The Institute, established in 1987, is dedicated to solving critical global challenges with collaborative approaches that foc ... us on innovations in computing and harnessing the transformative power of data. The Ken Kennedy Institute is the virtual home of over 200 faculty members and senior researchers at Rice University spanning computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, business, architecture and music. Primarily, the Institute is a catalyst for research collaborations across the conventional boundaries of university, department, center and laboratory. Our increasingly complex world demands solutions that span disciplines. Today, most of our activities are in machine learning, AI, data science, and HPC and on how these can provide insight and enable convergent research in medicine, engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts. We enable new conversations through our Member Luncheons and Distinguished Speakers series. We promote interdisciplinary research in AI and data science through a number of events including our yearly Data Science Conference. We aid in workforce development through our Sumer Machine Learning Boot Camp and HPC Boot Camp. We work closely with industry to bring promising ideas to market, and we develop academic, industry, and community partnerships in the computational sciences. We are continually seeking out new opportunities for collaboration and research. Contact us at kenkennedy@rice.edu to learn more! read more