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Eric Carlson: CS, Management, and Aviation Fri, 05/17/2019 - 11:36

“This might be my most enjoyable role yet,” said FlightAware product manager and Rice CS alumnus Eric Carlson. “It leverages my consulting experience, and allows me to talk business and talk tech at the same time."

Leslie Ann Goldberg's Side Job Tue, 05/14/2019 - 11:50

Leslie Ann Goldberg (B.A. ’87) discovered her love of research at Rice. “Standing at the board with students and other research colleagues and finally solving a problem – especially after many months of trying – that’s a great day,” she said.

Santiago Mejia: from Paper to Privacy Tue, 05/07/2019 - 12:10

Rice University alumnus Santiago Mejia (B.A. ’91) began his computer science journey the hard way – without a computer.

CS graduates biggest class in history Fri, 05/03/2019 - 18:53

209 students from the Department of Computer Science are part of the largest graduating class in the history of the university.

Mohammad Ovais: Startups and MedTech Thu, 05/02/2019 - 12:54

Medtech entrepreneur Mohammad Ovais views his employees as family. He said, "l feel the relationship between employer and employee should be forever.”

Jarred Payne: “Think before you Code” Tue, 04/30/2019 - 10:47

Rice CS alumnus Jarred Payne said,“The biggest take-away from COMP 410 was ‘think before you code’. When you jump in and code first, you will get to a point where you are stuck. No amount of coding will fix a bad plan."

Sarah Dover Mendez: Information Architect and Content Engineer Thu, 04/25/2019 - 11:10

Rice CS alumna Sarah Dover Mendez said, “In both my teaching and technical communications careers, the benefit of my CS degree has been a way of thinking that extends to many disciplines."

Treangen gets grant for DNA screening tools Tue, 04/23/2019 - 18:55

Computer scientist Todd Treangen was awarded a $600,000 contract from Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

Chris Conway: Systems, Simulations, and Saving Lives Tue, 04/23/2019 - 11:17

Christopher Conway, Rice University Computer Science alumnus and IESEG School of Management faculty member gives advice to CS students

Cooper recognized with award for superior teaching Mon, 04/22/2019 - 18:59

Keith Cooper, the L. John and Ann H. Doerr Chair in Computational Engineering and professor in computer science was recognized with an award for superior teaching.