CISE Graduate Blog

  ANNOUNCEMENT Ph.D. Admission to Candidacy     Date Posted FROM:   Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department September 15, 2026 TO:   the Members of the Supervisory Committee for:   First Name Last Name M.I.   Divyansh Singh     SUPERVISORY COMMITTTEE MEMBERS Bonnie Dorr Chair     Co-Chair   Christan Grant Member   Yuanyuan Lei Member     Member     Member   Sarah R. Moeller External Member   1.   Name of Examination Ph.D. Admission to Candidacy 2. ...

  CIS4930/6930 - Special Topics: Reinforcement Learning for Humans, Animals and Robots This course will cover reinforcement learning (RL) foundations from biological organisms to autonomous machines. By the end of the course, students will be able to discuss the mechanisms of RL in humans, identify RL concepts at play in human and animal interactions and propose robot learning paradigms inspired by animal training techniques. Students will practice setting up and training RL agents and critiquing the ethical and safety implications of this paradigm. If feasible for classroom scheduling, this will be a 3-period class. pre-requisites: For undergraduates: COP 3530 Data Structures and Algorithms Proficiency in Python. Should be comfortable building and training models in modern Python libraries. Prior exposure to machine learning is recommended. For graduate level students: COT 5615 Mathematics for Intelligent Systems Proficiency in Python. Should be comfortable build...

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The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is hosting our  first General Body Meeting (GBM #1) of the semester on Monday, September 14th, at 4:00 P.M. in Little Hall 225 . We’re excited to kick off the semester with a welcome‑back event. We’ll introduce AWM, talk about our activities and opportunities, and welcome both new and returning members. An informational flyer is attached below.   I would appreciate it if you could send this message to your students. If anyone would like to know more about the club, feel free to look at our website at https://awm.math.ufl.edu/ , contact our AWM Vice President, Puja Patel ( p.patel5@ufl.edu ), or our faculty sponsors, Dr. Gamage ( cgamage@ufl.edu ) and Professor Demas ( demasc@ufl.edu ).  

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