Harnessing the data through the lens of physics-based modeling

Three Oden Institute faculty members gave presentations at TACCSTER, the Symposium for Texas Researchers, held at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). 

The second annual Scientific Machine Learning Workshop served as an incubator for new perspectives and recent developments within the field, while connecting early career researchers with established experts. 

The new NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI), led by Stella Offner, Oden Institute core faculty, will develop AI approaches to investigate the origins of the universe including the formation of galaxies, stars, planets and even the building blocks for life.

CosmicAI will be housed at the Oden Institute at UT Austin.

Get to know Gabrielle Costello, and learn about her journey from high school English teacher to research administrator at the Oden Institute. 

In his talk, Quarteroni emphasized the symbiotic relationship between AI algorithms and physics-inspired numerical models.

The award recognizes Oden Institute core faculty who have demonstrated a sustained record of distinguished research in computational engineering and sciences

Del Valle High School students visited the Oden Institute's Center for Autonomy and experienced hands-on tours led by graduate students. 

Read about the Center for Computational Oncology's work with the MD Anderson Cancer Center to design clinical trials for patients who are not average. 

Oden Institute Director Karen Willcox discusses the potential for digital twin technology during an interview for NPR's TED Talk Radio Hour.

Published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, new research from the Oden Institute shows how digital twins can be applied to enhance the maintenance and safety of civil structures. 

The Charles Chui Award, accompanied by a cash prize and a certificate, holds significant prestige in the harmonic analysis community.

Across multiple domains of science, engineering, and medicine, excitement is growing about the potential of digital twins to transform scientific research, industrial practices, and many aspects of daily life.

This report identifies the foundational research and resources needed to support the development of digital twin technologies.

Published in the journal Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, Oden Institute researchers show how methods developed for digital twins in aerospace engineering can be used for high-grade glioma patients undergoing radiotherapy.  

By extracting ideas from different fields and applying them to broad problems, Rachel Ward has built unexpected connections across a huge swath of applied mathematics.

Stella Offner, an Associate Professor of Astronomy at UT Austin, has transitioned from an affiliated to core faculty member within the Center for Scientific Machine Learning at the Oden Institute. 

The talk, originally delivered at the TEDxUTAustin Conference in March 2022, sheds light on how digital twins have revolutionized decision-making processes.

The U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics awarded Karen Willcox with a distinguished medal and is named a USACM Fellow.

Tan Bui-Thanh recieved multiple grants for new research which aims to fix machine learning’s struggle with uncertainty.

A glimpse into visiting researcher Tammy Kolda's experience at the Oden Institute. 

CSEM Ph.D student Shane McQuarrie was awarded the ninth BGCE Student Paper Prize at the 2023 SIAM CSE Conference.

Scientific Machine Learning (SciML) two-day workshop was a success, with nearly 100 in attendence.

Researchers from UT Austin have been awarded a prestigious grant from the UK’s Wellcome Trust to understand how flood and storm surge modeling could help inform infectious disease spread in Texas and beyond.

The new simulation took only 9.4 milliseconds to run on a laptop computer, one billion times faster than a traditional model.

• Collaborative research team led by the Oden Institute establishes major new applied mathematics center for research on digital twin technology
• M2dt Center will focus on climate and nanomanufacturing applications for digital twins 

• O’Donnell Postdoctoral Fellowship provides funding for outstanding graduates to perform high-level, computational research with exceptional faculty in an interdisciplinary environment
• Five new postdoctoral researchers join the Oden Institute community for the 2022-2023 academic year

• Award brings together scientists and engineers from different research communities to further the theoretical foundations of data science
• Researchers aim to combat data sets that include historical biases and elements influenced by self-interested and possibly malicious parties

• Highly detailed computational simulations help solve mystery  that has captivated astrophysicists for decades
• Researchers discover star formation is a self-regulatory process

• Event honored 16 students that graduated in May 2022, as well as eight other students who graduated throughout the 2021-2022 academic year
• "Congratulations to all our PhD and Master's graduate students. Collectively, you represent an incredible set of accomplishments spanning computing, applied mathematics, statistics, machine learning, engineering, science, geoscience, and medicine."

• Awards Ceremony finally held in-person after two years of hiatus from COVID  
• Staff, students and faculty celebrated and recognized for their significant contributions throughout the year

• Five successful applicants gain the opportunity to tackle some of society's most pressing challenges 
• Researchers will take on a broad range of challenges - from water efficiencies, materials science at the exascale,  the development of more energy-efficient algorithms, as well as advancing individualized care for breast cancer patients     

• The "beauty, power and practical use of computational math" inspired Research Scientist Peng Chen to pursue a career in this field.
• The Oden Institute is the "Silicon Valley for computational math, science and engineering"

• “Technological marvels” we take for granted are tangible examples of the “computational revolution” that has reshaped society over the last two decades.
• Digital twin technology has moved beyond just aerospace engineering, to impact many other engineering disciplines as well as many other applications across science and society.

• Oden Institute Director joins exclusive group of just 50 engineers from UT Austin to be elected to the NAE since 1968
• Election to academy among the highest professional distinctions bestowed upon an engineer

• First time Oden Institute participates in 40 hours for the Forty Acres  
• Annual UT Austin fundraising event now in its ninth year

• Department of Energy funds development of computational “digital twin” framework for storm surge prediction 
• Integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to improve accuracy 

• 2021 Peter O'Donnell, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellows bring variety of new skillsets and diverse research interests
• Scope of projects range from computational modeling at atomic scale to development of tsunami simulation techniques

• Dr Qi Lei is the winner of this year’s Oden Institute Outstanding Dissertation Award.
• Dr Lei is currently a postdoc research associate at Princeton University and plans to continue pursuing her interest in machine learning.

• NBC's local news outlet highlights NASA-funded research 

• Oden Institute plays leading role in NASA-funded research to scale unmanned aerial cargo transport
• Computational modeling for scaling — from single delivery drone to large unmanned cargo aircraft