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.
12 upcoming events
Oden Institute & College of Natural Sciences
Jiaqi Zhang , PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
11AM – 12PM, Tuesday Feb 3, 2026
Oden Institute & Dept. of Statistics and Data Sciences
Ambuj Tewari , Professor, University of Michigan
3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Feb 3, 2026
CosmicAI Seminar
1) Matt Lease 2) Houjiang Liu
11AM – 1PM, Wednesday Feb 4, 2026
Oden Institute & Dept. of Mathematics
Sebastian Reich , Professor, University of Potsdam
3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Center for Autonomy Seminar
Yue Wang, PhD , Professor, Warren H. Owen – Duke Energy Professor of Engineering - Associate Dean for Research, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering College of Engineering and Applied Science (CECAS) Clemson University
11AM – 12:30PM, Thursday Feb 12, 2026
POB 4.304
Center for Autonomy & Center for Computational Medicine
Assistant Professor Chenyu You , Stony Brook University
2:30PM – 3:30PM, Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
POB 6.304
Oden Institute Seminar
Dr. João Hespanha , Distinguished Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
12PM – 1PM, Thursday Feb 26, 2026
POB 6.102
Oden Institute Distinguished Lecture
Leszek Demkowicz , Oden Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Feb 26, 2026
POB 2.302 (Avaya Auditorium)
Center for Autonomy Seminar
Yorie Nakahira , Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
11AM – 12:30PM, Wednesday Mar 4, 2026
POB 6.304
Oden Institute Seminar
Ivana Escobar , CSEM Ph.D. Candidate
1PM – 3PM, Thursday Apr 9, 2026
POB 4.304
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