About

CISE is concerned with the theory, design, development and application of computer systems and information-processing techniques.

The mission of the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering is to educate students, as well as the broader campus community, in the fundamental concepts of the computing discipline; to create and disseminate computing knowledge and technology; and to use expertise in computing to help society solve problems.

Research areas in the department include:

Visit our faculty research areas page for a full list of our research areas and associated faculty.

As of September 2020, the department had 11 active grants worth over $1 million dollars. Faculty collectively received 34 grants since July 2018. Among computer science departments at public universities nationwide, CISE ranks No. 4 in the number of women faculty (2019 ASEE data). Domestic students comprise 48 percent of CISE’s Ph.D. enrollment (2019 departmental data), and the department is No. 1 in the number of black students enrolled in the Ph.D. program (2018 ASEE Data).

In 2019, UF was 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. Read more about this designation.

Faculty

Collectively, the list of achievements and awards received by the department’s faculty includes 18 NSF CAREER Award winners; 10 IEEE Fellows; five ACM Fellows; six AAAS Fellows; one IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award; one IEEE Computer Society W. Wallace-McDowell Award; and one ACM Karl Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award.

20

Full Professors

16

Associate Professors

11

Assistant Professors

9

Instructional Professors

Department Administration