The Ken Kennedy Institute
@ricekenkennedy
An interdisciplinary group at Rice University committed to addressing critical global challenges through foundational research in AI and computing.
"If you go outside, it's not very hard to see the places where chemical and biomolecular engineering play a role in society." Thiago Pinheiro dos Santos, a doctoral candidate in ChBE from Brazil, takes part in a series spotlighting soon-to-be graduates. bit.ly/Thiago25
Students and postdocs are invited to submit a poster for the 2025 #AIHealthConference this September at Rice University. Share your research with innovators at the forefront of AI in healthcare and public health — posters are due Friday, July 25: aihealthconference.com/posters.




.@avantika_gori, a @RiceEngineering professor who is leading a federally funded project to improve flood resilience in rural Texas counties, said that flood warning systems are often simple networks of rain gauges or stream gauges. nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/… #GuadalupeRiver #Texas
Prospective speakers are invited to submit abstracts for the @ricekenkennedy's #AIHealthConference! Abstracts should highlight algorithms, use cases, and solutions supporting data-driven discovery and decision-making for AI in Health. Submit by July 10: aihealthconference.com/abstracts

@ricekenkennedy invites you to the 2025 AI in Health Conference on September 22-25 to connect with engineers, clinicians, and entrepreneurs at the leading edge of AI in healthcare and public health. Register and learn how you can get involved at aihealthconference.com!

Rice's Todd Treangen partnered with TMC experts to host the 2025 RAD Microbes Boot Camp—a practical bioinformatics workshop on the reproducible and responsible analysis of genomic data. 🧬View the RAD recap at engineering.rice.edu/news/rice-and-….

If you are starting at Rice, you can choose to be an AIist. I am very excited by this "uniquely designed" AI curriculum offered by @RiceCompSci. I have penned down my thoughts in here. Feedback welcome. medium.com/@Anshumali_/ri… @RiceEngineering @RiceUniversity
Reminder: Next week Rice faculty, students and staff are invited to debrief the 50th anniversary summit of "The Spirit of Asilomar and the Future of Biotechnology" When: June 2nd, 2025 | 8:30–11:00 AM CDT Where: O'Connor Building (5th Floor) or Zoom RSVP: bit.ly/4jaebhn

🚀 AI will disrupt jobs in 5 years - Google DeepMind CEO Perfect timing: @RiceUniversity CS just launched our new AI major! For decades, CS = discrete algorithms (sorting, graphs, complexity). But AI revealed the other half: continuous algorithms like gradient descent -…
The Ken Kennedy Institute offered a 3-day boot camp in Houston for industry professionals, aiming to build an understanding of modern AI for real-world application. The course was led by 9 AI and machine learning experts from @RiceEngineering. 🔗news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice….




Starting Fa'25, Rice CS will launch a Bachelor of Science in AI, one of the few programs of its kind. Designed with a strong technical foundation & an ethical, interdisciplinary focus, the major will prepare students to shape the future of AI responsibly. bit.ly/437zDz8
🎉 @LydiaKavraki is named University Professor, the highest faculty distinction at @RiceUniversity. In 112 years, she is only the 11th person and 3rd woman to earn this title. Congrats! 🔗 news.rice.edu/news/2025/lydi… @RiceCompSci @RiceECE @RiceBIOE @RiceMECH #SolvingforGreaterGood
Rice faculty and students are invited to a collaborative forum on June 2 to debrief the 50th anniversary summit of "The Spirit of Asilomar" — where researchers reconvened to reflect on scientific breakthroughs and discuss the future of biotechnology: bit.ly/4jaebhn

Check out the 2025 @RiceEngineering magazine for a feature on "Responsible AI: Innovations for a 21st century world" — engineering.rice.edu/2025-magazine/…. This year's issue highlights how Rice is pioneering solutions for critical global challenges through computing, AI and data science.

Machine learning powers detection of soil contaminants linked to cancer and other serious health problems in new PNAS study by @RiceUniversity researchers. #SolvingforGreaterGood 🌱 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/42OVET5 @RiceECE @RiceCEVE @RiceMSNE @RiceCHBE @RiceCompSci
Last chance to register for the @ricekenkennedy institute's AI and Machine Learning Boot Camp on May 7-9! The course will provide a mixture of lectures and hands-on learning to build experience leveraging AI and ML tools for real-world use. Learn more at rice-ai-ml-bootcamp.eventbrite.com.

Lydia is also the only @RiceUniversity faculty to be a member of all three national academies as well as the @americanacad — a quadruple threat. We are so proud of @LydiaKavraki's monumental accomplishment.
We are very proud to announce @LydiaKavraki's election to the National Academy of Sciences. She now has the rare distinction of having been elected to all three national academies: @theNAEng, @NationalAcademyofMed @theNAMedicine & @theNASciences. 👏👏👏 bit.ly/4k0gftq
César A. Uribe, Louis Owen Assistant Professor of @RiceECE at @RiceEngineering, won a @NSF CAREER Award to advance mathematical foundations of decentralized learning, critical for AI, data science and distributed systems. Congrats, @CesarAUribe! Read more: bit.ly/4k3A6Ii
We are proud to congratulate Dr. Lydia E. Kavraki on her election to @theNASciences—a prestigious honor recognizing the transformative impact of her work on science and society through AI, robotics, and biomedical engineering: news.rice.edu/news/2025/nati…
The @ricekenkennedy institute is offering a new AI and Machine Learning Boot Camp on May 7-9, designed for industry professionals, data science practitioners and technical managers. Register to advance applied skills through hands-on learning: rice-ai-ml-bootcamp.eventbrite.com
