Awards

  Every year on the first Wednesday of April, UCF honors the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of our people on Founders’ Day, our annual celebration of the employees, faculty, and students who keep reaching for the stars. The entire UCF community was invited to join us at these special events, held in the Pegasus Ballroom…

  Student Research Week is an annual university event that allows students of all majors to showcase a particular project from their area of study. More than 700 students participated this year, including over 120 undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Students presented their research through several sessions throughout…

A UCF computer science professor who has dedicated his career to advancing virtual reality (VR) technologies has been recognized for his achievements by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Visualization and Graphics Technical Community (IEEE VGTC). Joseph J. LaViola Jr., a Charles F. Millican professor in the UCF Department of Computer Science, has been…

  A UCF computer science alumnus who earned a master’s degree as a student-veteran has been selected for a prestigious fellowship spearheaded by the White House. Mohammad Arifur Rahman ‘21MS was selected for the U.S. Digital Corps fellowship, a program created in 2021 by the Biden Administration that gives early‑career technology professionals the opportunity to serve the…

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEE CS) has elected Professor Damla Turgut, the chair of the UCF Department of Computer Science, to its Board of Governors. She will serve a two-year term, playing a pivotal role in guiding strategy and direction for the organization that furthers the interests of its 375,000 members worldwide.…

The awards are given to academics who have made an impact in their field of study and could potentially become academy inductees. Three UCF faculty members have been recognized by the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) for the impact they’ve had on their fields of study. Associate professors Ranajay Ghosh and…

Agere Chair Professor Carolina Cruz-Neira was recognized for her pioneering work in modeling and simulation.   Carolina Cruz-Neira, Agere Chair Professor in the UCF Department of Computer Science, was honored by the National Center for Simulation (NCS) with her induction to its 2024 Hall of Fame, a testament to her groundbreaking work and global acclaim…

Established in 2014, the Modeling & Simulation Hall of Fame recognizes accomplishments and contributions of individuals who have pioneered the development of modeling and simulation   The National Center for Simulation (NCS) inducted its 2024 honorees for the Modeling & Simulation (MS&T) Hall of Fame: UCF Professor and augmented and virtual reality pioneer Carolina Cruz-Neira;…

These Knights are demonstrating what it means to be culturally informed and globally connected.   Learning a second language opens doors to new possibilities — new places, new cultures, new connections with people you would likely never meet. Although English has become the world’s de facto lingua franca, college students across the U.S. are increasingly…

This award is given once a year and is one of the highest awards for software engineering given to pre-tenure faculty from the Association for Computing Machinery.   University of Central Florida assistant professor Kevin Moran has won the 2024 SIGSOFT Early Career Researcher Award “for outstanding contributions to improving the quality of mobile applications,…