News & Announcements

CS Celebrates the End of the Academic Year, Says "Thank You" to Keith Cooper (More)

Dan Wallach Discusses Backscattering in PC World Article (More)

Ted Torous Wins iTouch at End-of-Year Party (More)

Staff Celebrates Administrative Professionals Day at Prego's (More)

"Less Geek, More Citizen: Computer Scientists Push Social Relevance"—Department's Collaboration with University of Buffalo, Microsoft, and Applied Sciences, Inc (More)

Dave Johnson Promoted to Professor (More)

John Mellor-Crummey Promoted to Professor  (More)

CS Students Receive Prestigious Fellowships (More)

Moshe Vardi Receives Test-of-Time Award (More)

Rice CS Ranks Ninth in Nation for Programming Language Research (More)

Kostas Bekris and Konstantinos Tsianos Receive Best Student Paper Award at First International Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination (More)

Krishna Palem Featured on Fox 26 News Report on New Breed of Computer Chip (More)

Computer Science Undergraduate Matthew Wilson Reported Missing (More)

Joe Warren Named New Chair of Computer Science (More)

Opening for Postdoctoral Research Fellow  (More)

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Welcome

In the last twenty years, computer science has grown from a somewhat obscure academic discipline into one of the driving forces of technological advance. From antilock brakes to airbags, secondary oil recovery to weather prediction, advanced imaging technology to digital enhancement in the cinema, computation is changing the world in which we live.  Contrary to popular belief, the job market in computer science and information technology is robust and growing (a fact highlighted by the recent ACM Taskforce on Outsourcing, chaired by our own Moshe Vardi).  Over the next several decades, computer scientists will continue to reshape the world in which we live.

Our department at Rice has a three-sided mission: to create knowledge, to disseminate knowledge, and to provide service to our communities — the local Rice community and the broader community beyond the campus.

On the research front, our faculty, staff, and students are exploring innovative ideas in areas that range from mobile computing through text analysis; from ways to program computers through ways to build them; and from fundamental principles of logic and discrete mathematics through the application of those principles to gaming, voting, and driving robots.

On the educational front, we place top-flight researchers in the classroom with our undergraduates and graduate students. Education at Rice is a contact sport, with small classes, informed faculty, and myriad opportunities for students and faculty to interact. Many Rice undergrads work in faculty research programs; those opportunities start with encounters in the classroom.

On the subject of service, our faculty members serve on professional committees, advise local schools on technology issues, and take advocacy roles in public policy that range from advising the federal government on science policy through fighting to ensure secure voting systems.  Our own Dan Wallach has been in the forefront of the national discussion on electronic voting machines.

Rice’s computer science department is a lively and invigorating place. Welcome to our web presence. We hope that this site provides you with information on a broad range of topics, including our events calendar, the undergraduate program, the graduate program, faculty openings, and our affiliates program. Just as you’ve found our web site, we would like to encourage you to visit the Rice campus and the department itself.

Sincerely, Keith Cooper Chair, Computer Science