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31 Faculty Awarded University Term Professorships

August 16, 2019

The University Term Professorship was established in 2016 and is presented to 250 eligible faculty members annually. Selection of University Term Professorships is based on an assessment of academic accomplishment by either a faculty advisory committee and/or the department chair and approved by the dean. Each award runs for 3 years and provides a $5,000/year salary supplement to the awardee.

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UF Engineer Explores Virtual Interactions to Manage Mental Health Recovery

August 16, 2019

This article was written by Zack Savitsky and originally published on the University of Florida News. CISE professor Benjamin Lok has grants from the National Institute of Health and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to study the applications of Virtual humans. Humans are social creatures, but some things are just hard to talk about. […]

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UF Engineer Uses 3D Audio Rendering and Perception to Aid Firefighters

May 22, 2019

National Science Foundation extends Kyla McMullen, Ph.D., an Early Career Award to enhance first responder effectiveness.

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Alumni Spotlight: Sanethia Thomas, Ph.D.

May 15, 2019

  Sanethia Thomas, Ph.D., served as the student speaker for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s Master’s, Specialist’s and Doctoral recognition ceremony on May 6, 2019. Sanethia Thomas earned a Ph.D. in human-centered computing from the University of Florida’s Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), and was advised by Juan E. Gilbert, […]

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The Warren B. Nelms Institute For The Connected World Names Leaders

March 28, 2019

Swarup Bhunia, Ph.D., and My T. Thai, Ph.D., will lead the University of Florida’s Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World.

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UF Cybersecurity Engineers Prevent Smartphone Hacking

August 28, 2018

Kevin Butler and his team at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research help companies stymie hackers’ use of ghost commands.

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