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The Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology is dedicated to the advancement of research in the fields of computing, data science and information technology. Our goal is to provide broad support for a strong community of research experimentation that challenges traditional disciplinary limits. Read more about us >
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Save the date for the 12th annual Rice Oil and Gas High Performance Computing (HPC) Conference, hosted by the Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology at Rice University on March 4 - 6, 2019. The Rice Oil and Gas HPC Conference is the premier meeting place for the industry to engage in conversations about challenges and opportunities in high performance computing, information technology, computational science and engineering, and data science. Attended by leaders and experts from the oil and gas industry, academia, national labs, and IT industry, this is a unique opportunity to engage and network with key stakeholders. Sponsorships available now. Registration is open. For more information online go to www.og-hpc.org
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Would you like to be invited to future events sponsored by the Rice Ken Kennedy Institute? Each semester the institute hosts special events and distinguished speakers addressing a variety of computational engineering and science application areas, as well as the latest information technology-related research.Sign up now!
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"Blockchains and the Future of Distributed Computing"
Watch the video now to hear Dr. Maurice Herlihy, An Wang Professor of Computer Science at Brown University, talk about the trending interest in blockchain-based distributed ledger systems such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Herlihy provides insight on both theory and practices from the point of view of classical distributed computing, along with reckless speculation about promising future research directions for our community.
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3rd Annual Rice Data Science Conference
SAVE THE DATE!
October 14 & 15, 2019
dsconference.rice.edu
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