Wiess School of Natural Sciences

Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology 


Kennedy InstituteThe Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology, formerly the Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI) at Rice University, is a research institution composed of faculty, research scientists, staff, and graduate students dedicated to the advancement of applied interdisciplinary research in the areas of computer and information technology. The Institute's goal is to support, foster, and develop research and education across a wide area of computing technologies, computational engineering, and information processing and theory. There are approximately 90 Ph.D. faculty and research scientists and more than 120 graduate students affiliated with the Ken Kennedy Institute.

The Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology, formerly the Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI) at Rice University, is a research institution composed of faculty, research scientists, staff, and graduate students dedicated to the advancement of applied interdisciplinary research in the areas of computer and information technology. The Institute's goal is to support, foster, and develop research and education across a wide area of computing technologies, computational engineering, and information processing and theory. There are approximately 90 Ph.D. faculty and research scientists and more than 120 graduate students affiliated with the Ken Kennedy Institute.

Affiliated Centers:

Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning (CTTL)

Center for Multimedia Communication (CMC)

Center for Computational Geophysics (CCG)

Center for High Performance Software (HiPerSoft)

Center for Chemical Processing Technology (CCPT)


Research Areas:

  • Distributed computing
  • Robotics
  • Digital signal processing
  • Telecommunications
  • Optimization
  • Data modeling and analysis
  • Technologies in education