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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.

15 upcoming events

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High-Dimensional Tensor Methods: Randomization, Implicit Algorithms, and Parallelization

PhD Dissertation Defense

High-Dimensional Tensor Methods: Randomization, Implicit Algorithms, and Parallelization

Yifan Zhang , Ph.D. Candidate, Oden Institute

1PM – 3PM, Tuesday Jan 27, 2026

POB 4.304

Learning Dynamics with Limited Data

Oden Institute & Dept. of Statistics and Data Sciences

Learning Dynamics with Limited Data

George Stepaniants , Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Jan 27, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Data-Driven Optimal Experimental Design and Uncertainty Quantification with Applications in Computational Imaging

PhD Dissertation Defense

Data-Driven Optimal Experimental Design and Uncertainty Quantification with Applications in Computational Imaging

Evan Scope Crafts

2PM – 4PM, Wednesday Jan 28, 2026

POB 6.304

From intuition to innovation: accelerating scientific discovery through black-box probabilistic inference

Oden Institute & College of Natural Sciences

From intuition to innovation: accelerating scientific discovery through black-box probabilistic inference

Diana Cai , Research Fellow, Center for Computational Mathematics at Flatiron Institute

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Jan 29, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

The Physics Information Computation of Perennial Machine Learning and Discovery

Babuška Forum

The Physics Information Computation of Perennial Machine Learning and Discovery

Chandrajit Bajaj , University of Texas at Austin

10AM – 11AM, Friday Jan 30, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Learning and Design from Large-Scale Interventions in Cellular Systems

Oden Institute & College of Natural Sciences

Learning and Design from Large-Scale Interventions in Cellular Systems

Jiaqi Zhang , PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11AM – 12PM, Tuesday Feb 3, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Learning Theory for the AI for Science Era

Oden Institute & Dept. of Statistics and Data Sciences

Learning Theory for the AI for Science Era

Ambuj Tewari , Professor, University of Michigan

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Feb 3, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Digital Twins: Contributions of SciML/AI and challenges

Oden Institute & Dept. of Mathematics

Digital Twins: Contributions of SciML/AI and challenges

Sebastian Reich , Professor, University of Potsdam

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Feb 10, 2026

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Learning for Autonomy: Trust Modeling in Human-Robot Collaboration and Distributional Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Center for Autonomy Seminar

Learning for Autonomy: Trust Modeling in Human-Robot Collaboration and Distributional Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

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

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

Reinforcement Learning for Large-Scale Games

Reinforcement Learning for Large-Scale Games

Dr. João Hespanha

12PM – 1PM, Thursday Feb 26, 2026

POB 6.102

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)

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

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

Oden Institute Seminar

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

Ivana Escobar

1PM – 3PM, Thursday Apr 9, 2026

POB 4.304

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