Dr. France Jackson, Dr. Juan Gilbert, and Dr. Jessica Jones

Department Celebrates First Black Women Ph.D. Graduates

May 10, 2018

This May, the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) celebrated a milestone of firsts as France L. Jackson, Ph.D., and Jessica N. Jones, Ph.D., became the first black women to graduate with Ph.D. degrees from the department. These achievements are particularly significant in the field of computer science. While diversity in […]

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Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D.

Gilbert Awarded 2018 CRA A. Nico Habermann Award

March 21, 2018

Juan Gilbert, The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and department chair, is 1 of 2 recipients of the 2018 A. Nico A. Habermann Award, given by the Computing Research Association (CRA). The CRA unites industry, academia and government to advance computing research and change the world. This prestigious award highlights outstanding individuals who have made […]

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HCC Ph.D. graduates with Dr. Gilbert

The Department Congratulates Its First HCC Ph.D. Graduates

August 5, 2017

The University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) is proud to announce the graduation of its first two students from the Human-Centered Computing (HCC) Ph.D. degree program. Chris Crawford, whose research focuses on brain-computer interfaces (BCI) and human-robot interaction, and Marvin Andujar, whose research focuses on effective BCI, graduated this […]

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Members of the Brain-Drone Race team

CISE Research Team Hosts Second Annual Brain-Drone Race

April 30, 2017

Some engineers are thinking about what humans can do with their brains. A team of students at the University of Florida, with the help of Juan Gilbert, Ph.D., the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), are bringing those ideas to life […]

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Members of the student team that created Virtual Traffic Stop

App Aims to Take Risk Out of Traffic Stops

April 25, 2017

Many police officers will tell you the riskiest parts of their job are responding to domestic violence calls and making traffic stops. A group of University of Florida students has come up with a way to make the latter a little less dangerous – for everyone. The group, all students in UF’s Herbert Wertheim College […]

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Juan E. Gilbert

Department Chair Named NAI Fellow

December 16, 2016

Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), has been elected by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to be an NAI Fellow. Gilbert is a human-centered computing expert hired in 2014 as a professor and associate […]

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Changing the Face of Computer Science

November 21, 2016

The online documentary series Lab Daze highlights an aspect of computer science not historically associated with the field: Cool. Created in 2014 by computer science professor Juan Gilbert and his graduate students at the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, the 10-episode series follows the lab’s activities in an effort to get younger students interested […]

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Gilbert Selected for AAAS Invention Ambassador Program

July 9, 2015

Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and the new chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, has been selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to be among the second round of inventors honored by its Lemelson Invention Ambassadors Program. The purpose of the […]

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Empowerment Through Computing

June 2, 2015

Juan Gilbert wanted to be like the heroes in the movies he watched as a kid: the person everyone looked to for help and who would valiantly save the day. But these superheroes didn’t use their physical might to fight danger. The heroes in Gilbert’s favorite sci-fi movies wore lab coats. “I’ve always wanted to […]

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Juan E. Gilbert is CISE Chair

Announcing New CISE Chair Juan Gilbert, Ph.D.

May 18, 2015

Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Chair and current associate chair for research, has been named chair of the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. The appointment is effective immediately. Gilbert has been awarded over $25 million in external research funding, mentored 70 graduate students and received […]

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