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Omar Ghattas

Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair in Engineering
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Center for OPTimization, Inverse problems, Machine learning, & Uncertainty for complex Systems (OPTIMUS), Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
Professor, Computational Science, Engineering, & Mathematics (CSEM) graduate program
Professor (by courtesy) Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
Professor (by courtesy) Department of Biomedical Engineering
Professor (by courtesy) Department of Computer Science
Director, Multifaceted Mathematics for Predictive Digital Twins (A DOE multi-institutional MMICCs Center)
Chief Scientist, TACC Frontera supercomputer
The University of Texas at Austin


Contact information:
email: omar@oden.utexas.edu
office: Peter O'Donnell Jr. Building (POB) 4.236
tel: +1 512.232.4304
mobile: +1 512.949.9818
fax: +1 512.471.8694
Assistant: Sarah Bialik, +1 512.232.2262, sarah.bialik@oden.utexas.edu
Mailing address

Bio information:
Short narrative bio
A 1-page summary of my CV plus a 1-page summary of my recent research (PDF)
Full Curriculum Vitae (71 pages, PDF)
An official portrait of me

Some recent courses:
  • In Spring 2023, I am teaching CSE-393P/GEO-391/ME-397/ORI-397: Computational and Variational Methods for Inverse Problems. A flyer for this course can be found here.
  • In Fall 2021, I taught CSE-397/GEO-391/ME-397/ORI-397: Computational and Variational Methods for Inverse Problems. Here is the flyer for that course: here.
  • In Fall 2020, I taught GEO 384F: Finite Element Method in Geophysics. A flyer describing the course can be found here.
  • In Fall 2019, I taught CSE 397/GEO 391/ME 397/ORI 397: Computational and Variational Methods for Inverse Problems. A flyer describing the course can be found here.
  • In Fall 2018, I taught GEO 384F: Finite Element Method in Geophysics. A flyer describing the course can be found here.
  • Fall 2015: CSE 397/GEO 391/ME 397/ORI 397: Computational and Variational Methods for Inverse Problems
  • Fall 2014: GEO 384F: Computational Methods for Geophysics
  • Spring 2013: GEO 384F: Computational Methods for Geophysics

Note: A new webpage is under construction (sigh). Everything below is deprecated and links to old project/research material have been removed. If you're interested in any of my papers, my full CV contains hyperlinks to most of my published and submitted papers. For published papers, the hyperlink in my CV points to the journal version. For submitted papers, the hyperlink points to the arXiv preprint. Or just go to my Google Scholar page. If you have problems obtaining a paper, let me know.

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