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”
![Mark Moll talking with a middle school student about Igor, the robot](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/MarkMoll_MSSwithRobot_745.jpg.jpeg?itok=gj_JR6Io)
Middle School Students Interact with Robot Sun, 04/30/2017 - 11:18
Middle school students were treated to personal interactions with a robot to help the students see the opportunities available in STEM fields and introduce them to engineering.
![Lydia Kavraki](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/LydiaKavraki-ACMAthenaLecturer-745.jpg.jpeg?itok=y1wVZpuZ)
Lydia Kavraki wins ACM Athena Lecturer Award Tue, 04/25/2017 - 11:20
Rice University computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has received one of the most prestigious honors in her field, the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) Athena Lecturer Award.
![Raymond Cano presenting at RURS](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/RaymondCano-RURS%2717-745.jpg.jpeg?itok=kHxhgQRk)
Students showcase projects at annual Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium Sat, 04/22/2017 - 11:22
Computer Science students Zhouhan Chen, Isaac Dykeman, and Raymond Cano won recognition for their research.
![Christy Warden](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/christy_1%20%281%29.jpg.jpeg?itok=jDmxJGcL)
Christy Warden: Over the Top Wed, 04/19/2017 - 23:19
Christy Warden combines neuroscience and CS
![CS Undergraduates Naomi Eigbe, Junyan Guo, and Jessica Yu](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/NaomiEigbe-JunyanGuo-JessicaYu-ChevronAwards-745.jpg.jpeg?itok=WNKzHRMS)
Computer Science undergraduate students receive Chevron awards Mon, 04/17/2017 - 11:25
Three Computer Science majors were selected by the CS Undergraduate Student Committee to receive Chevron Awards.
![Rachel Resnick](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/rachel_1.jpg.jpeg?itok=om0627A3)
Rachel Resnick Makes the Sophomore Switch Sun, 04/16/2017 - 10:55
Rachel Resnick switches to CS during her sophomore year
![Chen Luo (left), Anshumali Shrivastava, and Juan Jose Gonzalez Espana have developed a navigational location detection system that uses existing sensors in mobile devices.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/ChenLuo-AnshumaliShrivastava-JuanJoseGonzalezEspana-NavigationalDetectionSystem-745.jpg.jpeg?itok=Z9W_cOzL)
Navigational detection system, more or less Sun, 04/16/2017 - 09:05
Rice University computer scientists are mapping a new solution for interior navigational location detection by linking it to existing sensors in mobile devices.
![Filip Drozdowski](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/filip_1.jpg.jpeg?itok=rqdiO8Ot)
Filip Drozdowski: CS + High Hurdles Wed, 04/12/2017 - 11:31
Filip Drozdowski describes his experiences with CS and track
![CS PhD grad students Zak Kingston and Andrew Wells](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/KingstonWells-robotguys-article.jpeg?itok=QGlv3ALH)
Kingston, Wells awarded NASA Fellowships Tue, 04/11/2017 - 09:07
Zachary K. Kingston and Andrew Wells, first-year graduate students in computer science (CS) at Rice University, have received NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships (NSTRF17).
![Connie Feng and Patrick Dunphy help the startup Spiceworks Revolutionize the IT Economy](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2021-12/FengDunphy.jpg.jpeg?itok=tOl6nK70)
Connie Feng and Patrick Dunphy help the startup Spiceworks Revolutionize the IT Economy Mon, 04/10/2017 - 11:10
CS Alumni help Spiceworks Revolutionize the IT Economy