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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FDA OKs manufacturer’s version of Rice ventilator Mon, 08/17/2020 - 00:43
Rice Computer Science PhD student Thomas Herring led the development of the original control system and algorithm.
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Kathi Fletcher on Product Development and FATE Thu, 07/16/2020 - 20:37
Alumna Katherine Fletcher (BSEE ’87, MSEE ’94) is passionate about fairness, accountability, transparency, and equity. She calls this combination of values FATE.
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Andrew Huie: CS and a Tokyo Startup Mon, 06/22/2020 - 20:53
Andrew Huie's work at Tokyo Startup Ascent
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Kavraki receives NSF grant for COVID-19 'computational pipeline' Sun, 06/21/2020 - 16:01
Rice computer scientist looks to help identify fragments of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins that could be used as targets for vaccine development.
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Kavraki honored with 2019 ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award Wed, 05/20/2020 - 16:04
Dr. Lydia Kavraki honored with 2019 ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award
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Making What Matters Fri, 05/15/2020 - 11:26
Alumnus-led makerspace creates, sells and donates protective equipment to workers on the front lines.
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Elsonbaty first Rice student honored with leadership credential Tue, 05/05/2020 - 22:24
Computer Science senior Noor Elsonbaty made university history earning his International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential.
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Treangen awarded $1.5 million to develop new DNA screening tools Mon, 05/04/2020 - 22:31
The award is the third phase of a $2.7 million dollar contract from the Functional Genomic and Computational Assessment of Threats program.
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Cooper awarded for service, leadership to Rice Fri, 05/01/2020 - 22:35
Professor receives Rice Faculty Award for Excellence in University Service and Leadership.
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University of Gothenburg awards Vardi honorary doctorate Fri, 04/24/2020 - 22:38
University Professor recognized for his “contributions to the usage of logic in various fields in computer science."