Richard G. Baraniuk
Also known as Richard Gordon Baraniuk
Richard Baraniuk is an electrical and computer engineering professor at Rice University whose research spans signal processing and deep learning. With Kevin Kelly, he developed the single-pixel camera, and the National Academy of Engineering elected him in 2022 for foundational contributions to compressive sensing. He launched Connexions in 1999, one of the first initiatives to offer free, open-source textbooks, and it later became OpenStax. From 2020 to 2025 he served as project director of the Office of Naval Research's Foundations of Deep Learning initiative, and the IEEE gave him its Kilby Signal Processing Medal in 2025. As of October 2026, he is a professor at Rice University and the founder and director of OpenStax.
Timeline
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1987–1993
A degree, then Lyon and Rice
He earns a B.Sc. from the University of Manitoba in 1987. He spends 1992 and 1993 at the École normale supérieure de Lyon, then joins Rice University.
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1999
The Connexions open-textbook project
He launches Connexions in 1999, one of the first initiatives to offer free, open-source textbooks on the web. The project later becomes OpenStax.
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2007
The single-pixel camera
He develops the single-pixel camera with Kevin Kelly, and MIT Technology Review selects it as a TR10 Top 10 Emerging Technology in 2007.
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2020–2025
Foundations of deep learning
He serves as project director for the Office of Naval Research's Foundations of Deep Learning initiative from 2020 to 2025.
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2021
The McGraw Prize in Education
He wins the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education's 2021 Higher Education award for putting free and open-source books in the hands of students and faculty through OpenStax.
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2022
Joining the National Academy of Engineering
He joins the National Academy of Engineering in 2022, recognized for open educational resources and foundational contributions to compressive sensing.
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2025
The IEEE Kilby Signal Processing Medal
He receives the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal in 2025.
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As of October 2026
Rice professor and OpenStax director
He is the C. Sidney Burrus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University and the founder and director of OpenStax.
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- Richard Baraniuk - Wikipedia
- Richard G. Baraniuk - Houston Methodist Scholars
- Richard Gordon Baraniuk - Engineering and Technology History Wiki
- OpenStax Celebrates 25th Anniversary -- Campus Technology
- Richard G. Baraniuk, 2021 Prize Winner | McGraw Prize in Education
- 5 Houston researches ranked among the engineering world's most elite - CultureMap Houston