Kirk Talbott: Public Sector CIO
“For someone who loves solving problems, the public sector provides fascinating challenges,” said Kirk...
Category Archives: Alumni
John Deuel: Navigating Career Detours
John Deuel needed a break. After four years at Rice University, his academic progress...
Rebecca Parsons: Software, Hardware, and Evolving Architecture
“There is a common perception that once you go to work, you never go...
Peter Taggart: CS and a Life Unexpected
“Math was a strong point for me in high school, but I was more...
Monica Visinsky: Taking Care of Robotics for NASA
Starting in the seventh grade, Monica L. Visinsky, like a million other kids, wanted...
Liliana Liu: Perfecting ‘Plan B’
“My friends at other universities were graduating early and heading straight for the workplace,...
Michael “Fuzzy” Mauldin: CS Inventor
The Rice University Computer Science alumnus and inventor of Lycos only went to college...
Heidi Hunter: from Dinosaurs to Diplomacy with CS
“Dinosaurs did it for me. When I was twelve or thirteen and saw Jurassic...
Anand Malani: from Telecom to CEO
“I was 21 years old, and telecom had a buzz about it,” said Anand...
Skyler Johnson: Math, Music, and Data Visualization
Rice University alumnus Skyler Johnson (B.S. in CS ’11) turns data into art using...