Rice brings global AI dialogue to Paris
“Artificial intelligence is transforming the global economy and raising profound questions about how technology intersects with society,” said Caroline Levander, Rice’s vice president for global strategy.
For more than a decade, Rice’s Frederi Viens has been studying Lake Chad, a vast freshwater lake in west-central Africa that borders Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
5 Rice researchers elected AAAS fellows
Five Rice professors, Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, Volker Rudolf, Edward Knightly, Marcia O’Malley and Ed Billups, have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Rice experts available to discuss Artemis II mission as NASA targets launch
Experts from Rice are available to share insight on key aspects of NASA’s Artemis II mission.
Rice psychologists named APS Fellows for advancing research with real-world impact
Two Rice researchers recently named fellows of the Association for Psychological Science, one of the field’s leading international organizations.
Harris County names Ship Channel Bridge for Rice mathematician Richard Tapia
In a unanimous vote, the Harris County Commissioners Court approved naming the Sam Houston Tollway Ship Channel Bridge in honor of Richard A. Tapia.
Researchers at Rice recently convened an international group of scientists to explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning could transform one of the world’s most ambitious physics experiments: the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
A new Rice study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres provides a comprehensive evaluation of how AI-based global weather models simulate tropical cyclones.
Energy HPC & AI Conference ties advanced computing to energy innovation — and the next generation
The Ken Kennedy Institute hosted the 19th annual Energy HPC & AI Conference, which brought together nearly 600 leaders and experts from industry, academia, national labs and the information technology sector to engage in critical discussions on high-performance computing and AI-powered integrations that support increasing workload demands across the energy sector.
Rice and Lehigh partner with global industry leaders to revolutionize catastrophe modeling
The Consortium for Enhancing Resilience and Catastrophe Modeling (CERCat) convened at Rice Feb. 5-6 for its semiannual meeting.
Metabolic clues emerge from new molecular map of Alzheimer’s
Rice scientists have developed the first complete, label-free molecular atlas of the Alzheimer’s brain in an animal model.
Explore the role of advanced computing and AI in the energy sector Feb. 24-26
The Ken Kennedy Institute will host the 19th annual Energy HPC & AI Conference Feb. 24-26 at the BioScience Research Collaborative.
Scientific machine learning researchers available to discuss where field is headed
Scientific machine learning is a growing field that sits at the intersection of physics and data. Experts at Rice can answer questions about emerging trends, challenges and opportunities in the field.
Rice experts available to discuss Olympic-related topics on 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games
Rice experts are available to share insight on key aspects of the Winter Games.
A new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argues that trustworthiness of climate-risk scores depends not just on the sophistication of the models used to produce the scores but also on whether the science behind them is open, reusable and transparent enough for others to examine, test and improve.