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An interdisciplinary community where computing meets science, engineering, and medicine.

The Oden Institute advances the field of computational science and engineering and its application to address the grand challenge problems facing society.

What is Computational Science and Engineering?

Computational Science or Computational Science & Engineering (CSE) is an interdisciplinary field that uses mathematical modeling and advanced computing to understand and solve complex problems. At its core CSE involves developing models and simulations to understand physical/natural systems.

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The Pediatric to Adult Cardio AI Conference

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From Stability to Dissociation: Elucidating Unbinding Kinetics of Protein-Protein Complexes via Atomistic Simulations

Omar Valsson, University of North Texas

3:30 p.m.– 4:30 p.m.

Oct. 19, 2026

POB 6.304

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From l-r: Tan Bui-Thanh, Joshua Burby, David Hatch. Credit: Oden Institute

UT Wins Award from Google.org to Apply AI in Fusion Energy Research
Paul Beckman. Credit: Joanne Foote.

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 The Drake Passage, which is both famously dangerous and a key component of the world's ocean circulation. Both large-scale and smaller-scale phenomena, such as eddies, that run through it make it a fascinating region to study and model. Credit: National Geographic

The Quest to Make Climate Models Faster, Smarter and More Accurate

Strategic Priority Areas

Strategic priority areas are areas of opportunity where we are investing additional resources to grow and expand the Oden Institute's capabilities. In these areas we are hiring multiple new faculty members, launching new research efforts and Oden Institute centers, launching new educational programs, and establishing new strategic partnerships.

Artificial Intelligence
for Science

AI for Science brings together physics and data to accelerate scientific discovery and achieve autonomous experimentation.

Computational
Medicine

The Oden Institute is pioneering mathematical modeling and scientific AI to build simulations of human physiology with unprecedented accuracy - from the cellular level to the entire body.

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Computing

UT Austin is the world's academic leader in supercomputing. HPC is a core pillar of the Oden Institute's research & education.

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