SPOKEN @ Rice

“In terms of engineering, this is our century: complex problems and complex solutions that span many disciplines…We’ll change people’s lives for the better.”

Naomi Halas, University Professor
University Professor Celebration,
March 22, 2023

“Great innovation typically is not from a single individual. It’s getting people together to build off of each other’s ideas.”

Jim Whitehurst, former president, IBM and Red Hat
Rice Engineering Leader Speaker Series, September 12, 2023

“I think machine learning has really changed our expectations of what we think of computers being able to do…you actually expect computers to be able to see and perceive the world around us in a much better way than they were able to 10 years ago. And that opens up all kinds of amazing opportunities in pretty much every field of human endeavor.”

Jeff Dean, Chief Scientist, Google
Ken Kennedy Institute Distinguished
Lecture Series, February 13, 2024

“At every turn, when you think you enter a cul-de-sac in life, it often turns out to be a fork in the road. Where it leads you is often far better than you ever imagined.”

Ruth Simmons, President’s
Distinguished Fellow
Rice University Shepherd School of Music’s Brockman Hall for
Opera, September 22, 2023

“Every time I walk into an academic area, I think, ‘if we could just give this education potential to everybody…what would the world be like?’”

Aleida Rios, Senior Vice
President of Engineering, bp
Baker Institute Civic Scientist
Lecture Series, October 30, 2023