Rice’s Santiago Segarra wins NSF CAREER Award
February 7, 2024
Rice’s Santiago Segarra has won an NSF CAREER Award for his research on leveraging the structural properties of real-world data in order to boost AI effectiveness and utility.
Rice’s Fred Oswald serves as panelist during AI House Davos
January 23, 2024
Fred Oswald, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Psychology at Rice University, was a panelist on "The Impact of U.S. and E.U. Regulation on Business and Society," held Jan. 16 at AI House Davos, a multi-stakeholder platform for responsible AI progress, held during the World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland.
Rice hosts distributed computing, machine learning colloquium
October 20, 2023
Rice hosted the Texas Colloquium on Distributed Learning, a two-day summit of talks on distributed computing and large-scale machine learning held at the new Ralph S. O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science.
Interdisciplinary Rice team tackles the future of semiconductors
October 5, 2023
An interdisciplinary team of Rice University scientists has won a $1.9 million National Science Foundation grant for research on materials that could serve as the basis for next-generation energy-efficient computing devices.
Rice U.’s Kaiyu Hang wins NSF CAREER Award
July 25, 2023
Kaiyu Hang, an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop robots that can manipulate unfamiliar objects in high-uncertainty situations.
July 12, 2023
Rice has announced an initial commitment to fund groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research at five new and existing institutes across campus.
Doerr Institute announces Leader Impact Award winners
May 10, 2023
The Doerr Institute for New Leaders recently named Alex Han and Zac Andrews as the winners of the first Doerr Leader Impact Award for their dynamic and innovative work in community leadership.
Rice’s Todd Treangen wins NSF CAREER Award
March 30, 2023
Todd Treangen wins NSF CAREER Award to develop a comprehensive computational platform for detecting yet-unseen microbial pathogens.
Mosquito’s DNA could provide clues on gene expression, regulation
February 9, 2023
Rice University researchers discover that the Aedes aegypti mosquito’s DNA has the physical properties of a liquid crystal, a unique feature not found in any other species that could provide new clues on the factors that govern gene expression and regulation.
IEEE honors Kavraki, Richards-Kortum, Truchard
November 30, 2022
Two renowned Rice University professors and a longtime backer have won prestigious honors in the 2023 IEEE Awards.
Rice refines analysis of MRI contrast agents
November 17, 2022
Simulations reveal details about the magnetic interactions between gadolinium contrast agents used in MRI scans and their environment.
Rice funds new research collaborations with Houston Methodist
November 14, 2022
Rice and Houston Methodist have awarded seed grants for research in robotics, imaging, cardiovascular bioengineering, and psychological and behavioral health.
Ken Kennedy Institute will host AI in Health Conference Nov. 7-9
July 31, 2022
Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute is organizing and hosting the AI in Health Conference Nov. 7-9 at the BioScience Research Collaborative.
The Way I See It: The state of quantum computing
August 16, 2021
Ken Kennedy Institute Executive Director Angela Wilkins discusses the development and future of quantum computing.
Data scientists go to the mat to learn about microbial networks
August 4, 2021
A project led by Rice University data scientists will attempt to define "social networks" in microbiomes, starting with microbial mats that thrive in Yellowstone Park's hot springs.