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
Mathematical Preconditions for Predictive Meshfree Solutions in Extreme Event Simulation
Dr. Mike Hillman , Principal Scientist, Karagozian & Case, Inc.
3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Sep 24, 2026
Babuška Forum
Simulation of fluid flow: From exascale to cell phone
Spencer Bryngelson , Faculty, Oden Institute
10AM – 11AM, Friday Sep 25, 2026
POB 6.304
NSF-Simons CosmicAI Hybrid Seminar Series
1) Structure Without a Grid: Extracting and Tracking Topological Features in Continuous Models of Scientific Data, 2) Enhancing Operator Learning with Invertible Architectures and Multi-Functional Diffusion
Dr. Bei Wang Phillips and Dr. Shandian Zhe , Speaker 1: Associate Professor at University of Utah Speaker 2: Associate Professor at Kahlert School of Computing, University of Utah
1PM – 2PM, Wednesday Sep 30, 2026
Oden Institute Seminar
Data assimilation in high dimensions: weather prediction and latent spaces
Peter Jan van Leeuwen , Professor in Data Assimilation and Physical Oceanography, Colorado State University
3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Oct 1, 2026
POB 6.304 and Zoom
Oden Institute Seminar
Simulation of fluid flow: From exascale to cell phone
Spencer Bryngelson , Professor, UT Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering
3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Oct 6, 2026
POB 6.304 amd Zoom
Materials Discovery Seminar
Excited-State Physics in Complex Materials at Finite Temperature and at Scale
Jeffrey Neaton , Professor, Department of Physics, UC-Berkeley
12PM – 1PM, Friday Oct 9, 2026
POB 6.304
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
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
Center for Computational Oncology
12PM – 5PM, Thursday Oct 22, 2026
Texas Advanced Computing Center J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Building 205, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin
7th Annual Joint Center for Computational Oncology Research Retreat
Center for Computational Oncology
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
A Riemannian Geometry Perspective on Foundation Models
Rex Ying , Yale University
3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Oct 27, 2026
PhD Dissertation Defense
Nonlinear Elasticity with the DPG Method
Jonathan Zhang , CSEM Ph.D Candidate
9AM – 11AM, Wednesday Nov 4, 2026
Oden Institute Seminar
What Does Safety Look Like for Learned Robot Policies?
Preston Culbertson , Assistant Professor, Cornell University
3:30PM – 5PM, 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
PhD Dissertation Defense
Utilizing MRI-derived habitat modeling to predict brain tumor dynamics during radiotherapy
Ayesha Das , CSEM Ph.D. Candidate
12PM – 2PM, Wednesday Dec 2, 2026
POB 6.304 and Zoom
Oden Institute, Dell Medical School & Dell Children's Ascension
Pediatric to Adult Cardio AI: Digital Twins
4:30PM – 8PM, Thursday Dec 10, 2026
AT&T Conference Center
Oden Institute, Dell Medical School & Dell Children's Ascension
Pediatric to Adult Cardio AI: Digital Twins
7AM – 9PM, Friday Dec 11, 2026
AT&T Conference Center
Oden Institute, Dell Medical School & Dell Children's Ascension
Pediatric to Adult Cardio AI: Digital Twins
7AM – 12:15PM, Saturday Dec 12, 2026
AT&T Conference Center
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