# Center for Scientific Machine Learning
**Entity class:** Oden Institute research center
## Definition
The **Center for Scientific Machine Learning** develops methods combining physics-based modeling, machine learning, optimization, inverse theory, Bayesian inference, model reduction, data assimilation, reinforcement learning, and high-performance computing.
## Relationships
- **part of:** [[wiki/Oden Institute|Oden Institute]].
- **co-directed by:** [[wiki/Tan Bui-Thanh|Tan Bui-Thanh]].
- **methods:** [[wiki/Scientific Machine Learning|Scientific Machine Learning]], [[wiki/Inverse Problem|Inverse Problem]], [[wiki/Reduced-Order Modeling|Reduced-Order Modeling]], and [[wiki/Data Assimilation|Data Assimilation]].
- **institutional model:** [[wiki/Predictive Computational Methods Foundry|Predictive Computational Methods Foundry]].
## Sources / Provenance
- [Oden Institute — Center for Scientific Machine Learning](https://www.oden.utexas.edu/research/centers-and-groups/center-for-scientific-machine-learning/)
- [Oden Institute — Tan Bui-Thanh](https://oden.utexas.edu/people/directory/Tan-Bui/)