CISE Graduate Blog

The Computing for Social Good Lab has launched a “hack it if you can” challenge for our voting system. The goal is to get our technology to flip votes, undetected. Specifically, can the system be hacked to change votes such that it cannot be detected. We are going to offer $800 to the first team or individual that is successful, $500 to the 2nd team/individual and $200 to the 3rd team/individual or all teams are entered for the 3rd place lottery, assuming there’s a team or individual that can hack it. If no one can hack it, we will have the lottery.  It’s open to undergrads, MS, PhD students and anyone willing to try to hack our voting system. We will give each team/individual access to our voting system in one of the labs for 3 days. They will have exclusive access. At the end of the 3rd day, they will have to show evidence of the hack or surrender the hack.  Here’s the link with the instructions:  https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fw...

 Paid Consulting Opportunity — LLM Production Engineer Needed AI startup seeking a graduate student or recent graduate with hands-on experience building with large language model APIs in a production environment. The Project: A validated AI prompt performs well in direct API testing but degrades when passed through a backend middleware layer. We need someone who can diagnose the failure and build a clean minimal production wrapper to preserve prompt integrity end to end. Two-week engagement to start with potential for long-term opportunity. Paid. NDA required before project details are shared. Florida-based preferred but open to remote for the right candidate. If interested, reply with a brief note on your relevant experience. No lengthy proposals needed — just tell us what you've built.  Contact: goodearthentllc@gmail.com

  Graduate Internship Initiative New Offering for 2026! Date distributed: March 05, 2026 The University of Florida Graduate School is pleased to continue its pilot Graduate Internship Initiative in 2026! This program pairs graduate students like you with local community partners for award-funded professional experiences that allow you to apply and develop your skills in a non-academic setting, expand your network, and contribute to a meaningful project. Who’s eligible? Any current UF graduate student. How are interns selected? The UF Graduate School and the host organization will work together to review ...

  ANNOUNCEMENT OF Ph.D. Defense     Date Posted FROM: Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department March 5, 2026 TO: the Members of the Supervisory Committee for:   First Name Last Name M.I.   Tyler Hanks     SUPERVISORY COMMITTTEE MEMBERS Dr. James Fairbanks Chair     Co-Chair   Dr. Anand Rangarajan Member   Dr. Arunava Banerjee Member     Member     Member   Dr. Matthew Hale External Member   1.   Name of Examination Ph.D. Defense 2.   Degree Sought Doc...

  ANNOUNCEMENT OF Ph.D. Admission to Candidacy     Date Posted FROM: Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department March 4, 2026 TO: the Members of the Supervisory Committee for:   First Name Last Name M.I.   Rahul Varki M   SUPERVISORY COMMITTTEE MEMBERS Christina Boucher Chair     Co-Chair   Meera Sitharam Member   Bonnie Dorr Member     Member   Peter Bubenik External Member   1.Name of Examination Ph.D. Admission to Candidacy 2. Degree Sought Doctor of Philosophy 3. Area of Specializat...

  ANNOUNCEMENT OF Ph.D. Defense     Date Posted FROM: Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department March 3, 2026 TO: the Members of the Supervisory Committee for:   First Name Last Name M.I.   Shae Esmaeili     SUPERVISORY COMMITTTEE MEMBERS Dr. Ragan Chair     Co-Chair   Dr. Emtezaro Member   Dr. Jain Member     Member     Member   Dr. Odegaard External Member   1.   Name of Examination Ph.D. Defense 2.   Degree Sought Doctor of Philosophy ...