Computer Science News

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.

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 Thu, 09/19/2019 - 12:23

Jacob Lu's work in the Treangen Lab

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: 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.

K Young on Startups and Changing Directions Mon, 09/09/2019 - 21:08

Rice CS alumnus K Young is now the VP for Growth Engineering at Datadog.

Bill LeFebvre: Unix, Open Source, and the World Wide Web Thu, 09/05/2019 - 21:24

Rice CS alumnus William "Bill" LeFebvre is the chief architect at If/Then.

Kavraki to lead Ken Kennedy Institute Thu, 09/05/2019 - 13:50

Lydia Kavraki has been named director of Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute.

Jermaine Awarded NSF Grant for machine learning Thu, 09/05/2019 - 13:48

Jermaine Awarded NSF Grant for machine learning

Group receives award at VLDB Conference Thu, 09/05/2019 - 13:47

Jermaine and his group shared best paper runner up award at this year's VLDB Conference.