in Computational & Data Sciences

April 30–May 1, 2024 | Oden Institute, Austin, Texas

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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Organizing Committee

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