Rice Computer Science faculty members Lydia Kavraki and Marcia O’Malley are among 35 scientists named Oct. 25 to a list of the world’s top women scientists in robotics, engineering and science at the iROS 2022 Conference in Kyoto, Japan. The international conference focuses on intelligent robots and systems.
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Kavraki is the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and a professor bioengineering, mechanical engineering and electrical and computer engineering and director of the Ken Kennedy Institute.
O’Malley is the Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor in Mechanical Engineering and a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of computer science, and associate dean for research and innovation.
See the full list of honorees on the iROS Conference website.