Month: April 2026

CISE celebrates 2026 class of Distinguished Alumni Awardees
April 29, 2026The Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering celebrated the 2026 class of Distinguished Alumni awardees on April 21 at the University of Florida’s J. Wayne Reitz Union.
Read more: CISE celebrates 2026 class of Distinguished Alumni Awardees »
ECE ‘star Gator’ Farimah Farahmandi wins 40 Under 40 alumni award
April 24, 2026Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D., is considered an emerging leader in hardware security verification and trustworthy semiconductor design, a field vital to national security and the global semiconductor ecosystem.
Read more: ECE ‘star Gator’ Farimah Farahmandi wins 40 Under 40 alumni award »
Sitharam wins award for excellence and innovation in doctoral dissertation advising
April 20, 2026The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering selected Meera Sitharam, Ph.D., to receive a Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award for the 2025–26 academic year.
Read more: Sitharam wins award for excellence and innovation in doctoral dissertation advising »
‘Intellectual curiosity, relentless perseverance’: Meet multi-major engineer Edward Kempa
April 10, 2026No one will ever accuse Edward Kempa of being an underachiever. Kempa is graduating this spring with double majors – his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Department of Computer and Information Science (CISE) and a bachelor’s in economics.
Read more: ‘Intellectual curiosity, relentless perseverance’: Meet multi-major engineer Edward Kempa »
Spring 2026: Message from the Chair
April 10, 2026Dear friends, faculty, alumni and students, With the spring semester rapidly coming to a close, now is a great time to take stock of our remarkable work in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. We continue to delve into some of the world’s thorniest problems while achieving student and faculty success with […]
Read more: Spring 2026: Message from the Chair »