Ph.D. Admission to Candidacy - NANJIE, Rao - June 11, 2026, at 11am Via Zoom

ANNOUNCEMENT

Ph.D. Admission to Candidacy 

 

Date Posted

FROM: Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department

June 10, 2026

TO: the Members of the Supervisory Committee for:

 

First Name

Last Name

 

 

RAO

Nanjie

 

 

SUPERVISORY COMMITTTEE MEMBERS

Sharon Lynn Chu

Chair

 

 

Co-Chair

 

Lisa Anthonyi

Member

 

Juan Gilbert

Member

 

 

Member

 

 

Member

 

Pavlo Antonenko

External Member

 

1.  Name of Examination

Ph.D. Admission to Candidacy

2.  Degree Sought

Doctor of Philosophy

3.  Area of Specialization

 

4.  Thesis/Dissertation Title

Toward Scalable Interest-Based Learning: Comparing Data Sources for AI-Based Automated Identification of Students' Personal Interests

5. Examination: Date, Time, Place

6/11/26

11:00 a.m.

Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/3183107482

 

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