The 5th Rising Stars in Computational and Data Sciences Workshop is being held April 30-May 1, 2024, at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at UT Austin. The event is co-organized by the Oden Institute and Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, and Sandia National Laboratories. Rising Stars is an intensive workshop for graduate students and postdocs who are interested in pursuing academic and research careers. A primary focus of the workshop is increasing the participation of underrepresented gender identities in computational and data sciences.
We are seeking nominations for outstanding candidates in their final year of PhD or within three years of having graduated (and not yet in a permanent faculty or staff position). All gender identities are welcome as nominees. We will select approximately 30 participants to come for two days of research presentations and interactive discussions about academic and research careers, with financial support for travel provided.
The nomination consists of sending (1) a letter of nomination and (2) a copy of the nominee's 2-page resume to Karissa Vail at karissa.vail@austin.utexas.edu with subject line ''Rising Stars Nomination.''
Please consider nominating one of your outstanding current/recent PhD students or postdocs. Nominations are due January 29, 2024.
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An Academic and Research Career Workshop for Computational and Data Sciences
Rising Stars is an intensive workshop for graduate students and postdocs who are interested in pursuing academic and research careers. Originally launched at MIT in 2012, Rising Stars events have been hosted in many different fields at institutions across the world. UT Austin's Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, and Sandia National Laboratories are proud to partner to host the fifth Rising Stars workshop in Computational and Data Sciences, with a focus on increasing the participation of underrepresented gender identities in computational and data sciences. Previous workshops have been held in 2019 (Austin), 2020 (virtual), 2022 (Albuquerque), and 2023 (Austin).
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Poster Sessions
Discussions
Networking
Nicole Aretz
O’Donnell Postdoctoral Fellow (Site Organization)
Oden Institute, University of Texas Austin
Jamie Bramwell
Director of the Center for Computational Engineering
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Aric Hagberg
Division Leader, Computer, Computational, and Statistical Sciences Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jeff Hittinger
Director of the Center for Applied Scientific Computing
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Aimee Hungerford
Deputy Division Leader for Computer, Computational and Statistical Sciences
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bob Moser
Deputy Director, The Oden Institute
Oden Institute, University of Texas Austin
Aleksandra Pachalieva
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Nonlinear Studies
Los Alamost National Laboratory
Teresa Portone
Research Scientist
Sandia National Laboratories
James Stewart
Sr. Manager, Computational Sciences and Math
Sandia National Laboratories
Karen Willcox
Director of the Oden Institute
Oden Institute, University of Texas Austin