Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University

The Ken Kennedy Institute is a dynamic, interdisciplinary entity at Rice University, constantly evolving to address real-world complexities with cutting-edge computational expertise. The institute began in 1986 as the Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI), before being renamed in 2007 to honor the late Ken Kennedy—a renowned computer scientist and visionary leader in high-performance and parallel computing. The Ken Kennedy Institute has since grown to support over 250 faculty and senior research members spanning multiple departments and schools. Throughout the institute’s transformation and leadership, it remains true that where research excellence is the goal, collaboration is the heartbeat.

The Ken Kennedy Institute is at the core of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Computing scientific discourse and collaboration at Rice, organizing forums, faculty-led workshops, distinguished lectures, a global scholar program, member events, and two flagship annual conferences: the AI in Health Conference and the Energy HPC & AI Conference. The Institute also supports research excellence and education across Rice University through its recruiting and exceptional performance graduate student fellowships. With a focus on AI, machine learning, data science, high performance computing, and an eye toward emerging computational domains, the Ken Kennedy Institute paves a clear and strategic pathway to real-world impact, committed to ethical responsibility, and upholding values of fairness, transparency, and inclusivity.

We are continually seeking out new opportunities for collaboration; email us today to learn more or get involved at kenkennedy@rice.edu.

Our Vision

We envision a world where research and innovation in AI and Computing empower all people and improve the human condition.

Our Mission

The Ken Kennedy Institute fosters world-class foundational research in AI and Computing and enables their transformative use across diverse disciplines to solve global challenges, adhering to the highest ethical principles and positioning Rice University at the forefront of Responsible AI.

Our Pillars

Interdisciplinary Collaborations | We use AI expertise to drive innovative solutions between and across disciplines, transcending boundaries in AI4Health, AI4Science, and AI4Engineering.

Innovative AI Research | We push the limits of AI methodologies to make them more accurate and efficient without creating an energy crisis.

Responsible AI for Societal Impact | We advance AI foundational work and applications to impact society, committed to ethical responsibility and upholding values of fairness, transparency, and inclusivity.

The Ken Kennedy Institute Impact: Our Events and Activities

• AI in Health Conference
• Energy High-Performance Computing Conference
• Lectures and Global Scholars
• AI and Machine Learning Boot Camp
• Seed Funding
• Graduate Student Fellowships
• Research Clusters
• Research Workshops
  

We Collaborate with Various Institutes and Centers at Rice University

• Baker Institute
• Center for Computational Finance
• Center for Research Computing
• Data to Knowledge Lab
• Defense Research Advancement
• ENRICH
• Gulf Coast Consortia
• Kinder Institute for Urban Research
• Medical Humanities Research Institute
• Rice 360 Institute for Global Health Technologies
• Rice Advanced Materials Institute
• REINVENTS
• Rice Neuroengineering Initiative
• Rice Space Institute
• Rice Sustainability Institute
• Rice Synthetic Biology Institute
• Scalable Health Labs
• Smalley-Curl Institute
• Spatial Studies Lab
• SSPEED Center
• WaTER Institute

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