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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 […]

Nearly 150 innovators celebrated their fiscal year 2019 achievements at UF Innovate | Tech Licensing’s second annual Standing InnOvation event. Benjamin Lok, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering whose inventions showcase the value of human-computer interactions, received the Innovator of the Year award for 2019. “Much of Dr. […]

Faculty members Lisa Anthony, Ph.D.; Prabhat Mishra, Ph.D.; and Jorg Peters, Ph.D.; from the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering have been selected to receive the University of Florida Term Professorship award for 2019-2022. The University Term Professorship was established in 2016 and is presented to 250 eligible faculty members annually. Selection of […]

Congratulations to Mohan Zalake, a Human-Centered Computing Ph.D. student, for receiving the best paper award at Association for Computing Machinery’s 2019 International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (ACM IVA). Zalake’s paper, “Internet-based Tailored Virtual Human Health Intervention to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening: Design Guidelines from Two User Studies,” provides design guidelines for future developers who […]

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The annual Outstanding Young Alumni awards program was established in 2006 to recognize alumni under the age of 40 whose achievements positively reflect The Gator Nation. 40 Under 40 will continue the tradition of honoring Gators who are reflecting leadership and innovation in their communities and professions. The awards were announced prior to the Orange & […]

Jasmine Bowers, Tiffanie Smith and Sanethia Thomas, all Ph.D. students in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, received the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) North Florida & Southeast Georgia Affiliate Award for Aspirations in Computing. The NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Collegiate Award was designed to honor technical accomplishments […]

Prabhat Mishra, Ph.D., a professor at the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has been selected as a 2019 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardee. Mishra’s primary area of research is design and verification of architectures and algorithms for secure and energy-efficient electronic systems. Over the last academic year, […]

Ahmed Helmy, Ph.D., a professor and graduate coordinator at the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has been named a 2019 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Helmy was recognized for his contributions to routing protocol design and mobility modeling. IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE […]

Faculty members Arunava Banerjee, Ph.D.; Kevin R. B. Butler, Ph.D.; Tamer Kahveci, Ph.D.; Meera Sitharam, Ph.D.; and Daisy Zhe Wang, Ph.D.; from the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering have been selected to receive the University of Florida Term Professorship award for 2018-2021. The university offers 250 term professorships every year. The professorships […]