# ACES Building **Entity class:** Place or jurisdiction **Domain:** Austin Research / Infrastructure **Doc Type:** Research entity **Source basis:** Supplied research cluster with linked references; see the [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|evidence map]] for verification scope. **ACES**, the Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences building, is the physical home associated with UT’s interdisciplinary computational-science expansion and the later [[wiki/Peter O’Donnell Jr.|Peter O’Donnell]] naming. It gives the Oden lineage a shared institutional setting for mathematics, engineering, science, and graduate research. The corpus describes its completion in 2000 and renaming in 2013. The construction-start date needs care: the supporting articles say 1997, while Oden’s current history places construction under its 1999 entry. These records have not been reconciled. ACES is a building and institutional setting; ICES was the institute’s former name. Keeping them distinct prevents the research institute, physical facility, and UARC structure from collapsing into one entity. ## Connected entries [[wiki/Oden Institute|Oden Institute]] · [[wiki/J. Tinsley Oden|J. Tinsley Oden]] · [[wiki/Peter O’Donnell Jr.|Peter O’Donnell Jr.]] · [[wiki/Texas Advanced Computing Center|Texas Advanced Computing Center]] · [[wiki/University Affiliated Research Center|University Affiliated Research Center]] · [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|Austin Research Evidence Map]] ## Sources and corpus context - [[research/UT Austin - The University Affiliated Research Center and ACES|UT Austin - The University Affiliated Research Center and ACES]] - [[research/Oden Institute - Machine Learning, Medicine, and Terrorism|Oden Institute - Machine Learning, Medicine, and Terrorism]] - [Oden Institute History](https://oden.utexas.edu/about/history/) **Cluster:** [[wiki/Austin Executable Loop|Austin Executable Loop]] · [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|Austin Research Evidence Map]] ## Relationships <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry's documented connections are expressed in its definition and related-work routes, with provenance retained in the source-linked material. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Austin defense-technology role UT building brings computational researchers and their infrastructure into one physical setting. The article connects its opening in 2000 with the expansion of the institute. Oden develops mathematical and computational methods for reconstructing, predicting, and influencing complex systems. The article identifies named interfaces with ARL:UT, DTRA-funded radiation modeling, and Meyers-group biosurveillance. Shared methods connect the domains; a documented project, sponsor, or transfer establishes each particular institutional relationship. ### Regional relationships - **technical or institutional context:** [[wiki/Oden Institute|Oden Institute]]. - **technical or institutional context:** [[wiki/High-Performance Computing|High-Performance Computing]]. - **regional master router:** [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]]. - **source article:** [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. - **civilian supplier and participation economy:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **intelligence architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ### Austin sources - [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter#The Executable Loop|Austin defense-tech article — The Executable Loop]] — October 2026 revision; source for this entry’s regional role. - [Bryant McGill, Oden Institute: Machine Learning, Medicine, and Terrorism](https://bryantmcgill.com/research/Oden+Institute+-+Machine+Learning%2C+Medicine%2C+and+Terrorism) - [Bryant McGill, UT Austin: The University Affiliated Research Center and ACES](https://bryantmcgill.com/research/UT+Austin+-+The+University+Affiliated+Research+Center+and+ACES) - [Oden Institute, Minimizing Uncertainty in Uncertain World of Defense, Energy](https://oden.utexas.edu/news-and-events/news/minimizing-uncertainty-in-uncertain-world-of-defense-energy/) ## Connected Austin capabilities [[wiki/Peter O’Donnell Jr.|Peter O’Donnell Jr.]]. These entries identify associated implementations, people, methods, and institutional contexts in [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]] supplies their regional arrangement; [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] supplies the wider supplier and participation economy.