‘A natural fit’: Rice philosophy professor explains relationship between philosophy, technology
When Robert Howell contemplates the future of artificial intelligence, he foresees a world where an app might guide your moral decisions just as Google Maps helps you navigate a road trip.
Rice research could make weird AI images a thing of the past
Rice computer scientists have developed a way to improve the performance of artificial intelligence diffusion models.
Rice and MD Anderson launch initiative to advance cancer-focused operations research
Rice and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced the launch of the Center for Operations Research in Cancer, a joint initiative to solve complex challenges in cancer care using data science to make better operational decisions.
Annual Rice event explores AI innovation in health care
Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute is hosting the third annual AI in Health Conference Sept. 9-12 with themes this year including foundation models in medicine, LLM applications, AI in neuroscience and neurotechnology, digital twins in health care and patient engagement and equity in health AI.
Breaking MAD: Generative AI could break the internet
Rice researchers have found that training successive generations of generative artificial intelligence models on synthetic data gives rise to self-consuming feedback loops.
Brazilian students explore AI and infrastructure resiliency at Rice amid Hurricane Beryl
A group of undergraduate students and faculty from Brazil spent a week at Rice exploring the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in sustainability and natural disaster resiliency practices as part of a knowledge and cultural exchange program funded through the 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative.
A number of Rice graduate programs are rated among the nation’s best in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” rankings.
Discovery highlights ‘critical oversight’ in perceived security of wireless networks
A research team led by Edward Knightly has uncovered an eavesdropping security vulnerability in high-frequency and high-speed wireless backhaul links.
A team from Rice participated in the NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students program.
Rice’s Mamouras wins NSF CAREER Award
Konstantinos Mamouras, assistant professor of computer science at Rice, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to create software tools to support the development of advanced Internet of Things applications.
Rice’s online Master of Computer Science degree ranked No. 3 by Fortune
Rice’s online Master of Computer Science program was honored by Fortune Magazine with the No. 3 designation in its national rankings.
Rice senior awarded Knight-Hennessy Scholarship to pursue graduate studies at Stanford University
Rice University senior Ryan Wang has been selected as a recipient of the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, marking a significant milestone in his academic journey. The scholarship will enable him to pursue graduate studies at Stanford University, where he will probe deeper into bioengineering with a focus on neuroscience.
Rice engineers develop innovative microbiome analysis software tools
Rice engineers have developed two new graph-based computational tools for tracking genomic variation within microbiomes.
Faculty, staff, students honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring, service
Each year, Rice honors members of the university community who have served students through outstanding teaching, dedication and service.
First curved data link sidesteps key 6G wireless challenge
Researchers at Rice and Brown University have demonstrated the world’s first curved data link, an achievement that could revolutionize wireless communications.
