Harnessing the data through the lens of physics-based modeling

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