News & Events

Technology is driving the future, but who is doing the steering? Wed, 01/16/2019 - 19:14

Moshe Vardi, professor in Computational Engineering, computer science and director of the Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology believes that we are currently facing a public policy crisis in the tech industry.

Keith Cooper named CAAM chair Thu, 01/10/2019 - 19:19

Keith D. Cooper, the L. John and Ann H. Doerr Chair in Computational Engineering, professor of computer science (CS) and of electrical and computer engineering, has been named chair of the computational and applied mathematics (CAAM) department.

Kavraki inducted to the Academy of Athens Thu, 12/20/2018 - 19:30

Lydia Kavraki has been elected as a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens, the premier scientific society in Greece and the world’s oldest academy.

RemixCS offers CS training to local high school Fri, 12/07/2018 - 21:13

RemixCS is introducing high school students to careers in CS.

Vardi is named American Mathematical Society Fellow Wed, 11/07/2018 - 12:30

Vardi has been named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

CS Department announces Podcast Fri, 11/02/2018 - 12:32

Unconventional Computing is a new Podcast produced by the CS Department

Flood of genome data hinders efforts to ID bacteria Tue, 10/30/2018 - 12:38

Rice U. scientist's study finds growth of genomic databases affects species accuracy

Rice community mourns loss of Tony Gorry Mon, 10/29/2018 - 12:40

A member of the National Academy of Medicine, Gorry was a beloved teacher and mentor, prolific writer and nationally recognized scholar in management, medicine and computer science.

Computer scientist Vardi named University Professor Wed, 10/03/2018 - 12:44

Logic and computation expert receives Rice’s highest academic honor.

Shrivastava, Baraniuk get NSF grant for machine learning Wed, 10/03/2018 - 12:41

Rice University engineers have been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to extend the foundations of Randomized Numerical Linear Algebra.