Tag: Fall 2019

The University of Florida has been re-designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R) through academic year 2024. This designation puts UF in an elite group of universities that meet the federal government’s criteria for providing educational and research opportunities in cybersecurity. UF has held this distinction since first receiving […]

In its 25th iteration, the CISE Career Fair saw its largest attendance of students and companies to date during the Sept. 23 event. Over five hours, more than 1,200 students passed through check-in to meet with representatives from 37 companies. The Career Fair was held at the heart of the University of Florida campus in […]

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. […]

Manuel Bermudez, Ph.D., an associate professor, recently retired from the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) after 34 years. Dr. Bermudez came to the University of Florida as a CISE assistant professor in 1985. His research focused on programming languages, and he made several important contributions in the area of syntax analysis […]

Kyla McMullen, Ph.D., an assistant professor, and Jeremy A. Magruder Waisome, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate, who are members of the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences (iAAMCS), host the Modern Figures Podcast, which is sponsored by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). What is the Modern Figures Podcast? Modern Figures podcast […]

Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), was recently awarded a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that will monitor high-risk intersections in Gainesville, FL, to make roadways safer. The project, “Video Based Machine Learning for Smart Traffic Analysis and Management,” […]

Usha Suryadevara (computer engineering, MS ‘01) is the director of development at Info Tech in Gainesville, Fla. Suryadevara has made mentoring women in computer science and engineering an important part of her life.  Why were you interested in the computer engineering/science field? Honestly, I had to decide between dissecting frogs or learning about computers. I’ve […]

First responders typically work in hazardous conditions caused by hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, fires and terrorism events. In the case of …