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”
![Allison Heath, Rice CS alumna.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/AllisonHeath_8895-844.jpeg?itok=r1ep6QEo)
Allison Heath: CS and Genomics Sun, 10/13/2019 - 11:03
Allison Heath's path to genomics research
![Rice CS alumnus Joe Walowski is now VP for Alexa at Amazon.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/JoeWalowski-1920x1080.jpg.jpeg?itok=CQnZ91fy)
Joe Walowski: Going against the Grain Mon, 10/07/2019 - 11:26
Rice CS alumnus Joe Walowski is now VP for Alexa at Amazon.
![Rice alumna Stephanie Weirich is a CS professor at the University of Pennsylvania.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/sweirich-PennLogo.png.jpeg?itok=Ugb2tSS2)
Stephanie Weirich: a Passion for Programming Languages Wed, 10/02/2019 - 11:37
Rice alumna Stephanie Weirich is now a CS professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
![Student Mentors Needed at Yates High School Robotics Club](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/yatesHSweb.jpg.jpeg?itok=uBFO0BiU)
Student Mentors Needed at Yates High School Robotics Club Fri, 09/27/2019 - 11:48
Two Sigma and Rice University are looking for students who want to mentor the Yates High School Robotics Club
![Kavraki Group wins best paper award at ICRA 2019](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/BestPaperKavrakiGroup.jpg.jpeg?itok=WPpEgHJb)
Kavraki Group wins best paper award at ICRA 2019 Thu, 09/26/2019 - 13:44
The Kavraki group won a best paper award at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in the Cognitive Robotics category.
![Rice Computer Science alumnus Bob Swanson (B.A. '84).](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/BobSwanson-03846-Lovett-crossedarms-wide-1920x1080.jpg.jpeg?itok=XOTdAyuP)
Bob Swanson: CS and the Traveling Salesman Thu, 09/26/2019 - 12:20
“There is a role in the world for CS people who want to be broad rather than deep. You can see connections that a specialist won’t see," said Bob Swanson (B.A. '84). He's made a career out of pointing out those connections.
![Gene by Gene software engineering manager Bishr Tabbaa is a Rice CS alumnus.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/BishrTabbaa-3870-1920x1080.jpg.jpeg?itok=wFslYeZD)
Bishr Tabbaa: Software Engineering and Biotechnology as strands of DNA Double Helix Tue, 09/24/2019 - 10:12
“Don’t take shortcuts you’ll pay for tomorrow; technology debt is just like financial debt – it compounds on you," said Gene by Gene software engineering manager Bishr Tabbaa (B.A. '99).
![Lu contributes to algorithm, identifies threats to humans, crops](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/Lu.jpg.jpeg?itok=ic3sMzsz)
Lu contributes to algorithm, identifies threats to humans, crops Thu, 09/19/2019 - 12:23
Jacob Lu's work in the Treangen Lab
![Rice CS alumnus Jack Chi is a Yelp software engineer.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/JackChi_1073.png.jpeg?itok=OiSp75Kl)
Fuching “Jack” Chi: Staging a Career Comeback Mon, 09/16/2019 - 13:14
Yelp software engineer and RIce CS alumnus Jack Chi offers advice on staging a career comeback: “Look for baby step wins. Build upon those smaller successes and iterate fast on failures, but pick an area to focus on.”
![Sharon Goza is a Rice MCS alumna and the manager of NASA's Integrated Graphics, Operations, and Analysis Lab.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/SharonGoza1920x1080-175dpi.jpg.jpeg?itok=vrcUaovo)
Sharon Goza: Computer Graphics and Gamification Fri, 09/13/2019 - 20:55
Sharon Goza is a Rice MCS alumna and now the manager of NASA's Integrated Graphics, Operations, and Analysis Lab.