New training method improves visual grounding
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 uses NLP, novel procedural knowledge extraction paradigm to track trends in biomedical literature
Over 100 Rice students worked for a year on the award-winning hybrid rocket “Archimedes”
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Rice CS Senior Jasmine Manansala to compete on Jeopardy! Tue, 02/08/2022 - 13:13
The National College Championship will air on February 8
![Redistricting project wins Rice Datathon](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2022-03/DatathonJan2022.jpeg?itok=1u7zO2Fr)
Redistricting project wins Rice Datathon Thu, 02/03/2022 - 12:34
Rice CS undergrad teams take home all three top prizes
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Anastasios “Tasos” Kyrillidis wins NSF CAREER Award Thu, 02/03/2022 - 07:48
The five-year grant supports the development of algorithmic foundations and theory that will accelerate problem solving
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Nathan Dautenhahn wins CAREER Award Mon, 01/31/2022 - 10:03
Five-year NSF grant supports simplified security for complex computer systems
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Moshe Vardi to host Kate Crawford's Technology, Culture, and Society Lecture Thu, 01/27/2022 - 11:35
Crawford, professor and leading researcher in the social impacts of AI, will present “Atlas of AI: Mapping the Political Economies of Planetary Computation”
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Moshe Vardi to give Vienna Logic Day Lecture on the adverse consequences of technology Mon, 01/10/2022 - 13:25
In celebration of UNESCO's World Logic Day, Vardi will present “From Greek Paradoxes to Political Paradoxes"
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Alumni Leo Elworth (PhD '19): Award Winning Posters and Pitches Thu, 01/06/2022 - 14:52
Elworth honed his presentation skills with the help of Rice's ACTIVATE Engineering Communication program
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Rice CS PhD students win Ken Kennedy Institute graduate fellowships Wed, 01/05/2022 - 11:16
Zhiwei Zhang awarded Andrew Ladd Fellowship and ZhaoZhuo Xu wins BP Fellowship
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Treangen, Stadler confirm presence of omicron in Houston wastewater treatment plants Mon, 12/13/2021 - 11:35
In collaboration with the Houston Health Department, Rice researchers found the SARS-CoV-2 variant in eight of the city’s 39 facilities
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Omicron mutations may help SARS-CoV-2 evade antibodies Thu, 12/02/2021 - 12:58
Treangen Lab software reveals spike mutations that could help virus variant defeat vaccinations