Welcome to the digital newsletter from the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE). Each semester, you will receive an email highlighting department updates and successes. We look forward to connecting with you.
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Fall 2021: Message From the Chair
Dear colleagues, alumni and friends, With the semester coming to an end, I wanted to share some stories that came out of our department these last few months. This fall,…
Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D.
The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor
UF Distinguished Professor
Chair, Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering
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Jih-Kwon Peir Retires from CISE After More Than 25 Years
Jih-Kwon Peir, Ph.D., recently retired from the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) after 27 years. Dr. Peir came to the University of Florida (UF) in 1994. His research focused on high-performance computer system architectures, microarchitectures and their memory hierarchy designs. Dr. Peir, who was an associate…
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Researchers Receive $1.2M NSF Grant to Study and Thwart Surveillanceware
Cybersecurity is an ever-changing field of research, with new forms of security threats appearing often. One increasingly common threat, surveillanceware, involves a malicious individual installing software on a victim’s mobile device enabling secret remote monitoring of the device’s activity. Using a new $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation…
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Christina Gardner-McCune, AI4K12 Team Will Receive Outstanding Educator Award
Christina Gardner-McCune, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, is expected to receive the 2022 AAAI/EAAI Outstanding Educator award for her work with the Artificial Intelligence for K-12 Initiative (AI4K12.org). The award is presented annually at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial…
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Ranka Named UF Distinguished Professor
After many years devoted to teaching and research at the University of Florida, Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., was recently named a Distinguished Professor. Dr. Ranka is the second person in the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) to receive the distinction. The title of Distinguished Professor at…
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Boucher to Serve on National Institutes of Health Study Section
Christina Boucher, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has accepted an invitation from the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to serve as a standing member of the Biodata Management and Analysis (BDMA) Study Section. Her term…