Four Rice undergraduates latest Owls to win coveted Goldwater Scholarship
Rising Rice seniors Maria Hancu, Alex Lin, Ryan Wang and Ruofeng “Charlie” Liu are the latest Owls to win the coveted Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious honors bestowed each year upon pioneering STEM undergraduates across the country planning to pursue doctoral degrees.
Computer Science’s Vardi wins four prestigious scientific awards
Renowned Rice University computer scientist, mathematician and University Professor Moshe Vardi is on a roll, garnering four prestigious awards in automata theory and automated reasoning within the past four weeks.
Rice U. expert available to discuss social media giants’ rivalry and the launch of a new app by Meta
The launch of a new social media app by Facebook parent-company Meta yesterday has brought renewed attention to the social media landscape. Rice University Professor and computing expert Moshe Vardi is available to comment on the Meta-Twitter rivalry and its potential impact.
Researchers give robots new options for arrangements
Rice computer scientists have expanded the options robots have for rearranging objects with a new algorithm that allows them to switch between complementary skills like grabbing and placing individual objects or pushing and sliding entire groups.
Kyrillidis wins grant to address AI’s ‘catastrophic forgetting’
Rice computer scientist Anastasios Kyrillidis has won a Microsoft Research Award to find ways to overcome the problem of “catastrophic forgetting” during the training of artificial intelligence.
Nakhleh elected a fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
Rice Dean of Engineering Luay Nakhleh has been elected a fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology.
Rice's Nai-Hui Chia awarded Google funding to study quantum simulations
Rice computer scientist Nai-Hui Chia has won a prestigious Google Scholar Award, which includes funding to further his research on the use of quantum computers to simulate quantum physical systems.
Rice U.’s Anastasios Kyrillidis wins Amazon Research Award
Anastasios Kyrillidis, Rice University’s Noah Harding Assistant Professor of Computer Science, won one of 79 Amazon Research Awards (ARA) with a project titled “Efficient and affordable transformers for distributed platforms.”
Rice U.’s Moshe Vardi named Royal Society fellow
Moshe Vardi, Rice University’s Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering and computer science professor, was elected a Foreign Member of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society.
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. Here are recipients of some of this year's awards.
Reginald DesRoches, Lydia Kavraki elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rice University President Reginald DesRoches and Professor Lydia Kavraki have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the nation’s foremost society of scholars.
32 Rice students, alums win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The National Science Foundation has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships to 32 current, incoming and former Rice students, and selected another six for honorable mention.
Rice’s Todd Treangen wins NSF CAREER Award
Todd Treangen wins NSF CAREER Award to develop a comprehensive computational platform for detecting yet-unseen microbial pathogens.
Taking care of your teeth could help prevent chronic joint pain
Rice scientist spots clue in discarded data that sets research on the right track.
Eugene Ng, a professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering, has been named an IEEE Fellow.
