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.
6 upcoming events List view Calendar view
Center for Autonomy Seminar
Preference in Agent Control
Pau de las Heras Molins , Télécom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris
11AM – 12:30PM, Monday Jun 29, 2026
POB 6.304
PhD Dissertation Defense
Controlling and Exploiting Heterogeneity in Thermoplastic Composites
Joseph Kirchhoff , Graduate Student
2PM – 3PM, Wednesday Jul 1, 2026
PhD Dissertation Defense
Learning and Adaptation in Dynamical Environments via Generalized Hamiltonian Dynamics
Yi Wang , CSEM Student, Oden Institute
9:30AM – 12PM, Wednesday Jul 8, 2026
Oden Institute Seminar
Coming Soon!
Yuji Nakatsukasa , Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford
3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Sep 1, 2026
POB 6.304 & Zoom
Oden Institute Seminar
2026/27 Welcome Seminar
Karen Willcox , Director, Oden Institute
3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Sep 3, 2026
POB 6.304 & Zoom
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
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