Rising Stars in Computational & Data Sciences is an intensive academic and research career workshop series for women graduate students and postdocs. Co-organized by Sandia and UT-Austin’s Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences, Rising Stars brings together top women PhD students and postdocs for technical talks, panels, and networking events. The workshop series began in 2019 with a two-day event in Austin, TX. Due to travel limitations associated with the pandemic, the 2020 Rising Stars event went virtual with a compressed half-day format. Nonetheless, it was an overwhelming success with 28 attendees selected from a highly competitive pool of over 100 applicants. The workshop featured an inspiring keynote talk by Dr. Rachel Kuske, Chair of Mathematics at Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as lightning-round talks and breakout sessions. Several Sandia managers and staff also participated. The Rising Stars organizing committee includes Sandians Tammy Kolda (Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Extreme-scale Data Science & Analytics Dept.) and James Stewart (Sr. Manager, Computational Sciences & Math Group), as well as UT Austin faculty Karen Willcox (Director, Oden Institute) and Rachel Ward (Assoc. Professor of Mathematics).
For more information on Rising Stars, see https://risingstars.oden.utexas.edu
