Paper on Retaining Black Computer Science Students Co-Authored by CISE Chair Earns Best Paper Award at RESPECT 2020

June 15, 2020

A paper titled, “The iAAMCS Ecosystem: Retaining Blacks/African-Americans in CS PhD Programs,” recently earned a best paper award at the 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) Conference. The paper was co-authored by Jeremy A. Magruder Waisome, Ph.D., a lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education, and Juan E. […]

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CISE Statement about Current Events

June 11, 2020

Dear CISE friends and family, I share in your pain and anger over the recent racist events against black lives that have taken place in our country. I stand with President Kent Fuchs, Dean Cammy Abernathy, Dean Henry T. Frierson and the entire Gator family in the condemnation of these racist, violent acts. The Department […]

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The Pandemic Can’t Keep Nursing Students from Clinical Practice Experience

June 1, 2020

Shadow Health’s ‘Digital Clinical Experiences’ fill a need, especially now One potential casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic might have been nursing programs. Might have been but wasn’t, due to a virtual-patient interaction program created by University of Florida researcher Benjamin Lok, Ph.D. Because personal protective equipment was in high demand, nursing students, such as those at […]

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Prabhat Mishra, Ph.D.

Mishra Named a UF Research Foundation Professor

June 1, 2020

The University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) has named Prabhat Mishra, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, a UFRF Professor for 2020-2023. Dr. Mishra’s research interests include embedded and cyber-physical systems; energy-aware computing; formal verification; hardware security and trust; post-silicon debug; and system-on-chip validation. He is the research director […]

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Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D.

Gilbert Elected as Member of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida

May 15, 2020

Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), was recently elected as a member of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL). Dr. Gilbert was elected because of his pioneering human-centered computing research focused on societal […]

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Sahar Kausar

Alumna Turns Internship into Full-Time Position at Disney

April 20, 2020

Ever wonder how your favorite Disney characters come to life in beloved Disney Parks attractions across the globe? Professional intern Sahar helped the Walt Disney Imagineering team create animatronic magic during her Show Programming Animation internship, then turned that experience into a full-time role as an Associate Technical Animator! Sahar began her journey at Walt […]

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Adrienne Cook

Graduate Advisor Receives International Educator of the Year Award

March 26, 2020

Adrienne Cook, the graduate academic advisor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), recently received the Staff International Educator of the Year Award at the college level by the UF International Center. Approximately 84 percent of the students Cook advises are international students. The International Educator of the Year Awards honor the outstanding contributions of faculty and staff to the internationalization of the University of Florida and the impact of those contributions on […]

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Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D.

Spring 2020: Message From the Chair

March 24, 2020

Dear colleagues, alumni and friends, As we navigate through the challenges of COVID-19, I want to share with you the actions we have taken at the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. Our first priority continues to be the health and safety of our faculty, staff and students. As of […]

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Sharon Lynn Chu, Ph.D.

Chu Receives Career Award From National Science Foundation

March 20, 2020

Sharon Lynn Chu, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Her project will investigate the design of wearable technologies to connect learning across formal and informal contexts, especially for elementary and middle school students, focusing on […]

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UF Engineering Alumni Honored as 2020 Gator100 Awardees

March 9, 2020

Alumni from the University of Florida have created and guided some of the most innovative and profitable businesses in the nation and the world. Each year, the UF Alumni Association, in partnership with the UF Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center recognizes these amazing entrepreneurs with the Gator100 at a ceremony held on the main UF campus […]

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