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Upcoming events

The Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences hosts a variety of meetings, seminars, conferences, and other events throughout the year. Read more on these events below. If an event is being offered virtually or in a hybrid format a Zoom link will be included in the event details.

An Event Digest announcing upcoming speakers and events is automatically emailed to all Oden Institute members each week. If you wish to subscribe to or have items to be included in the Events Digest, please email events@oden.utexas.edu.

20 upcoming events

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Afternoon Tea with Nick Trefethen

Oden Institute Distinguished Lecture in Numerical Analysis

Afternoon Tea with Nick Trefethen

Nick Trefethen , Professor of Applied Mathematics in Residence, Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

2:30PM – 3:25PM, Thursday Oct 31, 2024

POB 6.102

The AAA Algorithm for Rational Approximation

Oden Institute Distinguished Lecture in Numerical Analysis

The AAA Algorithm for Rational Approximation

Nick Trefethen , Professor of Applied Mathematics in Residence, Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Oct 31, 2024

POB 2.302 (Avaya Auditorium)

Networked Competitive Bivirus SIS spread with Higher Order Interactions

Center for Autonomy Seminar

Networked Competitive Bivirus SIS spread with Higher Order Interactions

Sebin Gracy , Assistant Professor, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

1:30PM – 2:30PM, Friday Nov 1, 2024

POB 4.304

Game Semantics for Robust POMDPs

Center for Autonomy Seminar

Game Semantics for Robust POMDPs

Eline Bovy , Ph.D. student, Radboud University, Netherlands

11AM – 12PM, Tuesday Nov 5, 2024

POB 6.304

Learning the Input/Output Structure of a Network from data

Center for Autonomy Seminar

Learning the Input/Output Structure of a Network from data

Donatello Materassi , Professor, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)

3:30PM – 4:30PM, Thursday Nov 7, 2024

POB 4.304

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Oden Institute Seminar

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Mats Larson , Umea University, Sweden

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Nov 12, 2024

POB 6.304 and Zoom

High-Speed High-Fidelity Computational Modeling Approach for Cardiac Models

PhD Dissertation Defense

High-Speed High-Fidelity Computational Modeling Approach for Cardiac Models

Shruti Motiwale , Ph.D. Candidate, Oden Institute

2PM – 4PM, Thursday Nov 14, 2024

POB 6.304

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Oden Institute Seminar

Coming Soon!

Thomas Fuhrer , Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Nov 14, 2024

POB 6.304 and Zoom

AI LIVE - Explore the Future: AI to the Rescue - Fighting Rising Tides and Killer Quakes with Digital Twins

Year of AI Event

AI LIVE - Explore the Future: AI to the Rescue - Fighting Rising Tides and Killer Quakes with Digital Twins

Omar Ghattas, Patrick Heimbach, Thorsten Becker , Oden Institute

9AM – 9:45AM, Friday Nov 15, 2024

WCP 2.120

AI Live - Explore the Future: Galactic Quest - An AI Mission to Decode the Cosmos

Year of AI Event

AI Live - Explore the Future: Galactic Quest - An AI Mission to Decode the Cosmos

Stella Offner, Arya Farah, Josh Taylor, Matthew Lease , Oden Institute, UT Statistics/Data Sciences, CNS-Astronomy, iSchool

10AM – 10:45AM, Friday Nov 15, 2024

WCP 2.120

AI LIVE - Explore the Future: Transforming Medicine with Math and AI

Year of AI Event

AI LIVE - Explore the Future: Transforming Medicine with Math and AI

Tom Yankeelov, Casey Stowers, Sophia Epstein, Shruti Motiwale , Oden Institute

2PM – 2:45PM, Friday Nov 15, 2024

POB 2.302 (Avaya Auditorium)

5th Joint Center for Computational Oncology Annual Retreat

5th Joint Center for Computational Oncology Annual Retreat

Center for Computational Oncology , Oden Institute

8:30AM – 3PM, Monday Nov 18, 2024

Avaya Auditorium (POB)

Finite Element Method-Based Stabilized Formulation for Hypersonic Flows in Thermal Non-Equilibrium

Oden Institute Seminar

Finite Element Method-Based Stabilized Formulation for Hypersonic Flows in Thermal Non-Equilibrium

Artem Korobenko , Associate Professor & Associate Head for Research, University of Calgary

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Nov 19, 2024

POB 6.304 and Zoom

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Oden Institute Seminar

Coming Soon!

Doran Raccah , Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Nov 21, 2024

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Optimal Transport for Elastic Source Inversion

PhD Dissertation Defense

Optimal Transport for Elastic Source Inversion

Tyler Masthay , CSEM Graduate Student

1PM – 4PM, Friday Nov 22, 2024

POB 2.402 and Zoom

Automated Constitutive Modeling with Physics-Augmented Machine Learning

Oden Institute Seminar

Automated Constitutive Modeling with Physics-Augmented Machine Learning

Jan Fuhg , Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, UT Austin

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Dec 3, 2024

POB 6.304 and Zoom

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Oden Institute Seminar

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Peter Rossky , Professor, Chemistry, Rice University

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Dec 5, 2024

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Direct Sparse Solver for GPU

Oden Institute Seminar

Direct Sparse Solver for GPU

Anton Anders , Senior Software Engineer, NVIDIA

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Dec 10, 2024

POB 6.304 and Zoom

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Oden Institute Seminar

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Patrick Blonigan , Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Dec 12, 2024

POB 6.304 and Zoom

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Oden Institute Seminar

Coming Soon!

Sebastian Reich

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Jan 16, 2025

POB 2.302 (Avaya Auditorium) and Zoom

More information

Regularly scheduled events include the Oden Institute Seminar Series, the Molecular BioPhysics Seminar Series, the Numerical Analysis Seminar Series, the Student Forum/Student Blitz Presentations, the SIAM Student Chapter Distinguished Speaker Series, and the Babuška Forum.

The Oden Institute Seminar is usually held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5:00 pm, unless otherwise noted. Speakers include researchers from academia, national laboratories and industry, visiting scholars, and Oden Institute/UT faculty or research staff. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Babuška Forum and the Student Forum/Student Blitz Presentations are typically held on Fridays, though times may vary from semester to semester. These events are hosted by CSEM students and are open to everyone.

Commencement events can be found on the graduate school commencement page