Announcing 2021 Faculty Hires
The University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering welcomes its new faculty member. Zhe Jiang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dr. Jiang’s research focuses on data mining; database,…
Christina Gardner-McCune, AI4K12 Team Will Receive Outstanding Educator Award
Christina Gardner-McCune, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, is expected to receive the 2022 AAAI/EAAI Outstanding Educator award for her work with…
University of Florida Innovators Honored at 4th Annual Standing InnOvation Event
On October 26, UF Innovate | Tech Licensing hosted its annual event to recognize top innovations stemming from the University of Florida. Standing InnOvation, the best kind of “standing ovation”…
UF Researchers Awarded $1.1M Grant by National Institute of Health on AI-Powered Medical Research
Background A multi-departmental team from the University of Florida, Shigang Chen, Ph.D., Samuel Wu, Ph.D., David Vaillancourt, Ph.D., and Kejun Huang, Ph.D., was recently rewarded a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of…
Ranka Named UF Distinguished Professor
After many years devoted to teaching and research at the University of Florida, Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., was recently named a Distinguished Professor. Dr. Ranka is the second person in the…
Boucher to Serve on National Institutes of Health Study Section
Christina Boucher, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has accepted an invitation from the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes…
Researchers Seek to Build Confidence into AI for Healthcare Under NSF grant
A team of researchers at the University of Florida will explore ways to increase trustworthiness and interpretability of artificial machine learning in healthcare under a new $1.2 million grant from…
University of Florida Ranks 5th Among Top Public Universities
The announcement cements UF’s meteoric rise in rankings over the past five years and publicly recognizes the university’s excellence and value. GAINESVILLE, Florida — After five consecutive years of ascension,…
Paper Nominated as a Best Journal Paper at IEEE VR
Under natural viewing conditions in virtual reality, there are significant possibilities for violating user privacy, according to a recent paper by doctoral student and lead author Brendan David-John at the…