Dr. Tappen’s Work Featured on UCF Today
Work of our own Dr. Marshall Tappen on computer vision algorithms to “accurately track the nesting routes of endangered sea turtles,” is described in an…
The New Scientist
The New Scientist has an article about a storytelling program, written by CS professor Ladislau Bölöni, http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628945.700-storytelling-software-learns-how-to-tell-a-good-tale.html
On Campus: Experience a Virtual Reality Car
On September 20th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ford will demonstrate a state-of-the-art vehicle simlator that uses virtual reality. Click here for more information.
Dr. Joseph LaViola Interviewed at ACM Siggraph
UCF’s own Dr. Joseph LaViola is interviewed about the future of user interfaces that use guestures, based on his participation in a panel at ACM…
Camp Connect
Camp Connect, which was held at UCF from August 16th – August 23rd, introduced high school students to the various Engineering programs. Click here for…
Congratulations to Sebastian Risi And Kenneth O. Stanley
“A Unified Approach to Evolving Plasticity and Neural Geometry,” a paper by Sebastian Risi and Kenneth O. Stanley, won the Best Student Paper Award at…
Congratulations to UCF’s Student Chapter of The ACM
UCF’s student chapter of the ACM won the ACM’s Student Chapter Excellence Award for Outstanding Community Service 2011-2012.
TeachLive Mixed-Reality Teaching Environment
The TLE TeachLivE mixed-reality teaching environment, which supports teacher practice, won an honorable mention in the 2012 National Consortium for Continuous Improvement in Higher Education’s…
28th Annual Science Olympiad National Tournament
The University of Central Florida will host more than 7,000 students, educators and parents from all 50 states during the 28th Annual Science Olympiad National…
CS Division Faculty Promotions
Congratulations to Drs. Joseph LaViola and Marshall Tappen. Their tenure and promotion to associate professor cases were approved by the president and provost and will…
Congratulations to the UCF Programming Team
The UCF Programming Team (including Matt Fontaine and Antony Stabile) finished fifth in the University of Chicago Invitational, completing 7 of the 10 problems posed…
Congratulations to Peter Tonner
Peter Tonner, an undergraduate research student, won second place in the Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence (SURE) of 2012 under the Engineering and Computer Science…
Dr. Shaojie Zhang’s Research
The research of Dr. Shaojie Zhang, an assistant professor in the Computer Science division of EECS, was described in Genome Technology magazine.
Congratulations to Emily Sassano
Congratulations to Emily Sassano on being awarded an NSF fellowship. Emily is one of our recently admitted PhD students working with Dr. Sumit Jha.
Congratulations to Dr. Gita Sukthankar
Congratulations to Dr. Gita Sukthankar, who is the recipient of the 2012 Award for Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students in the Engineering, Physical Sciences,…
Congratulation to Dr. Shaojie Zhang’s student, Peter Tonner, who won the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) Poster Award.
Congratulations to Dr. Lotzi Boloni
Congratulations to Dr. Lotzi Boloni for receiving $7804 in new funding from General Dynamics for a grant titled: “RCTA -FY 2011 H10 Dynamics of Operating…
Congratulations to Dr. Shaojie Zhang
UCF CS Ph.D. student Cuncong Zhong, a biologist from Indiana University, Justen Andrews, and UCF Assistant Professor Shaojie Zhang received the best paper award for…
Dr. Shaojie Zhang Featured in UCF Today
UCFTODAY published an article about Dr. Shaojie Zhang’s work on using a complex computer program to analizy RNA motifs. You can read the article here.
Congratulations to Jonathan Cazalas
Congratulations to Jonathan Cazalas who is receiving the College’s 2012 Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award Nomination. This nomination is being forwarded to the College…
Congratulations to Arup Guha
Congratulations to CS division lecturer Arup Guha, who is receiving the 2012 College Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. Arup is also in the running for…
Congratulations to Dr. Mubarak Shah
Congratulations to Dr. Mubarak Shah for receiving the 2012 College Excellence in Research Award. Dr. Shah’s name will also be forwarded to the University Committee…
Nucleic Acids Research Cover Story
The cover story of the next issue of Nucleic Acids Research is a story by two UCF EECS CS division authors: Cuncong Zhong and Shaojie…
Computer Science Student Wins Second Place For Essay
Kristjan Arumae, a student in Computer Science studying for his bachelor’s degree, won second place for his essay in BrainTrack’s Computer Science Scholarship.
New Automated Way to Spot Threats in Crowds Pioneered at UCF
The work of Dr. Mubarak Shah and several collaborators and students on finding threats in crowds from video is featured in an article in UCF…
