Lydia Kavraki, a leading researcher in robotics, computational biomedicine and artificial intelligence (AI) at Rice University, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the world’s foremost professional societies dedicated to honoring achievement in science and outstanding original research.

At Rice, Kavraki is the Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing and holds appointments in the departments of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering and bioengineering. Since 2019, Kavraki has served as director of the Ken Kennedy Institute, which brings together more than 250 researchers from across the university to collaborate on transformative projects in AI, machine learning, data science, high-performance computing and emerging interdisciplinary areas of research… Continue reading.