Author: drew.brown1

Shadow Health, Co-Founded by CISE Professor, is Acquired by Elsevier
January 4, 2021Shadow Health, a UF Innovate startup, was recently acquired by Elsevier, a leader in research publishing and information analytics. The Gainesville company was co-founded in 2011 by Benjamin Lok, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE); along with David Massias, CEO, and Aaron Kotranza, Ph.D., […]
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UF to begin construction on Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology
December 9, 2020The University of Florida began construction on the Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology, a 263,000-square-foot academic building located in the heart of UF’s main campus that will connect students and researchers from across disciplines and create a hub for advances in computing, communication and cyber-technologies with the potential for profound societal impact. […]
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Alumni Spotlight: Chunbo “Chuck” Huang
November 19, 2020Growing up in China, Chunbo “Chuck” Huang, Ph.D., (Ph.D. CE ’00), founder and CEO of Citcon, didn’t know that one day he would become a computer scientist. After he won the national level high school math and physics Olympiad competitions, he received an offer from Tsinghua University to attend and pick any major. “Although I […]
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Ph.D. Student is the First at a Florida University to Receive the Google Ph.D. Fellowship
November 18, 2020Brendan David-John, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), was recently named a Google Ph.D. Fellowship recipient under the area of Human-Computer Interaction. According to the list of recipients from the fellowship’s inception, David-John is the first student from any Florida university to receive the fellowship. David-John’s research […]
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Fall 2020: Message From the Chair
November 10, 2020Dear colleagues, alumni and friends, With the end of the semester quickly approaching, I wanted to share some stories that came out of the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering in the last few months. This fall, the department congratulated a faculty member for receiving a $1.2 million grant from […]
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Announcing 2020 Faculty Hires
November 5, 2020The University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering welcomes three new faculty members. James Fairbanks, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dr. Fairbanks’s research focuses on programming languages; concurrency, parallelism and high-performance computing; and database, data science and informatics. His work focuses on using programming language theory and algebraic techniques for designing and developing […]
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Boucher Receives NSF Grant to Enable Real-Time Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance
November 3, 2020Christina Boucher, Ph.D., associate professor in the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant will give Dr. Boucher and her team the opportunity to develop a set of algorithms and an electronic interface that will allow public health […]
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Inventing for Equity: This Technology Makes Voting More Accessible
October 30, 2020Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., created the Prime III software voting system as a model for how to make elections more secure — and more inclusive. During this unprecedented election season, there has been a focus on safety and security for voters and voting systems — but equally paramount should be the issue of accessibility. […]
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Helal Elected as a Member of the Academia Europaea
October 22, 2020Congratulations to Sumi Helal, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, who was recently elected as a member of the Academia Europaea, the European equivalent to the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Helal’s primary research areas are pervasive and mobile computing, digital health, and the Internet of Things. His […]
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