Stephanie Weirich: a Passion for Programming Languages
Stephanie Weirich expected to be an electrical engineer, like her father. Instead, the Rice...
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Jeff Phillips: Excited by Research and Academic Freedom
“I was sitting in the intro Computer Science course taught in Scheme when Lydia...
Leslie Ann Goldberg’s Side Job
On her way to becoming a constitutional lawyer, Leslie Ann Henderson Goldberg took a...
Chris Conway: Systems, Simulations, and Saving Lives
In the fall of 1979, Christopher Conway (B.A. ’83) was a fifteen-year old National...
Ruth Huang Miller: in Pursuit of Knowledge
Ruth Huang Miller has woven academic and industry experience into a technology career spanning...
Aaron Hertzmann: the Artificial Intelligence Art Critic
When Aaron Hertzmann started programming his home computer as a kid, he didn’t consider...
Kathryn S. McKinley: Parallel Computing Champion
Google Senior Staff Research Scientist Kathryn S. McKinley launched her career as a Computer...
Karin Verspoor: CogSci, CompSci, and Natural Language Processing
“When you enjoy something, it doesn’t feel like work,” said Rice University alumna Karin...
Kuldeep Meel: the New CS Professor
Rice University alumnus Kuldeep Meel (Ph.D. ’17) is an assistant professor of computer science...
Scott Schaefer: CG = Math made Visible
“Computer graphics is math made visible,” said Scott Schaefer, Computer Science and Engineering professor...