Manish Parashar is the inaugural Chief AI Officer at the University of Utah. He is also Executive Director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute, and Presidential Professor in the Kalhert School of Computing. He leads the University’s One-U Responsible AI Initiative.
Manish’s expertise is in high-performance parallel and distributed computing and cyberinfrastructure, and his research has enabled new insights across multiple science domains.
Manish has received several awards for his research and leadership, including the 2023 IEEE Computer Society Sidney Fernbach Award, the 2024 CRA Distinguished Service Award, and the 2025 ACM Distinguished Service Award.
Manish is a Fellow of AAAS, ACM, and IEEE.
