| Title |
Christopher R. Johnson, Salt Lake City, UT: an interview by Anne P. Peterson, 21 September 2012 |
| Alternative Title |
No. 654 Christopher R. Johnson |
| Creator |
Johnson, Christopher R., 1960- |
| Contributor |
Peterson, Anne P. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2011-09-21; 2011-10-18 |
| Access Rights |
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| Date Digital |
2015-07-08 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ |
| Subject |
Johnson, Christopher R., 1960- --Interviews; Computer scientists--Biography; University of Utah--Faculty--Biography; University of Utah--History |
| Description |
Transcript (46, 55 pages) of two interviews by Anne P. Peterson with Christopher R. Johnson, director of the Scientific Computing Institute, on 21 September and 18 October 2011. Part of the University Oral History Project, Everett Cooley Collection tape numbers U-3086 and U-3092 |
| Abstract |
Christopher Johnson (b. 1960) was born in Kansas City, Kansas. His father was in the Air Force so he and his family moved around a lot when he was young. He went to high school and did his undergraduate in Dayton, Ohio. Christopher then earned his master´s in physics and a PhD in biophysics and computing from the University of Utah. Before working at the University of Utah, he was a professor of physics at Westminster for four years. He describes several positions he held at the University of Utah. Christopher talks about his time working at Sperry Corporation. He describes his involvement with the ACCESS program at the University of Utah.In his second interview, Christopher talks about his time as a research assistant professor, assistant professor, and then associate chairman of the department of computer sciences at the University of Utah. He describes research projects he was involved in. Christopher explains interactive scientific visualization. He talks about his time as director of the Center for Scientific Computing and Imaging. He also worked for the Department of Energy. He talks about his involvement with the University of Utah´s school of computing. Christopher talks about the start-up he founded, Visual Influence.Project: University Oral History Project. Interviewer: Anne Peterson |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
Digital Image © 2015 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Scanning Technician |
Niko Amaya; Halima Noor |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s66m52t2 |
| Topic |
Computer scientists; University of Utah |
| Setname |
uum_elc |
| ID |
840521 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66m52t2 |
