Karen Lavelle: CS Senior Department Administrator
As the senior department administrator in Computer Science, Karen Lavelle has had to master...
Mohit Aron: Learning to Invent Knowledge
Mohit Aron, computer science Ph.D. alumnus and founder of Nutanix and Cohesity, learned to...
Sonali Dutta: Applying a Research Mind in Industry
Sonali Dutta, a software engineer at Google, chose to pursue her passion for research...
Jesus Cortez, CS Trailblazer
Computer Science alumnus Jesus Cortez doesn’t consider himself a trailblazer. “My brother is the...
Susan Wen Blends Comp Sci and Poli Sci
“I came to Rice as a Political Science major because I wanted to be a journalist,” said CS alumna and Two Sigma software engineer Susan Wen. “But my high school had a heavy STEM background, so in my freshman year I thought I might as well try some engineering courses and took ENGI 120, CAAM 210 and COMP 140. Of all those, I liked COMP 140 the best and decided to take some more computer science courses.”
Eric Allen: CS + Deep Learning
Eric Allen, now a Senior Vice President and Deep Learning Researcher at Two Sigma,...
Jim Whitehurst: CS + an Open Mind
“It is always more fun to work with people who are smarter than you...
Troy Ruths: Oil and Gas Analytics Entrepreneur
Troy Ruths, Rice CS Ph.D. alumnus and Houston entrepreneur (Ruths.ai), had finished his bachelor’s...
Julie Eisenberg: from Imposter to Googler
Julie Eisenberg, computer science alumna and Google software engineer, chose Rice University for its...
Srđan Milaković & Dimitrije Jankov: When CS also means Croatia and Serbia
Srđan Milaković and Dimitrije Jankov applied to the Computer Science Ph.D. program at Rice...