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Daisy Zhe Wang speaks to students at the recent orientation at the UF Jacksonville campus.

‘Top-tier’ CISE master’s program debuts at new UF Jacksonville campus

CISE launched a Master of Science in Computer Science with AI and cybersecurity concentrations at the UF Jacksonville campus.

Students perform a Gator Chomp during their visit to the Amazon AWS Skills Centre in Cape Town, South Africa

South African study-abroad program sparks tears, tech solutions and Amazon partnership

Each summer, Sanethia Thomas, Ph.D., brings UF students to South Africa to create tech solutions for community problems. 

Person using laptop with AI education assistant hologram, online learning chatbot and digital tutoring concept.

Your next AI tutor may ask you about ‘The Office.’ Here’s why

Incorporating interest-based learning into LLM-based tutors, Abhishek Kulkarni, Ph.D., is working to make them more engaging for students. 

Yuanyuan Lei, Ph.D.

Trio of studies pursues logical reasoning in large language models

Yuanyuan Lei, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Florida’s Department of Computer & Information Science and Engineering, or CISE, and researchers in her lab are uncovering the internal mechanisms that support logical reasoning and using that understanding to make LLMs more precise and efficient.

Computer & Information Science & Engineering Professor Emeritus Gerhard X. Ritter, Ph.D.

‘A life dedicated to academic and community service’: CISE icon Gerhard X. Ritter dies at 89

Computer & Information Science & Engineering Professor Emeritus Gerhard X. Ritter, Ph.D., died while in hospice care near his Gainesville home in March. He was 89 years old. 

Mike Cottmeyer, Alumnus

From software design to ‘methodology stuff’: Meet alumnus Mike Cottmeyer

“Adopting agile” and “leading large-scale enterprise transformations” might not be phrases commonly associated with computer engineering, but to Gator Engineer Mike Cottmeyer (BSCEN ’93), it all makes sense.

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