Computer Science News

Allison Heath: CS and Genomics Sun, 10/13/2019 - 11:03

Allison Heath's path to genomics research

Joe Walowski: Going against the Grain Mon, 10/07/2019 - 11:26

Rice CS alumnus Joe Walowski is now VP for Alexa at Amazon.

Stephanie Weirich: a Passion for Programming Languages Wed, 10/02/2019 - 11:37

Rice alumna Stephanie Weirich is now a CS professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Student Mentors Needed at Yates High School Robotics Club Fri, 09/27/2019 - 11:48

Two Sigma and Rice University are looking for students who want to mentor the Yates High School Robotics Club

Kavraki Group wins best paper award at ICRA 2019 Thu, 09/26/2019 - 13:44

The Kavraki group won a best paper award at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in the Cognitive Robotics category.

Bob Swanson: CS and the Traveling Salesman Thu, 09/26/2019 - 12:20

“There is a role in the world for CS people who want to be broad rather than deep. You can see connections that a specialist won’t see," said Bob Swanson (B.A. '84). He's made a career out of pointing out those connections.

Bishr Tabbaa: Software Engineering and Biotechnology as strands of DNA Double Helix Tue, 09/24/2019 - 10:12

“Don’t take shortcuts you’ll pay for tomorrow; technology debt is just like financial debt – it compounds on you," said Gene by Gene software engineering manager Bishr Tabbaa (B.A. '99).

Lu contributes to algorithm, identifies threats to humans, crops Thu, 09/19/2019 - 12:23

Jacob Lu's work in the Treangen Lab

Fuching “Jack” Chi: Staging a Career Comeback Mon, 09/16/2019 - 13:14

Yelp software engineer and RIce CS alumnus Jack Chi offers advice on staging a career comeback: “Look for baby step wins. Build upon those smaller successes and iterate fast on failures, but pick an area to focus on.”

Sharon Goza: Computer Graphics and Gamification Fri, 09/13/2019 - 20:55

Sharon Goza is a Rice MCS alumna and now the manager of NASA's Integrated Graphics, Operations, and Analysis Lab.