Past Events

Explore our latest events, seminar series and conferences.

Upcoming Past

Oct

16

2026

Seminar Series

SDS Seminar Series – Adam Klivans, University of Texas at Austin

Efficient Algorithms for Reliable Machine Learning 

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Speaker(s): Adam Klivans

Oct

14

2026

Data Bits & Bites Speaker Series

Data Bits & Bites - Student Research Presentations

Professor Arya Farahi's Student Research Projects

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Oct

2

2026

Seminar Series

SDS Seminar Series – Giovanni Toto, University of Texas at Austin

Condition matrix completion for polypharmacy medication information

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Speaker(s): Giovanni Toto

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