Unconventional Computing
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Inside Rice CS
![Rice University Computer Science Ph.D. student Catherine (Ruozhen) He](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/link_card_large/public/2024-08/Catherine%20He.jpg.webp?itok=8CHAgUS8)
New training method improves visual grounding
![Wil Thomason](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/link_card_large/public/2024-08/Thomason.jpg.webp?itok=JZX_18wR)
Wil Thomason brings strong background in task and motion planning to team of experts at one of the nation’s leading robotics institutions
![Vicky Yao](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/link_card_large/public/2024-08/Vicky%20Yao%2016x9.jpg.webp?itok=QZUU9LuH)
Vicky Yao uses NLP, novel procedural knowledge extraction paradigm to track trends in biomedical literature
![Rice Eclipse Students](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/link_card_large/public/2024-08/Rice%20Eclipse.jpg.webp?itok=cqiph9jT)
Over 100 Rice students worked for a year on the award-winning hybrid rocket “Archimedes”
![Rice faculty and Brazilian students line up along a stairwell](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/link_card_large/public/2024-07/Silva%2016x9.jpg.webp?itok=rcg6bkzd)
The IFCE-Rice-SENAI program aims to establish a long-term US-Brazil research and education collaboration
![Aaron Hertzmann](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/link_card_large/public/2024-07/Aaron%20Hertzmann%20web_0.jpg.webp?itok=G1ZCpU_k)
Adobe scientist nominated for ‘pioneering work’ in the field
![Computer scientists awarded $1M NSF grant to reduce waste through AI](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/link_card_large/public/2024-07/Hu%20AI%201M%20grant.jpg.webp?itok=BLkPa5TD)
Small Business Innovation Research grant will allow Costilla Reyes and Hu to further their work on automated machine-learning platform AutoEdge.ai.
![Rice students’ coding skills are top 3 in the nation](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/link_card_large/public/2024-07/CodeSignal.jpg.webp?itok=n1_EMc4w)
Skills-based ranking shows Rice is a national leader in fostering diverse talent