{"id":11658,"date":"2014-05-08T19:02:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T19:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/?p=11658"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:31:11","slug":"experts-on-human-centered-computing-are-coming-to-uf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/stories\/experts-on-human-centered-computing-are-coming-to-uf\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts on human-centered computing are coming to UF"},"content":{"rendered":"

GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2014 In an effort to become a national leader in making computers more secure and more personalized to individual needs, the University of Florida has recruited a team of computer scientists with specialties in what\u2019s known as human-centered computing.<\/p>\n

Four faculty members, recruited from the same department at Clemson University, will join UF\u2019s College of Engineering\u2019s Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, known as CISE. Their team\u2019s \u201ccluster\u201d hire fits into strategies at the college and university levels to expand research into several key areas over the next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs our relationship with technology becomes more pervasive, comfortable interfaces between humans and computers become more important,\u201d said Paul Gader, chair of the CISE department. \u201cHuman-centered computing is the frontier where computers begin to recognize what makes each of us unique, and then adapt to offer each of us a more personalized experience. Bringing this team on board will make UF a leader in ensuring greater accessibility for all human-computer interactions. \u201d<\/p>\n

Juan Gilbert, Damon Woodard, Kyla McMullen and Christina Gardner-McCune will arrive with a variety of research accomplishments and interests:<\/p>\n