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”
![Mary Hall and Aaron Hertzmann named IEEE Fellows.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/HallHertzmann-1920.jpg.jpeg?itok=D2pb_pLy)
Mary Hall, Aaron Hertzmann elevated to IEEE Fellows Wed, 12/18/2019 - 11:56
Rice CS alumni Mary Hall and Aaron Hertzmann named IEEE Fellows.
![Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science at Rice University.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/191209_distributed_deep_learning_01.jpg.jpeg?itok=UXh5qcxl)
Rice, Amazon report breakthrough in ‘distributed deep learning’ Thu, 12/12/2019 - 13:12
MACH slashes time and resources needed to train computers for product searches.
![Dave Murgatroyd is a Rice CS alumnus.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/DaveMurgatroyd-1920x1080.jpg.jpeg?itok=fHjkUxXT)
Dave Murgatroyd on ML, Language, and Leadership Tue, 12/10/2019 - 21:10
Dave Murgatroyd's lessons on leadership
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Vardi awarded honorary doctorate by Université Grenoble Alpes Tue, 12/03/2019 - 13:14
University Professor recognized for 'significant contributions in four sectors of computer science.'
![Software Engineer Marie Chatfield, a Rice University Computer Science alumna.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/MarieChatfield-1920x1080.jpg.jpeg?itok=xpMRrGy7)
Marie Chatfield: Front-end Engineer, Conference Speaker, Accessibility Fan Mon, 12/02/2019 - 12:12
Software Engineer Marie Chatfield, a Rice University Computer Science alumna gives talks to help CS students understand important concepts.
![Moshe Y. Vardi](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/191120_vardi_ecnu.jpg.jpeg?itok=WGxA8Zhp)
Vardi named honorary professor at East China Normal University Wed, 11/20/2019 - 13:26
ECNU describes Rice professor as “one of the world’s top-notch computational logic researchers.”
![Scott Ruthfield, Rice University CS alumnus and entrepreneur.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/Scott%202019-10.jpg.jpeg?itok=BQacw4S3)
Scott Ruthfield: Build your own Gig Tue, 11/19/2019 - 13:16
"Generally, 95% of my job is happy moments, giving people good news or helping solving their problems. It’s a really good gig.” --Scott Ruthfield, founder of Rooster Park Consulting in Seattle, WA.
![Rice CS alumna Allison Heath and alumnus Clement Pang.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/HeathPangCollage-rev1.jpg.jpeg?itok=U6-b04AK)
Heath, Pang recognized as Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni Fri, 11/15/2019 - 13:28
Rice CS alumna Allison Heath and alumnus Clement Pang recognized as Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni
![Dinler Antunes and Suguman Bansal](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/191114_antunes_bansal.jpg.jpeg?itok=adrCEHQ5)
Antunes, Bansal named as Future Faculty Fellows Thu, 11/14/2019 - 13:29
New Rice Engineering program supports Ph.D. and postdoctoral students interested in pursuing academic careers.
![Rice MCS alumnus Harsh Upadhyay.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/HarshUpadhyay-3497-tilt-FAVE2.jpg.jpeg?itok=Msi_A-1_)
Harsh Upadhyay: MCS and the Courage to Change Tue, 11/12/2019 - 13:29
“To expand your boundaries you have to take risks. Yes, it can feel awkward or even painful to step into the unknown, but growth requires change. Remember, some of the best cocktails require shaking.” -- Harsh Upadhyay, MCS '16.