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Sartaj Sahni was recently named the Editor-in-Chief of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) journal Computing Surveys. The ACM is the premier professional association for computer science. Computing Surveys has the highest impact of all the ACM journals. The journal publishes surveys, tutorials, and special reports on all areas of computing research.

In April 2013, the UF Graduate Teaching Assistant Award was given to Sencer Nuri Yeralan, Computer and Information Science and Engineering. Only about 20 graduate students are given this award at UF each year. Awards to engineering students are very rare: Nuri is the third engineering student to win this award since it was established […]

The Association of Graduate Students in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (ASCIE) is hosting Computer Science Day in conjunction with the annual Artificial Intelligence in Computer Games Day at the University of Florida. Computer Science Day is intended to promote awareness of the importance and impact of Computer Science and to showcase just how […]

Tim Davis, a professor in CISE, was elected as a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) on March 29. Tim is one of only two SIAM Fellows in the state of Florida. The SIAM Fellows program was initiated in 2009 with 194 members, and about 34 have been elected each year […]

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, […]