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Shigang Chen, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), has been honored as a Distinguished Scientist by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Chen was recognized for his individual contributions to advancing the field of computing. He was one of 45 distinguished members named, and one […]

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida has named Patrick Traynor, Ph.D., the John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering. Traynor came to the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) in 2014 as an associate professor focusing on security and networks. John and Mary Lou […]

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 […]

The University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) is pleased to announce an increase in the stipend for the Graduate Student Preeminence Award (GSPAs). The purpose of the GSPA is to assist Ph.D. programs to offer highly competitive research assistantship stipends to their strongest Ph.D. applicants. GSPA recipients in CISE receive a full […]

Meera Sitharam, an associate professor in the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), and Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, a professor in the UF Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, were awarded $799,990 of a $1.13 million grant funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project, “Collaborative Research: Geometric Elucidation of Supramolecular […]

Rasha Elhesha, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Florida’s Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), received the Outstanding International Student Award for her exemplary academic achievement and involvement at UF. Elhesha, an international student from Egypt, was one of 15 students from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering to receive the award. After […]

Oct. 28, 2016 – Last week, 50 middle school-aged girls spent a day on the University of Florida campus learning about computer science. After a short hands-on lesson in coding and animation, the girls took a tour of the Human-Experience Research Lab in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). Kara Gundersen, a CISE […]

Since 2011, the NCWIT (The National Center for Women & IT) Student Seed Fund has invested over $178,250 in more than 129 student-run programs for women in computing at non-profit, U.S. Academic Alliance member institutions nationwide (excluding U.S. territories). Programs have included technology-related learning and advancement opportunities, including programming workshops, peer mentoring and support, professional […]

Ransomware – what hackers use to encrypt your computer files and demand money in exchange for freeing those contents – is an exploding global problem with few solutions, but a team of University of Florida researchers says it has developed a way to stop it dead in its tracks. The answer, they say, lies not […]

Meera Sitharam, Ph.D., a CISE associate professor, was awarded $299,243 of a $1.05M grant funded by the National Science Foundation. Grant Abstract: This grant supports the collaborative research efforts of an interdisciplinary team comprising pure mathematics, applied mathematics, computer science, and physics on some problems in materials science. The world is full of many varied structures, […]