We are seeking nominations for the 2026 Rising Stars in Computational & Data Sciences Workshop to be held April 7-8, 2026, at the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe, NM. 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, the Santa Fe Institute, and Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, and Sandia National Laboratories are proud to partner to host the seventh Rising Stars workshop in Computational and Data Sciences, with a focus on early career researchers in computational and data sciences. Previous workshops have been held in 2019 (Austin), 2020 (virtual), 2022 (Albuquerque), 2023 (Austin), 2024 (Austin), and 2025 (Austin).
We invite nominations for outstanding candidates in their final year of PhD or within three years of having graduated and not yet in a tenure-track faculty or permanent staff position. Approximately 30 participants will be selected to come for two days of research presentations and interactive discussions about academic and research careers, with financial support for travel provided. Nominees are considered based on their technical merit, and their technical and service leadership.
Nominations require (1) a letter of nomination and (2) the nominee's two-page resume. Nominations are due January 30, 2026 and should be submitted at:
Rising Stars Nominations
For questions, please see our FAQS linked on our website (https://risingstars.oden.utexas.edu) or contact the Rising Stars Administrator at rs_admin@oden.utexas.edu.
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Brian Weaver
Scientist/Group Leader
Statistics Group
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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