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Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Chair and current associate chair for research, has been named chair of the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. The appointment is effective immediately. Gilbert has been awarded over $25 million in external research funding, mentored 70 graduate students and received […]

A marketing document for Intel distributed recently showcases the technical momentum taking place at the University of Florida (UF). The UF Department Computer & Information Science & Engineering and the Intel Software Academic Program are spearheading curriculum on Natural User Interaction (NUI). This emergent technology refines and expands how the human senses exchange with computers. […]

The CISE department’s student-run organization WiCSE (Women in Computer Science and Engineering) led an outreach day on March 25 for middle school girls. The girls were attending a week-long spring break camp hosted by the UF WISE group, sponsored by the Florida Museum of Natural History, spending one day in each of 5 science and […]

Harris Corporation recently gave $3 million to create an endowed research fund called the Research Excellence Fund in Computer Science and Engineering. In recognition of this gift, the department has named space on the 3rd floor, now known as the Harris Gateway to Learning and Innovation. “The Harris gift is an example of how leadership, […]