Announcing New CISE Chair Juan Gilbert, Ph.D.
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…
MERL – Best Paper Award
Elham Sakhaee, Ph.D. student, and Alireza Entezari, an associate professor at the CISE, won the best paper award, sponsored by the Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab (MERL) for their paper entitled “Learning Splines…
Helmy Selected as ACM Distinguished Scientist
Ahmed Helmy, Ph.D., was selected by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) as an inductee honored with the designation of “Distinguished Scientist”. Dr. Helmy’s main contributions include research in the…
Mobile Purchase Fraud on the rise
A new study by Lexis Nexis, a digital risk management company, says mobile purchase fraud is on the rise. The study reports that the money stolen through mobile transactions went…
Plenary Talks by CISE Faculty
Dr. Gerhard X. Ritter, CISE Professor Emeritus and former department chair, was an plenary keynote speaker at the 19th Iboamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition (CIARP 2014) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico….
CISE Optima Network Science Wins Best Paper Award
OptNetSci, UF’s Optima Network Science research group, won the best paper award at the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN) in Maui, Hawaii, December 2014, for…
Students Get Early Glimpse at the Joy of Computer Coding
To get kids interested in complicated subjects like computer science, sometimes all they need is a taste of the real thing. That’s the thinking behind Hour of Code, a program…
Human-Centered Computer Graphics at CISE
When you watch funny Youtube videos, how does your heart rate vary? When you build Legos, where do you get stuck? When you search for camouflaged animals, what are your…
Helal Named 2015 IEEE Fellow
Sumi Helal, Ph.D., a professor at CISE, has been named 2015 IEEE Fellow. He is being recognized for his contributions to Mobile and Pervasive Computing Systems. The IEEE Grade of…
Technology Pioneered by Dr. Juan Gilbert Provides Improved Access for Disabled Voters
A University of Florida researcher’s desire to provide citizens with disabilities the same opportunity to vote as everyone else could serve as the catalyst for revolutionizing voter access nationwide. Juan…