Welcome to the digital newsletter from the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE). Each semester, you will receive an email highlighting department updates and successes. We look forward to connecting with you.
We are proud to share with you this summary of CISE news that has stood out this semester. >>>
Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D.
The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor
CISE Department Chair
Using a $1.2 million NSF grant, researchers Vincent Bindschaedler, Ph.D., and co-principal investigator Kevin R. B. Butler, Ph.D., will study surveillanceware and develop new AI-based defenses for it.
A team of researchers led by My T. Thai, Ph.D., will explore ways to increase the trustworthiness and interpretability of artificial machine learning in healthcare under a $1.2 million NSF grant.
Christina Gardner-McCune, Ph.D., is expected to receive the 2022 AAAI/EAAI Outstanding Educator award for her work with the Artificial Intelligence for K-12 Initiative (AI4K12.org).
After many years devoted to teaching and research, Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., was named a Distinguished Professor. Dr. Ranka is the second person in CISE to receive the distinction.
Christina Boucher, Ph.D., has accepted an invitation from the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health to serve as a standing member of the Biodata Management and Analysis (BDMA) Study Section.
Jih-Kwon Peir, Ph.D., recently retired from the department after 27 years. Dr. Peir came to UF in 1994. His research focused on high-performance computer system architectures, microarchitectures and their memory hierarchy designs.