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.
19 upcoming events List view Calendar view
Oden Institute Seminar
CUR Approximation and Polynomial Interpolation: Connections and Applications
Yuji Nakatsukasa , Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford
3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Sep 1, 2026
Oden Institute Seminar
IGA-ODIL: Optimizing Discrete Robust Loss with Isogeometric Analysis to Solve Forward and Inverse Problems Faster Using Machine Learning Tools
Maciej Paszynski , AGH University of Krakow
3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Sep 3, 2026
Oden Institute Seminar
2026/27 Welcome Seminar
Karen Willcox , Director, Oden Institute
3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Sep 8, 2026
Center for Autonomy Seminar
Abstractions for Scalable Verification of AI-enabled Cyber-Physical Systems
Dr. Pavithra Prabhakar , Professor of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
11AM – 12PM, Thursday Sep 10, 2026
POB 6.304
Oden Institute Seminar
Phenotype-Guided AI for Large-Scale Single-Cell Analysis of the Tumor Microenvironment
Zheng Xia , Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Sep 10, 2026
POB 6.304 and Zoom
Center for Autonomy Seminar
Reliable World Models: Physical Interpretability for Prediction and Verification
Ivan Ruchkin
11:30AM – 12:30PM, Friday Sep 11, 2026
POB 6.304
Oden Institute Seminar
Coming Soon!
Frank Cole , Hedrick Math Fellow, UCLA
3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Sep 15, 2026
POB 6.304 and Zoom
Oden Institute Seminar
An Integrative Approach to Predictive Modeling of Translation
Can Cenik , Associate Professor, UT Austin MBS
– , Thursday Sep 17, 2026
POB 6.304
Oden Institute Seminar
Mathematical Preconditions for Predictive Meshfree Solutions in Extreme Event Simulation
Dr. Mike Hillman , Principal Scientist, Karagozian & Case, Inc.
– , Thursday Sep 24, 2026
POB 6.304
Materials Discovery Seminar
Coming Soon!
Jeffrey Neaton , Professor, UC Berkeley
12PM – 1PM, Friday Oct 9, 2026
POB 6.304
Oden Institute Seminar
Coming Soon!
Nat Trask , Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Oct 13, 2026
POB 6.304 & Zoom
Oden Institute Seminar
Coming Soon!
Dan Stanzione , Executive Director, Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)
3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Oct 15, 2026
POB 6.304 & Zoom
Oden Institute Seminar
A Riemannian Geometry Perspective on Foundation Models
Rex Ying , Yale University
3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Oct 20, 2026
7th Annual Joint Center for Computational Oncology Research Retreat
12PM – 5PM, Thursday Oct 22, 2026
Texas Advanced Computing Center J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Building 205, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin
Oden Institute Seminar
Toward Information Geometric Mechanics
Florian Schäfer, Assistant Professor of Computer Science , NYU Courant Institute
3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Oct 22, 2026
POB 6.304 and Zoom
7th Annual Joint Center for Computational Oncology Research Retreat
8AM – 4PM, Friday Oct 23, 2026
Texas Advanced Computing Center J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Building 205, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin
Center for Autonomy Seminar
High Performance Control of A Large Network of Inexpensive Agents
Dr. Faryar Jabbari , Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
11AM – 12PM, Monday Oct 26, 2026
POB 6.304
Oden Institute Seminar
What Does Safety Look Like for Learned Robot Policies?
Preston Culbertson , Assistant Professor, Cornell University
– , Thursday Nov 5, 2026
POB 6.304
Oden Institute Seminar
Efficient Exascale Thermal-Fluids and MHD Simulations
Paul Fischer , Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Dec 1, 2026
POB 6.304 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