2011. Of that, $12.5 million represented new awards, all in major national research programs.

Fueling its pioneering research are rapid innovations in information technology that drive enormous changes in science and engineering. This information technology growth has an impact on virtually every system encountered by humans: health care, education, transportation, defense and even the environment...