Tag: 2020 Spring Newsletter

Adrienne Cook, the graduate academic advisor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), recently received the Staff International Educator of the Year Award at the college level by the UF International Center. Approximately 84 percent of the students Cook advises are international students. The International Educator of the Year Awards honor the outstanding contributions of faculty and staff to the internationalization of the University of Florida and the impact of those contributions on […]

Dear colleagues, alumni and friends, As we navigate through the challenges of COVID-19, I want to share with you the actions we have taken at the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. Our first priority continues to be the health and safety of our faculty, staff and students. As of […]

Sharon Lynn Chu, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Her project will investigate the design of wearable technologies to connect learning across formal and informal contexts, especially for elementary and middle school students, focusing on […]

Alumni from the University of Florida have created and guided some of the most innovative and profitable businesses in the nation and the world. Each year, the UF Alumni Association, in partnership with the UF Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center, recognizes these amazing entrepreneurs with the Gator100 at a ceremony held on the main UF campus […]

Kevin R. B. Butler, Ph.D., a holder of the Arnold and Lisa Goldberg Rising Star Associate Professor in Computer Science at the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has been selected as a 2020 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardee. “I’ve been incredibly fortunate to work with amazingly talented […]

Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor, testified as an expert witness regarding election security during a hearing by the House Administration Committee earlier this month. Dr. Gilbert, who has been conducting research on elections for more than 15 years and who was one of two academics asked to testify, shared his […]

The University of Florida sets a new standard as a modern research university with national recognition for both traditional classroom programs and online pathways. UF Online, UF’s online undergraduate experience, has now risen to No. 4 in the country for best online bachelor’s programs according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 rankings. With foresight […]

Walking into New York University for Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW), the Kernel Sanders team didn’t know they would leave as champions. Owen Flannagan, a junior competing on behalf of the University of Florida team, swept through the bracket beating No. 1 seed Perfect Blue to win first place in the Pwny Race. The team […]

Abdelsalam (Sumi) Helal, Ph.D., a professor in CISE, was named a 2019 Fellow of the  American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for distinguished contributions to the field of pervasive computing, particularly in assistive environments supportive of aging and independent living. Dr. Helal is an IEEE Fellow and Finland Distinguished Professor. He was named […]