CISE Graduate Blog

  ANNOUNCEMENT OF Ph.D. Admission to Candidacy /Proposal     Date Posted FROM:   Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department November 21, 2025 TO: the Members of the Supervisory Committee for:   First Name Last Name M.I.   Shlok Gilda     SUPERVISORY COMMITTTEE MEMBERS Bonnie Dorr Chair     Co-Chair   Lisa Anthony Member   Damon Lamar Woodard Member     Member   Juliana Fernandes External Member   1.   Name of Examination Ph.D. Admission to Candidacy/Proposal 2.   Degree Sought Doctor o...

  This Wednesday! Exploring Opportunities from UF’s Brown Center for Leadership & Service Spring 2026 Graduate Student Workshop Series Date distributed: February 16, 2026 Learn more opportunities for graduate students to build leadership skills through community volunteering with the David and Wanda Brown Center for Leadership & Service . This workshop will also highlight the Gators for Good Network (GGN) — UF’s only official volunteer and service-learning platform. If you want to connect with community partners, track volunteer hours, and build your career readiness al while making a posi...

Join Disha Shah ( $1B+ raised ) for a practical primer on generating and raising capital for your startup. She'll cover the fundamentals, then dive into topics that matter most to you, with actionable insights you can use immediately. Open to all UF students and faculty. No RSVP required. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ySqJKIaYuxfkw0d0cQYy4bbtF-PHmJKl/view?usp=sharing Collin Collin Ulmer Managing Partner KDD Startup Studio 352-219-4592 (c) collin@kdd-studio.com

  GRADS-4C, is back ! The Genomic Research and Data Science Center for Cloud Computing (GRADS-4C)  is a collaborative educational hub between North Carolina A & T State University, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina Central University, and Shaw University , focused on expanding participation in biomedical research through computational data science and genomics.  Here’s a quick look at the upcoming opportunities and events on our calendar, please save the dates and share with anyone who should be included! ( ATTACHMENTS INCLUDED )  Upcoming Opportunities & Events GRADS-4C Seed Grant  — Applications are now open,   closing date is March 15 th GRADS-4C Training Fellowship — Applications open February 15 th AI and Digital Health Seminar Series — Flyer Coming Soon February 23, 2026 | Virtual Seminar  GRADS-4C Research Symposium (Call for Speakers)  - Reg...

We’re excited to invite everyone to AWM’s first faculty talk  of the semester. On Wednesday, February 18th at 4:00 P.M.  in Little Hall 225 , Dr. Tracy Stepien from the Department of Mathematics will give a talk titled "Dynamical Systems in Mathematical Biology"  — the abstract and flyer are attached below. Everyone is welcome, and we hope to see you there!  Abstract: A dynamical system describes how something changes over time, and certainly in biology, physics, chemistry, etc., there are many examples of dynamical systems that can be modeled using mathematical equations. The modern field of dynamical systems focuses on qualitative rather than quantitative questions about the behavior of the system over time. Instead of trying to find an explicit solution of a system of equations (which may be impossible to do!), geometric tools and analysis are used to inform predictions. I’ll first give an overview of dynamical systems concepts, and then we’ll move on to ...

  Call for Nominations Spring 2026 Graduate Student Mentoring Awards (GSMA) Date sent: February 9, 2025 The 2025-2026 Graduate Student Mentoring Award (GSMA) nomination period is now open! This award recognizes UF graduate students who take time to help others succeed as fellow students or in K-12 classrooms (such as working with K-12 students and/or teachers). For a chance to win one of six $500 awards, submit an application and recommendation letters by the  deadline  —  5 p.m. Friday, February 27, 2026 . For more information, click here . To apply online,  click ...