Faculty
Collectively, the list of achievements and awards received by the department’s 58 faculty include 17 NSF Career Award winners; eight IEEE Fellows; three ACM Fellows; three AAAS Fellows; one IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award; one IEEE Computer Society W. Wallace-McDowell Award; and one ACM Karl Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award.
Staff
The Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering’s human constituents represent a diverse mix of individuals, including distinguished faculty, committed staff and talented students. Use the information on this page to lookup details (such as contact information and job duties) about staff members, including office staff, student advisors, IT staff and other personnel.
Departmental Committees
In addition to the department administration, a number of administrative committees advise the chair and oversee various aspects of the department’s daily operations.
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CISE employs four times the national average of black faculty members among the nation's computer science programs.
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CISE has the highest amount of black women faculty members among computer science departments nationwide.
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CISE is ranked among the Top 5 for the most women faculty among computer science departments nationwide.
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Kahveci Appointed Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Tamer Kahveci, Ph.D., professor and associate chair of academic affairs in the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), was recently appointed as editor in chief of IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (TCBB), a leading bimonthly journal published jointly by the IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS), and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
“I am deeply honored to serve as the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and am excited to advance cutting edge research in this rapidly evolving, interdisciplinary domain,” Kahveci said.
Kahveci was appointed by the TCBB Steering Committee based on the recommendation of the committee and with the consent of the IEEE Computer Society president and the chairs of the ACM Publications Board. His term will end in December 2027 with eligibility for reappointment for two additional years. During his term, Kahveci will also serve as a voting member of the Computer Society Transactions Operations Committee.
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