Christopher Jermaine, Rice University (IMAGE) Rice University Caption Christopher Jermaine, an associate professor of computer science at Rice University, has received a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop new cloud computing resources to make better use of massive data sets without having to rely on supercomputers. Credit Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Usage Restrictions For news reporting purposes only. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.