CISE Graduate Blog

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 ...

The UF Survey Research Center (UFSRC) at the Bureau of Economic and Business Research is looking to hire telephone interviewers! Multiple Positions Open Starting Pay: $16 per hour (English) or $16.50 per hour (English-Spanish) + additional incentives, flexible schedule, paid training, excellent resume builder, and minutes from UF's main campus. Start date is mid to late February. The UFSRC is an applied research center within the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For the Spring-Summer season into the Fall, we are conducting studies to evaluate health care for members of the Texas Medicaid’s children’s health plans.  This research is being conducted in association with UF’s Institute for Child Health Policy (ICHP). Additionally, we have other studies underway, including several research projects on healthcare satisfaction for Florida and Texas families, and a long-term study of Florida’s consumer sentiment. Apply through ONE  of the UF Career links below:...

 

We are looking to hire a new PhD student with the following expertise.    Required Qualifications   •  Proven experience fine-tuning/Training Large Language Models (LLMs)   •   Strong expertise in AI Agents and Agentic AI systems   •  Practical experience designing and working with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems   •  Experience with software testing methodologies, tools, and best practices Basic Requirements   •  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science   •  Extensive hands-on experience with Python programming Preferred Qualifications   •  Experience conducting or contributing to LLM security research (e.g., prompt injection, model robustness, alignment, safety)   Please contact Drs. Tehranipoor ( tehranipoor@ufl.edu ) or Farahmandi ( farimah@ece.ufl.edu )  if you are interested.

  celebrating UN's International Day of Women & Girls in Science The UF Department of Physics and CLAS are co-sponsoring two events to celebrate UN's International Day of Women & Girls in Science. The first event is a Science Night on Feb 12, which features three public talks by three physicists. The second event is a Science Fair for kids on Feb 15. Both events are free and open to the public. See the attached flyer for details and please spread the word.