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Keeping humans in the loop: UF-involved study examines human feedback on AI
June 11, 2026Researchers evaluated four common ways people provide feedback to AI systems, revealing a tradeoff between model accuracy and the effort required from users.
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‘A tremendous impact’: Butler named CISE chair
June 9, 2026Kevin R.B. Butler, Ph.D., has been named the chair of the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, or CISE.
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A lineage of excellence: Ph.D. proteges secure Outstanding Dissertation Awards
June 5, 2026Professor Prabhat Mishra celebrates another Outstanding Dissertation Award earned by one of his former doctoral students, continuing a tradition of research excellence spanning more than two decades.
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Watching the detectors: Researchers probe efficacy – and danger – of AI detection tools
May 19, 2026UF engineering professor Patrick Traynor, Ph.D. says commercially available tools used to detect AI-generated text in scientific literature are ineffective.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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‘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.
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Thermal cameras used in drones and robots can be tricked by heat sources, study finds
March 17, 2026As thermal cameras become commonplace on autonomous drones and vehicles, a University of Florida engineering professor is working to make sure they can’t be maliciously tricked into “seeing” things that aren’t there.
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CISE’s Slepian honored for going above and beyond
March 13, 2026The Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) recently honored Research Administrator Michelle Slepian with its 2025 CISE Staff Excellence Award.
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