AI Events in Austin, TX

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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT

Abstractions for Scalable Verification of AI-enabled Cyber-Physical Systems

Peter O'Donnell Jr. Buildingby Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences

A Center for Autonomy seminar at UT's Oden Institute on formally verifying safety in systems that embed neural networks for perception and control — introducing interval abstractions that make verification of large networks and camera pipelines tractable. Free and open.

MeetupFreeAdvancedResearchersDevelopersStudents

Sep

Wed

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT

CosmicAI Seminar: Surrogate Modeling — Omar Ghattas

The University of Texas at Austinby CosmicAI — NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins

Omar Ghattas takes the September 16 slot in CosmicAI's fall hybrid seminar series at UT Austin, within the semester theme of AI surrogate models for physical systems.

MeetupFreeAdvancedResearchersStudentsDevelopers

Sep

Sat

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

Cursor Austin x AITX Hackathon

by Cursor Austin

A full-day Austin hackathon for solo builders and small teams using Cursor to turn an idea into working software, agents, developer tools, or automations.

HackathonFreeIntermediateDevelopersStudents

Sep

Mon

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

TACCSTER 2026 — TACC Symposium for Texas Researchers

Advanced Computing Building, J.J. Pickle Research Campusby Texas Advanced Computing Center

The Texas Advanced Computing Center's annual two-day symposium for researchers using advanced computing, with invited talks on clinical AI and computational oncology, lightning talks, tutorials, posters, and tours of TACC's AI-focused systems.

ConferenceFreeAdvancedResearchersStudentsDevelopers

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT

Hack AI September

701 Brazos Stby Hack AI

Hack AI's monthly Austin build night moves to Station Austin: AI trivia, two short talks, then a 45-minute open hacking block where attendees work on their own projects. Free with pizza and drinks; both technical and non-technical builders welcome.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersStudentsGeneral

Sep

Wed

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT

Austin Robotics & AI

HICAMby Austin Robotics & AI

The September occurrence of Austin Robotics & AI offers an in-person meeting point for local robotics and AI builders, researchers, students, and enthusiasts to learn, connect, and explore collaboration.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersResearchersStudentsGeneral

Sep

Wed

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CDT

Navigating AI in Your Classroom

Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL)by UT Libraries

A free 90-minute UT workshop where instructors move from discussing responsible AI to actually drafting the artefact they need — a syllabus AI statement, an accommodation policy, or a redesigned assignment — with facilitators on hand.

WorkshopFreeBeginnerResearchersStudents

Oct

Wed

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDT

Austin AI Developers Group Meetup

701 Brazos Stby Austin AI Developers Group

An in-person Austin developer meetup for learning and practicing AI, generative AI, language models, agents, machine learning, deep learning, and data science with local peers.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersStudents

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT

AIMUG Monthly Mixer & Showcase

ACC Rio Grande Campusby Austin LangChain AI Group

Austin LangChain’s October occurrence features community demos, short technical deep dives, Q&A, and networking about agentic applications, LangChain and LangGraph workflows, and Claude Code.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchersStudents

Oct

Wed

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT

CosmicAI Seminar: Accelerated Universe

The University of Texas at Austinby CosmicAI — NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins

CosmicAI's Accelerated Universe research group presents its progress update at UT Austin — the first of the institute's pillar sessions in the second half of the fall seminar series.

MeetupFreeAdvancedResearchersStudentsDevelopers

Oct

Fri

5:30 PM – 8:00 PM CDT

AI and Your Best Self — Hot Science, Cool Talks

Robert A. Welch Hallby UT Austin Environmental Science Institute

A free public lecture by UT computer vision researcher Kristen Grauman on AI that steps off the screen — systems that watch, understand, and coach you through real tasks — preceded by a hands-on activities hour.

ConferenceFreeBeginnerGeneralStudentsResearchers

Oct

Tue

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CDT

Oden Institute Seminar: A Riemannian Geometry Perspective on Foundation Models

Peter O'Donnell Jr. Buildingby Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences

Yale's Rex Ying argues at UT Austin that Euclidean space is the wrong geometry for large foundation models, and shows how hyperbolic embeddings improve Transformers, LLM training, and multimodal systems.

ConferenceFreeAdvancedResearchersDevelopersStudents

Oct

Tue

5:30 PM – 7:15 PM CDT

GSLI Impact Chat: Sustainability & AI

Robert B. Rowling Hallby Global Sustainability Leadership Institute

McCombs' Global Sustainability Leadership Institute devotes its fall Impact Chat to the intersection of sustainability and artificial intelligence, with dinner and networking followed by a moderated conversation and Q&A. Free, in Crum Auditorium at Rowling Hall.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsBusinessStudentsGeneral

Oct

Wed

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT

AI Drop By

Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL)by UT Libraries

A free, no-registration drop-in table in the PCL lobby where UT Libraries staff run activities, games and conversations about using generative AI responsibly — come for five minutes or stay for the full two hours.

WorkshopFreeBeginnerStudentsGeneral

Nov

Mon

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST

CoRL 2026 — Conference on Robot Learning

JW Marriott Austinby Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL)

The international conference at the intersection of robotics and machine learning comes to Austin for four days — three days of peer-reviewed research and keynotes plus a full workshop day, across three downtown and campus venues.

ConferenceAdvancedResearchersDevelopersStudents

Nov

Tue

5:30 PM – 9:00 PM CST

The Future of Robot Learning

111 Congress Aveby PyTorch ATX

PyTorch ATX convenes an Austin evening on robot learning timed to coincide with CoRL, the Conference on Robot Learning — technical talks on how machine learning is reshaping robotics and embodied systems.

MeetupFreeAdvancedDevelopersResearchersStudents

Nov

Wed

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST

AI Drop By

Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL)by UT Libraries

WorkshopFreeBeginnerStudentsGeneral

Nov

Wed

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST

Austin Robotics & AI

HICAMby Austin Robotics & AI

The November meeting of Austin's robotics and AI community at HICAM — talks, project show-and-tell, and networking for engineers, researchers, and builders working on intelligent physical systems.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchersStudents

Dec

Wed

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST

Austin Robotics & AI

HICAMby Austin Robotics & AI

The December meeting of Austin's robotics and AI community at HICAM — talks and project show-and-tell for engineers, researchers, and builders working on robotics, perception, and embodied AI.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchersStudents

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