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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Reginald DesRoches, former dean of engineering, named 8th president of Rice University Thu, 11/11/2021 - 16:10
Distinguished civil engineer to replace David Leebron, president of Rice since 2004, effective July 1, 2022
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The Ken Kennedy Institute awards Computational Science & Engineering Fellowship to Xinyu Yao Tue, 11/09/2021 - 14:19
The Rice computer science doctoral student is one of three award recipients
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Kyrillidis urges caution when it comes to quantum computing Thu, 11/04/2021 - 11:29
Rice computer scientist and collaborators have received NSF grants totaling $930,000 to investigate the development of quantum computing.
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Kavraki Lab speeds process of identifying potential pandemic treatments Mon, 11/01/2021 - 15:35
Rice web portal helps identify COVID-19 drug candidates
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Engineering and science building signals ‘a new era of research and education’ Fri, 10/22/2021 - 16:58
Construction of the new $152 million, 266,000-square-foot building on the engineering quadrangle at Rice is underway.
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Dinler Antunes: Explaining Complex Research Fri, 10/22/2021 - 14:39
"Reaching more people, achieving more collaboration—these are the benefits" of clear communication
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Rice CS alum Dorry Segev ('92) honored with Distinguished Alumni Award Fri, 10/08/2021 - 10:27
Segev is one of seven alumni being honored for achievements in the engineering profession
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NSF-backed ‘team of teams’ raises stakes for MCS and MDS students Fri, 10/01/2021 - 12:50
Rice, Texas Southern, Prairie View A&M, Jackson State partner to prep future engineers
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Treangen Lab research shows SARS-CoV-2 getting better at spreading through breath Thu, 09/23/2021 - 20:07
Study confirms ventilation and tight-fitting masks remain key
![Meet Rice CS’ New Faculty: Vicente Ordóñez-Román, Associate Professor](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2021-09/Vicente_Ordonez_1600x900.jpeg?itok=MxGmYre5)
Meet Rice CS’ New Faculty: Vicente Ordóñez-Román, Associate Professor Thu, 09/09/2021 - 11:11
Ordóñez-Román is an expert in computer vision, natural language processing and machine learning