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.
Latest news and events
from the Oden Institute
Pioneering the Future of Heart Health: Cardio AI Conference
Next Upcoming Event
1) From astrochemical models to surrogate models: understanding the chemistry of star formation, 2) Adaptive Tree Reduced-Order Model for Parametric Chemical Kinetics, 3) Tree-based adaptive approximation
Mélisse Bonfand-Caldeira, Arjun Vijaywargiya and George Biros, Speaker 1: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Virginia Speaker 2: Postdoctoral Fellow, Oden Institute, University of Texas at Austin Speaker 3: Professor, Oden Institute, University of Texas at Austin
1 p.m.– 2 p.m.
Oct. 14, 2026
Zoom and POB 4.304
Fusion Energy Seed Grants Launch New Interdisciplinary Collaborations at UT Austin
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
The Oden Institute is pushing the boundaries on both the theoretical and methodological foundations of AI for Science and its impact across multiple domains of science, engineering and medicine. We are home to multiple national-scale AI for Science efforts, including the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins, the Department of Energy Mathematical Multifaceted Integrated Capability Center on Digital Twins, and four Genesis Mission projects. We have strategically expanded our educational offerings and faculty strength in AI for Science. We have hired multiple new faculty in AI for Science foundations, including scientific machine learning, as well as multiple new faculty at the forefront of AI's revolution in the physical and life sciences and engineering.
Computational
Medicine
Computing is revolutionizing medicine and the Oden Institute is at the forefront of creating the new computational methods and tools that power this revolution, together with the translational and clinical partnerships that will translate research innovation into real-world impact on patients and health care systems worldwide. Our efforts include the Joint Center for Computational Oncology, a partnership with MD Anderson Cancer Center that is shaping the future of cancer care, the Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, the Center for Computational Medicine, which will reach beyond Austin as a global resource for the creation of medical digital twins, and the AIxPhysics for Drug Discovery Center.
High Performance
Computing
Home to the pioneering research that won the 2025 Gordon Bell Prize, leadership in HPC is interwoven throughout the Oden Institute's research and educational programs. We have a close and synergistic partnership with the Texas Advanced Computing Center, the nation's leading academic supercomputer center. Oden Institute faculty member Omar Ghattas serves as Chief Scientist for TACC's Frontera and Horizon Leadership Class Computing Facility. Computing is one of the three pillars of our Computational Science, Engineering and Mathematics PhD program, and we have a culture of pushing the boundaries in computing at scale, evident in our HPC leadership in areas such as quantum materials, geophysics, multiscale modeling, and digital twins.
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