Past Awards

2014 Awards

Baxter: A Humanoid Robot –  1 year award – $27,600.00

  • Marcia O’Malley, Mechanical Engineer & Computer Science
  • Lydia Kavraki, Computer Science
  • Mark Moll, Research Science

Rice Shared Neural Data Initiative – 1 year award – $41,241.00

  • Caleb Kemere, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Designing a Standard API – 1 year award – $25,000

  • John Mellor-Crummey, Computer Science

NetML: A Distributed, APU-Optimized Platform for Machine Learning Over Big Data – 1 year award – $25,000

  • Allan Cox, Computer Science

2013 Awards

Imagine Rio: Mapping Social, Urban and Topographic Change in 2D & 3D – 2 year award – $49,140.00

  • Fares el DahDah, Anthropology

Virtual Reconstruction of Ancient Cities – 1 year award – $5,000

  • Jeffrey Fleisher, Anthropology

Conference on Global Urban Institute – 1 year award – $5,000

  • Paul Brace, Political Science

2012 Award(s)

Owl150: A Scalable Framework to Improve Individual Fitness

  • Ashutosh Sabharwal, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University
  • Emily Page, Director, Wellness Center, Rice University
  • Robert Satcher, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center

2011 Award(s)

mobileVision: Turning the Smartphone into a Smart Optical Lab

  • Ashutosh Sabharwal, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ashok Veeraraghavan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Michael Twa, Assistant Professor, UH School of Optometry

Digital Learning

  • Caroline Levander, English

2010 Award(s)

Local Elections in America Project (LEAP)

  • Melissa Marchall, Professor, Political Science
  • Christopher Jermaine, Associate Professor, Computer Science
  • Hadley Wickham, Assistant Professor, Statistics
  • Paru Shah, Political Science-Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Connecting the Dots: Non-State Actors, Security and Information Overload

  • Richard Stoll, Professor, Political Science
  • Devika Subramanian, Professor, Computer Science
  • Chris Bronk, Information Tech Policy Fellow, Baker Institute for Public Policy
  • Anthony Elam, Executive Director, Rice Center for Engineering Leadership

Increasing the Number of Women in Computer Science at Rice (P)

  • Scott Rixner, Associate Professor, Computer Science

2005 Award(s)

Computational Navigation: Lessons from the Rat

  • Steven Cox, Professor, Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Danny Sorensen, Professor, Computational and Applies Mathematics
  • Jim Knierim, Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Harel Shouval, Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computational and Applies Mathematics
  • Paul Smolen, Assistant Professor, Research, Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computational and Applies Mathematics

Development of Laser-based, Dual-Detector Sensors for Measuring Rain and Wind

  • James Young, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ashutosh Sabharwal, Faculty Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Matthias Heinkenschloss, Professor, Computational and Applied Mathematics

Rice Mobile Information System

  • Scott Cutler, Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Lin Zhong, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Chris Kelty, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
  • Richard Baraniuk, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Jeff Frey, Manager, Web Services

SkyNET Simulations

  • Stephen Wong, Lecturer, Computer Science
  • Tony Elam, Associate Dean, Engineering
  • Leslie Miller, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
  • Dung Nguyen, Lecturer, Computer Science
  • Richard Stoll, Professor, Political Science
  • James Thompson, Noah Harding Professor of Statistics

2004 Award(s)

Nano Haptic Robotic System to Enable Nanomanipulation, Nanoassembly, and Nanofabrication

  • Fathi Ghorbel, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and of Bioengineering
  • Marcia O’Malley, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Rick Barrera, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Department Chair

Teaching Ancient Rome: City and Empire

  • Michael Maas, Professor of History and Director of Rice’s Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations Program
  • Caroline Quenemoen, Assistant Professor of Art History

Society and Technology: Multimedia Case Studies in Connexions

  • Anthony Gorry, the Friedkin Professor of Management, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
  • Leslie Miller, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning

Gaming@Rice Group Planning Grant 

  • Joe Warren, Professor of Computer Science
  • Devika Subramanian, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering;
  • Richard Stoll, Professor of Political Science
  • David Lane, Associate Professor of Psychology and Statistics
  • James Thompson, Noah Harding Professor of Statistics
  • Patricia Seed, Professor of History
  • Sarah Thal, Assistant Professor of History
  • Tony Elam, Associate Dean of Engineering
  • Leslie Miller, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning

Robotics@Rice Group Planning Grant

  • Marcia O’Malley, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Fathi Ghorbel, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Enrique Barrera, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Devika Subramanian, Professor, Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Lydia Kavraki, Professor of Computer Science
  • Michael Liebschner Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
  • Wade Adams, Director, Smalley Institute

2003 Award(s)

Sound Reasoning: How to Listen to and Understand Music

  • Anthony Brandt, Associate Professor Shepard School of Music
  • Richard Baraniuk, Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Geneva Henry, Executive Director CNX and DL

Near East Explorations: Integrating a Digital Archive of Unique Travel Narratives into Teaching and Research

  • Michael Decker, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Cultures
  • Werner Kelber, Professor Religious Studies
  • Lisa Spiro, Director, Electronic Resources Center
  • Geneva Henry, Executive Director CNX and DL
  • Lisa Sweeney, GIS/Data Center
  • Paula Sanders, Department of History

High-level Optimization of S-Plus Language Programs

  • Ken Kennedy, University Professor
  • Bradley Broom, Research Scientist, CS
  • Rob Fowler, Research Scientist, CS
  • John Mellor-Crummey, Senior Faculty Fellow, CS

Ethics and Politics in Information Technology

  • Christopher Kelty, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
  • Hannah Landecker, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
  • Sherrilyn Roush, Assistant Professor, Philosophy

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