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Branching out with MCS@Rice Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021
Online student Eric Schumacker expands his CS knowledge, feeding essential medical workers and doing battle on the front lines of cybersecurity
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Rice CS, Intel optimize AI training for commodity hardware Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2021
CPU algorithm trains deep neural nets up to 15 times faster than top GPU trainers
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Shrivastava's new research helps combat social media misinformation Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020
Probabilistic bloom filters trained with artificial intelligence are bad news for fake news
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Rice CS professor Chris Jermaine named interim chair of computer science Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020
He succeeds Luay Nakhleh, who is set to become dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering
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Treangen Lab co-authors study on mitochondrial stress and spaceflight Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020
The collaboration with NASA included data from 59 astronauts and the NASA Twin Study
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CS chair Luay Nakhleh named new dean of School of Engineering Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020
Nakhleh will begin his new role on January 1, 2021
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Once-discounted binding mechanism may be key to targeting viruses Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020
Professor Lydia Kavraki, postdoc Dinler Antunes and CS alumnus Jayvee Abella led the study.
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Understanding how life works through computation Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020
Rice CS computational biologists developing methods to further understand cells at the molecular level
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Wallach shares security expertise in 2020 election coverage Monday, Nov. 2, 2020
Wallach’s work on election security has recently been covered in Wired Magazine, CNET, USA Today, CNBC and more.
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Treangen and multi-institutional team awarded $11M to study multi-drug resistant infections Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020
Researchers seek to explain the microbial, clinical, and antimicrobial resistance factors of three major pathogens
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Deep learning gives drug design a boost Monday, Oct. 5, 2020
The Kavraki Lab introduces a computational tool that predicts metabolites.
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Dan Wallach Webinar on Electronic Voting Research Thursday, Sep. 24, 2020
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AI could expand healing with bioscaffolds Monday, Sep. 21, 2020
Kavraki uses machine learning to speed bioscaffold development
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Kavraki elected to prestigious Academia Europaea Saturday, Sep. 12, 2020
Computer Science faculty member recognized for 'sustained academic excellence'
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How computer science takes data science to the next level Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2020
Computer science allows us to actualize data science’s vast potential
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The importance of graduate-level computer science in the 21st-century workplace Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2020
The right master’s degree will change your perspective, preparing you for careers in hot button sectors
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NSF backs first community platform for smarter wireless Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2020
Rice computer scientist Ang Chen joins researchers developing tools to make networks, mobile applications more intelligent
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Vardi, Baraniuk and researchers set sights on theory of deep learning Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2020
DOD-funded team is developing guiding principles for popular form of AI
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Kavraki Named to ‘Top 50’ List of Women in Robotics Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020
Computer Scientist recognized for "innovations redesigning the future of businesses worldwide."
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Treangen Lab collaborates with Great Basin to design a novel SARS-CoV-2 test Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020
Rice CS bioinformatics group aims to streamline development of COVID-19 testing.
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