Tag: Spring 2022

UF Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Develop Automated Methods to Diagnose Neurodegenerative Disorders
May 11, 2022A four-year grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and National Institute on Aging (NIA) has been awarded to Baba C. Vemuri, Ph.D., the Wilson and Marie Collins Professor in Engineering at the University of Florida (UF), to resolve the limitations of MRI for the purpose […]
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UF Alumnus Designs App to Make Campus Parking Easier
May 9, 2022If you’ve ever parked on the University of Florida (UF) campus, you’re aware of the various parking restrictions. One recent alumnus has been working to create an app that alleviates some of the stress of navigating those parking restrictions. Drew Gill (BSCS ’22) began creating EZ Park UF as a group project for his Human-Computer […]
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CISE Student Earns NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
May 4, 2022Congratulations to Tyler Hanks, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), who has been selected for the 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), which recognizes exceptional students who are pursuing full-time research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The NSF GRFP has […]
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Remembering Douglas D. Dankel
April 25, 2022Douglas D. Dankel II, Ph.D., retired assistant professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), passed away on March 16, 2022, after a long illness. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the North Carolina State University in 1971, he earned a Ph.D. degree in computer science from the […]
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UF Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study Integration of AI in Middle Schools Through Natural Language Processing
April 21, 2022Researchers from the University of Florida were recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore how to integrate AI learning into middle school science through natural language processing (NLP). Investigators will work with teachers and students at middle schools in Florida and Indiana. The project team includes the principal investigator Kristy […]
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UF Researchers to Augment Human Cognition to Aid in Extreme Work Environments
March 15, 2022Using a new $2.8 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), researchers in the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) will work to augment human cognition by providing task guidance through augmented reality (AR) headset technology in extreme environments, including high hazard and risky operations. The […]
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Malachowsky, Others Elected to University of Florida’s Newest Class of Academy of Golden Gators
March 10, 2022GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An entrepreneur, a former university trustee, a business developer and a family of legal professionals are the latest honorees in the University of Florida’s prestigious Academy of Golden Gators. The academy honors alumni and friends whose support and guidance are driving UF’s ascent as one of the nation’s best institutions of higher […]
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Dr. Chen and Team Receive Best Paper Award at ICNP 2021
March 10, 2022Shigang Chen, Ph.D., a professor, and his team at the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) recently received the best paper award at the 29th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) for their research on non-duplicate sampling and its applications in network traffic monitoring. “This research will make network monitoring faster […]
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Doctoral Student Receives Meta Ph.D. Fellowship
March 3, 2022Armisha Roberts, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, was recently named a recipient of the Meta Ph.D. Fellowship. Roberts is one of the 37 selected for the 2022 fellowship, and she is the only recipient from the state of Florida. “Receiving this fellowship is a blessing,” she said. […]
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