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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.

11 upcoming events

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Probing the interaction dynamics of disordered proteins with single-molecule spectroscopy

Molecular BioPhysics Seminar Series

Probing the interaction dynamics of disordered proteins with single-molecule spectroscopy

Ben Schuler , University of Zurich

3:30PM – 5PM, Monday Nov 3, 2025

POB 6.304

GPU Accelerated Particle-in-Cell Methods for Low-Temperature Plasmas

PhD Dissertation Defense

GPU Accelerated Particle-in-Cell Methods for Low-Temperature Plasmas

James Almgren-Bell , CSEM Student, Oden Institute

3PM – 5PM, Tuesday Nov 4, 2025

POB 4.304 and Zoom

Network Approaches in Spatial Ecology

Oden Institute Seminar

Network Approaches in Spatial Ecology

Tim Keitt , Professor, UT Austin - Department of Integrative Biology

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Nov 4, 2025

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Deep Generative Physical Modeling for Blind Imaging Inverse Problems

Oden Institute Seminar

Deep Generative Physical Modeling for Blind Imaging Inverse Problems

Jon Tamir , UT Austin - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Nov 6, 2025

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Machine Learning in Model Predictive Control: Theoretical and Practical Challenges

Seminar

Machine Learning in Model Predictive Control: Theoretical and Practical Challenges

Zhe Wu , Assistant Professor, University of Singapore

1PM – 2PM, Friday Nov 7, 2025

POB 6.304

Multiscale Quantification of Preterm Infant Movement Dynamics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

PhD Dissertation Defense

Multiscale Quantification of Preterm Infant Movement Dynamics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Ally Richardson , CSEM Ph.D. Candidate

2PM – 4PM, Saturday Nov 8, 2025

POB 6.304

Epigraph Convexification for Nonlinear Robust Optimal Control

Epigraph Convexification for Nonlinear Robust Optimal Control

Abraham P. Vinod , Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL)

11AM – 12PM, Tuesday Nov 11, 2025

POB 6.304

Illuminating the complex mechanics of a simple breath

Oden Institute Seminar

Illuminating the complex mechanics of a simple breath

Mona Eskandari , UC Riverside

3:30PM – 5PM, Tuesday Nov 11, 2025

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Paleo-reconstruction of Greenland Ice Sheet Dynamics over the Holocene via Bayesian Inversion

PhD Dissertation Defense

Paleo-reconstruction of Greenland Ice Sheet Dynamics over the Holocene via Bayesian Inversion

Shreyas Gaikwad , CSEM Ph.D. Candidate

1PM – 3PM, Thursday Nov 13, 2025

POB 4.304 and Zoom

Generality Meets Precision: Teaching Machine Learning to Love Numerics

Oden Institute Seminar

Generality Meets Precision: Teaching Machine Learning to Love Numerics

Jerry W Liu , Stanford University

3:30PM – 5PM, Thursday Nov 20, 2025

POB 6.304 and Zoom

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