In today’s increasingly connected world, the sheer volume of messages we receive on any subject, including speech, images, video and metadata, as well as text imbedded in images and videos, is mind-boggling. When something unexpected happens, government policy analysts need… Read More
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Bringing More Women to Tech
Supporting Women and the Industry Recently accepted as a BRAID Affiliate, the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering is working to increase diversity in computer science Diversity makes the industry stronger. That’s why UF CISE excels in… Read More
Department Celebrates First Black Women Ph.D. Graduates
This May, the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) celebrated a milestone of firsts as France L. Jackson, Ph.D., and Jessica N. Jones, Ph.D., became the first black women to graduate with Ph.D. degrees from the… Read More
Virtual Agent Technologies Help Level the Playing Field in Classroom Collaboration
UF engineering professor Kristy Boyer’s latest NSF project uses intelligent virtual agents to study and foster collaboration skills in elementary school students. Collaboration is a critical skill needed in many fields, but particularly in computer science, where many people often… Read More
Department Accepted as a BRAID Affiliate
The Anita Borg Institute (ABI) and Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., have accepted the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering as a 2017 BRAID Affiliate school. The BRAID (Building, Recruiting And Inclusion for Diversity) Initiative aims to increase… Read More