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.
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NSF-Simons CosmicAI Hybrid Seminar Series
CosmicAI Hybrid Seminar
1. Peter Jansen, 2. Ann Zabludoff , 1. Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, and Visiting Research Scientist at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, 2. Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
11AM – 12PM, Wednesday Apr 29, 2026
CosmicAI Event
Harrington Symposium 2026 | Large Language Models: Advances and Applications
1. Jessy Li, 2. Kartheik Lyer , 1. AI lead of the Explorable Universe group, 2. NASA Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
9AM – 5PM, Thursday Apr 30, 2026
Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
PhD Dissertation Defense
Controlling and Exploiting Heterogeneity in Thermoplastic Composites
Joseph Kirchhoff , Graduate Student
2PM – 3PM, Wednesday Jul 1, 2026
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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