Rice University Computer Science

It's not just what you know. It's what you do with it.

Nearly 300 engineering and computing graduates participated in an induction ceremony for the Order of the Engineer and The Pledge of the Computing Professional. They received a stainless steel ring or a pin spelling "honor" in binary as a reminder of their commitment to ethical practice and service to society.

Computer Science and Business major Trisha Chinnimeni said it perfectly: "It's about what you do with what you learn."

In computer science, we have enormous power. The algorithms we write. The systems we design. The data we collect and how we use it. These decisions shape how information flows through the world, whose voices get amplified, what gets automated, who benefits and who gets left behind.

We're in a moment of rapid technological change. That means the work our graduates do next will matter more than ever. Every line of code carries choices. Every design decision has consequences. And every one of our students is leaving Rice understanding that technical excellence and ethical responsibility go hand in hand.

This is what computer science is really about. Not just solving problems, but solving them in ways that respect people. Not just building systems that work, but systems that work for everyone.

Our graduates are committing to that. They understand that what you learn in computer science is a tool. What you do with it is everything.

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‘It’s about what you do with what you learn’: Engineering, computing graduates affirm commitment to public good Nearly 300 graduates of the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing took part in the induction ceremony for the Order of the Engineer and The Pledge of the Computing Professional.

Matthew Hendricks has joined the Rice Computer Science department as our new Executive Administrator. He brings deep experience in higher education operations, and we wasted no time making him feel at home.

Welcome to the team, Matthew.

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Big news from the Department of Computer Science at Rice University.
Three of our faculty have been promoted, effective July 1, 2026.

Congratulations to:
Vicente Ordónez-Román, promoted to Full Professor
Konstantinos Mamouras, promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Rodrigo Ferreira, promoted to Associate Teaching Professor

These three represent the kind of faculty that make Rice Computer Science what it is: researchers pushing boundaries, teachers who genuinely care and scholars thinking carefully about where technology is taking us.

We are so proud of each of them.

Algorithms. Pandemics. Biosecurity. Genomics. Not your average Computer Science research portfolio, and that's exactly the point.

Congrats to Associate Professor Todd Treangen, one of two Rice faculty honored with the Provost's Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement, which recognizes exceptional contributions in research, scholarship or creative works over the last five years.

Since launching the Treangen Lab in 2018, Todd and his team have built open-source computational tools to identify microbial pathogens, track genome variation and study microbial communities across environments. Their work is actively funded by the CDC, NIH and NSF.

That's the kind of work we love to shout about. Well done, Todd!

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