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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.

21 upcoming events

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Robust Machine Learning for Biomedical Data: Efficiency, Reliability, and Generalizability

Center for Autonomy & Center for Computational Medicine

Robust Machine Learning for Biomedical Data: Efficiency, Reliability, and Generalizability

Assistant Professor Chenyu You , Stony Brook University

2:30PM – 3:30PM, Tuesday Feb 17, 2026

POB 6.304

Cosmic AI Hybrid Seminar Series Talk #3

CosmicAI Seminar

Cosmic AI Hybrid Seminar Series Talk #3

1) Kyle Lo, Lead Research Scientist at Allen Institute for AI 2) Joydeep Biswas, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, and Associate Director of Texas Robotics

11AM – 12PM, Wednesday Feb 18, 2026

POB 4.304 & Zoom

Physics-based Precision Medicine: Combining biophysics and AI/ML to predict inhibitor resistance, sensitivity, and over-activation

Oden Institute & Dell Medical School

Physics-based Precision Medicine: Combining biophysics and AI/ML to predict inhibitor resistance, sensitivity, and over-activation

Sukrit Singh , Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Feb 19, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Reinforcement Learning for Large-Scale Games

Oden Institute Seminar

Reinforcement Learning for Large-Scale Games

Dr. João Hespanha , Distinguished Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

12PM – 1PM, Thursday Feb 26, 2026

POB 6.102

Analysis of Bent Optical Fibers  -   In memory of Prof. Ivo Babuška

Oden Institute Distinguished Lecture

Analysis of Bent Optical Fibers - In memory of Prof. Ivo Babuška

Leszek Demkowicz , Oden Institute, The University of Texas at Austin

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Feb 26, 2026

POB 2.302 (Avaya Auditorium)

2026 Finite Element Rodeo

2026 Finite Element Rodeo

12PM – 7:30PM, Friday Feb 27, 2026

POB 2.302 (Avaya Auditorium)

2026 Finite Element Rodeo

2026 Finite Element Rodeo

8AM – 4PM, Saturday Feb 28, 2026

POB 2.302 (Avaya Auditorium)

The Computational Modeling Ecosystem in the Medical Device Industry

Oden Institute Seminar

The Computational Modeling Ecosystem in the Medical Device Industry

Walt Baxter, Ph.D , Medtronic

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Mar 3, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Control and Adaptation Under Latent Risk and Non-Stationary Interactions

Center for Autonomy Seminar

Control and Adaptation Under Latent Risk and Non-Stationary Interactions

Yorie Nakahira , Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

11AM – 12:30PM, Wednesday Mar 4, 2026

POB 6.304

Numerics Informed Neural Networks for Solving PDEs

Oden Institute Seminar

Numerics Informed Neural Networks for Solving PDEs

Beatrice Riviere , Rice University

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Mar 5, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

PIER (Physics-Informed, Energy-efficient, Risk-aware routing): Toward Practical, Risk-Aware Voyage Planning

Oden Institute Seminar

PIER (Physics-Informed, Energy-efficient, Risk-aware routing): Toward Practical, Risk-Aware Voyage Planning

Aniruddha Bora , Texas State University

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Mar 10, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Patient-Specific Computational Modeling of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: State of the Art and Future Directions

Oden Institute Seminar

Patient-Specific Computational Modeling of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: State of the Art and Future Directions

Stephane Avril , Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Mar 12, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Coming soon!

Oden Institute Seminar

Coming soon!

Robert Lipton , Professor, Louisiana State University

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Mar 26, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Defects and Interfaces in Low-Dimensional Materials for Resistive Switching

Oden Institute Seminar

Defects and Interfaces in Low-Dimensional Materials for Resistive Switching

Wennie Wang , Chemical Engineering, UT Austin

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Mar 31, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Cardiac Fluid-Structure Interaction Models for Simulating Structural Heart Interventions

Oden Institute Seminar

Cardiac Fluid-Structure Interaction Models for Simulating Structural Heart Interventions

Boyce Griffith , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Apr 7, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Differentiable underwater acoustics for sensitivity analysis and data assimilation operation within ocean state estimation

PhD Dissertation Defense

Differentiable underwater acoustics for sensitivity analysis and data assimilation operation within ocean state estimation

Ivana Escobar , CSEM Ph.D. Candidate

1PM – 3PM, Thursday Apr 9, 2026

POB 4.304

Just Breathe: the Mechanics of the Lung

Oden Institute Seminar

Just Breathe: the Mechanics of the Lung

Mona Eskandari , Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of California Riverside

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Apr 9, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Coming soon!

Oden Institute Seminar

Coming soon!

Mykel Kochenderfer , Stanford University

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Apr 14, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

HydroML 2026 Symposium

HydroML 2026 Symposium

Various Speakers

– , Tuesday May 19, 2026

POB 2.302

HydroML 2026 Symposium

HydroML 2026 Symposium

Various Speakers

– , Wednesday May 20, 2026

POB 2.302

HydroML 2026 Symposium

HydroML 2026 Symposium

Various Speakers

– , Thursday May 21, 2026

POB 2.302

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