Past Events

Explore our latest events, seminar series and conferences.

Upcoming Past

Sep

25

2026

Seminar Series

SDS Seminar Series – Chad Hazlett, University of California, Los Angeles

The Synthetic Confounder: What Pre-Treatment Outcomes Can and Cannot Buy in Longitudinal Causal Inference

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Chad Hazlett

Sep

23

2026

Data Bits & Bites Speaker Series

Data Bits & Bites - Amanda Glazer, SDS Assistant Professor

Beyond the Box Score: What Sports Analytics Can (And Can't) Tell Us

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Speaker(s): Amanda Glazer

Sep

18

2026

Seminar Series

SDS Seminar Series – Arhit Chakrabarti, University of Texas at Austin

Graphical Dirichlet Process for Clustering Non-Exchangeable Grouped Data

2:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Arhit Chakrabarti

Sep

18

2026

Info Session: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Learn about eligibility, application strategies and resources for securing one of the nation’s premier graduate fellowships.

10:00 am • Virtual

Sep

11

2026

Seminar Series

SDS Seminar Series – Shuangjie Zhang, University of Texas at Austin

Structure Learning for Directed Trees with Zero-Inflated Compositional Nodes

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Shuangjie Zhang

Sep

10

2026

Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards Summit

The Edith and Peter O'Donnell Awards Summit is a special one-day event celebrating 20 years of groundbreaking Texas research and innovation through talks, success stories and networking.

8:00 am – 4:00 pm • In Person

Sep

9

2026

Data Bits & Bites Speaker Series

Data Bits & Bites - James Scott, SDS Chair

Vector Factories and Hyperplanes: How Geometry Powers Machine Learning

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Speaker(s): James Scott

Aug

23

2026

Welcome to SDS

Join the SDS Department for Gone to SDS! An open house event with the opportunity for students to meet professors, interact with student organizations, and connect with their peers. Stop by for snacks and fun gifts!

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm • In Person

Aug

23

2026

Gone to Computing

Gone to Computing is a come-and-go celebration for the School of Computing, with activities taking place in GDC. Come meet fellow computing students, grab a sweet treat, try your luck at the claw machine, and pick up School of Computing swag.

4:00 pm – 8:00 pm • In Person

Apr

17

2026

Seminar Series

SDS Seminar Series – Rina Foygel Barber, University of Chicago

False Detection Rate Control in Time Series Coincidence Detection

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Rina Foygel Barber