Rice Computer Science Department

Alireza Fallah, a postdoctoral researcher from the University of California, Berkeley, will present Incentive-Driven Design of Algorithms in Machine Learning as part of our Rice CS Colloquium Series. ? The talk will place on Wed, December 4th at 4pm CST in Duncan Hall Room 1070. For additional details, visit: https://bit.ly/3VcigbM *Photo by Aaron Fagerstrom for SLMath

We are excited about the launch of Rice Global India, which will include deeper collaborations with the Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru. These partnerships will foster advanced research initiatives, student and faculty exchanges and collaborations in areas such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology and sustainable energy. https://lnkd.in/gVBAsfGW

Rice CS faculty member Rodrigo Ferreira visited YES Prep Public Schools and encouraged the students to challenge stereotypes. Ferreira, a member of Rice’s?Broadening Participation in Computing?(BPC) committee, spoke to the group as part of the school’s?LatinX Leadership Summit, whose 2024 theme was “Mosaic de Cultura - Piecing Together LatinX Heritage.” “My favorite part of the summit was to learn what it means to be Latinx through different types of views,” said one attendee. “We learned that ‘Latin’ is a definition of our own,” said another. https://bit.ly/3CslXnh

Rice CS Assistant Professor Konstantinos Mamouras and his group have published findings on a ‘safer’ way to code. The paper articulates and solves a key problem that can occur when using regular expressions (regex). The team's research won a Distinguished Paper Award at this year's PLDI Conference in Copenhagen. https://bit.ly/3O7fUHy

Meet Rice CS faculty member Xiaoyun Fu. She is a new lecturer in the department this fall and is teaching Computational Thinking and Reasoning About Algorithms. After earning her PhD in computer science at Iowa State, Fu taught in Purdue’s EPICS program, a service-learning design program for their School of Engineering. https://bit.ly/4ff4NZ0

We are just one month away from the Fall 2024 D2K Showcase! Student teams from the D2K Capstone course will present their results and compete for top prizes. You will have the chance to interact with D2K students in the poster session to learn more about their projects, ranging from academic and medical research to industry-sponsored and community-impact projects. Register today! https://lnkd.in/gDpvnmxZ

Recent research from Rice University’s Kavraki Lab has made important advancements in the realm of robotics and motion planning. With the lab's new hardware and algorithmic discoveries, robots can begin to move into a dynamic, unpredictable environment and make decisions faster and more reactively. Researchers include Clayton Ramsey (pictured), Zachary Kingston and Wil Thomason along with their advisor Lydia E. Kavraki. https://bit.ly/48CmXkA

Meet Rice CS’ new faculty: Anjum Chida, a new lecturer in the department this fall, specializes in prediction algorithms and constructing complex learning models. https://bit.ly/40vF49U

Join the Rice Ken Kennedy Institute for Distinguished Lecture by Klara Nahrstedt, PhD, Swanlund Chair Professor at the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science and Director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory at University of Illinois. "Role of Edge Computing in Age of Machine Learning and Energy Constraints?" on November 11 at 4:00 PM CT in Duncan Hall 1070. This event is free to attend and ELEC 698/699 eligible. RSVP to stay updated on event details: https://lnkd.in/gyyZZ7wN #EdgeComputing #Edge #Computing #MachineLearning #ML #FederatedLearning #FL #Energy

The Ken Kennedy Institute hosted a Technology, Culture, and Society Lecture by Moshe Vardi on "Lessons from Texas, COVID-19, and the 737 Max: #Efficiency vs. #Resilience." Dr. Vardi explored learnings from recent disasters to argue why resilience should be a primary consideration in #ComputerScience, #Algorithms and #Economics. Dr. Vardi is a University Professor and the George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering at Rice University — Rice Computer Science Department. He is also a Fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. ICYMI: A recording of the lecture is available on our YouTube channel.