Faculty

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.…

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…

  The UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science is making an impact in areas such as hypersonic technology, nanomedicine and biomedical engineering, and robotics and autonomous systems – and has hired a new group of faculty who will enhance its reputation in these fields. Seventeen new faculty members will join four of the six…

UCF faculty members across the university, including several from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure for the 2023-24 cycle. The 104 approved faculty — 63 for promotion, 40 for promotion and tenure and one for tenure — underwent a rigorous performance evaluation by peers, college…

Mubarak Shah, a computer science professor and founding director of the UCF Center for Research in Computer Vision (CRCV), has received the Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award from the Computing Research Association Committee on Education (CRA-E). The honor recognizes outstanding mentorship and exceptional undergraduate research experiences that encourage students to pursue graduate programs in computing.…

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,…

  It’s not often that creators get to experience the thrill of seeing people using their products for the first time. For the students in UCF’s AI for Game Programming course however, it’s a unique opportunity they can have thanks to Assistant Professor Johnathan Mell. Mell, a video game aficionado, started playing the games developed…

  Virtual reality pioneer Carolina Cruz-Neira, Agere Chair Professor at the UCF Department of Computer Science, has been inducted into the inaugural Augmented World Expo (AWE) XR Hall of Fame. With her induction, she joins an elite international group of 100 researchers, entrepreneurs, artists, advocates and others selected for building the augmented reality and virtual…

  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. More than 150 faculty members were recognized across the university, including several from the College of Engineering and…

  UCF professor Yan Solihin, a computer science faculty member and director of the UCF Cyber Security and Privacy Cluster, has been named a 2023 Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Solihin and 51 other individuals representing higher education, industry and research institutions from 14 countries received the honor for their impactful…