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C O M P U T E R & I N F O R M AT I O N S C I E N C E & E N G I N E E R I N GBYTESAN ANNUAL NEWS MAGAZINE, 2017
CHAI R’S M ESSAGEafety first, right? That’s howmost of us live our lives. That’sdefinitely how we set prioritiesin our department. Becausewhenever we turn on the news we seenew threats with the potential to damageindividuals and nations. At the UFDepartment of Computer & InformationScience & Engineering, we’re payingattention. We’re playing hardball withsome of the world’s biggest securitychallenges.When hackers first started usingransomware to encrypt computer filesand demand money in exchange fortheir return, our cybersecurity teamleaned in. This malware had the potentialto destroy lives and cripple the globaleconomy. Working in state-of-the-artlabs at the Florida Institute forCybersecurity (FICS) Research atUF, they developed CryptoDrop.This software – created byprofessors Patrick Traynorand Kevin Butler, and FICSResearch Ph.D. student NolenScaife – is designed to preventransomware from completingits task of stealing documents.Meanwhile,ourHu m a n- C e nt e r e dC o m p u t i n gteam took anoutside-thebox approachto curbingcontentioustraffic stops2Back to Table of Contentsby developing an app that keeps everyonein their vehicles. Our team of students –DeKita Moon, Isabel Laurenceau, MichelleEmamdie, and Jessica Jones – hopesthe Virtual Traffic Stop app will start aconversation about the need to increasesafety for civilians and police officersduring their interactions.Coming up with innovative ideas andsolutions requires listening to, learningfrom, and collaborating with differentvoices and perspectives. Our departmentis home to an incredibly diverse andtalented student body and faculty.Among computer science departmentsnationwide, we have the highest numberof women faculty and employ twicethe national average of black facultymembers. And we’re growing. Over thepast four years, we’ve hired 12 tenuretrack faculty – including two IEEE SeniorMembers, four NSF Career Award winners,an AAAS Fellow, and a Sloan ResearchFellow – all part of the university’sPreeminence initiative. The state investsin us because we are committed toserving you.Here’s to a safer world for everyone.Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D.T H E B A N K S FA M I LY P R E E M I N E N C EENDOWED PROFESSORC H A I R , D E PA R T M E N T O FC O M P U T E R & I N F O R M AT I O NSCIENCE & ENGINEERING
INSIDEBYTES2017C H A I R ’S M E S S AG E . 2FAC T S & F I G U R E S . 3F E AT U R E D FAC U LT Y . 4 -7B R A I N - D R O N E R AC E . 7CYBERSECURIT YS O LU T I O N S . 8D I V E R S I F Y I N G S T E M . 9E V E N T S . 10 -11CAREER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS T U D E N T N E W S . 1 2 -1 5PAGE 10V I R T UA L T R A F F I CS T O P A P P . 1 4Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D.T H E B A N K S FA M I LYPREEMINENCE ENDOWEDPROFESSORC H A I R , D E PA R T M E N T O FC O M P U T E R & I N F O R M AT I O NSCIENCE & ENGINEERINGBY THE NUMBERSC I S E ’ S F A C U LT Y A N D S T U D E N T S A R E A M O N G T H E M O S TD I V E R S E I N C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E P R O G R A M S N AT I O N W I D E .Tamer Kahveci, Ph.D.C I S E A S S O C I AT E C H A I R O FA C A D E M I C A F FA I R SMy T. Thai, Ph.D.C I S E A S S O C I AT E C H A I R F O RRESEARCHAllison Logan, MAM A R K E T I N G & C O M M U N I C AT I O NSPECIALIST & EDITORCONTRIBUTING WRITERSJennifer Ambrose, AlissonN O. 1CISE ranks No. 1 among computer sciencedepartments at public universities in the numberof black students enrolled in the Ph.D. program.(ASEE)22%Of the 49 women enrolled in Ph.D. programsin computer science departments nationwide,22 percent are enrolled at CISE. (2016 TaulbeeSurvey)2XCISE employs twice the national average of blackfaculty members among the nation’s computerscience programs. (ASEE)N O. 1CISE has the highest number of women facultyamong computer science departments nationwide.(ASEE)Clark, Steve Orlando, BrianDusapeON THE COVERPhoto: Bernard BrzezinskiHerbert WertheimCollege of EngineeringDepartment of Computer & InformationScience & EngineeringUNIVERSITY of FLORIDANEARLY11%TOP30Based on 2016 enrollment data compiled by thedepartment, there are 148 students enrolled inthe CISE Ph.D. program. Nearly 11 percent of thosestudents are black.CISE’s computer engineering Ph.D. program ranks29th nationwide. (US News & World Report)Back to Table of Contents3
FA C U LT YCollege NamesExpert inCybersecurityPreeminent ChairIn EngineeringPatrick Traynor was named the John H. and MaryLou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering.The Herbert Wertheim Collegeof Engineering at UF has namedPatrick Traynor the John H. andMary Lou Dasburg PreeminentChair in Engineering.Traynor came to CISE in 2014 asan associate professor focusingon security and networks.John and Mary Lou Dasburgestablished their endowment in2013 to support the “hiring of afaculty member whose researchand teaching endeavors addressprime focus areas in engineeringand technology.”John Dasburg earned a bachelor’sdegree in industrial engineeringfrom UF in 1966, a master’s inbusiness administration in 1970and his juris doctorate in 1970.Mary Lou Dasburg is a graduateof Loyola University in NewOrleans, the University of North4Back to Table of ContentsFlorida, and the UF Levin Collegeof Law.what he will accomplish withthis endowment.”Featured on C-SPAN, Forbes andThe Wall Street Journal, Traynor’sresearch focuses on the securityof mobile systems. Traynor is theco-director of the Florida InstituteforCybersecurityResearchat UF, which focuses on theadvancement of cybersecurityfor collaboration.Traynor majored in computerscience and engineering atPennsylvania State University,earning his master’s degree inMay 2004 and his Ph.D. in May2008. He was named a SloanResearch Fellow in 2014 andreceived a CAREER Award fromthe National Science Foundationin 2010.“From the moment he set footon our campus Patrick hastaken a strong leadership role,”said Cammy R. Abernathy,dean of the Herbert WertheimCollege of Engineering. “Hecollaborates extensively withour cybersecurity team, takes onenormous research challenges,and engages the public withpractical solutions that can havea direct and positive impact ontheir lives. I’m excited to see“I am absolutely humbled by thisrecognition by both the Dasburgfamily and the University ofFlorida,” he said. “Cybersecurityimpactseverythingfromhealthcare and defense to thehumanities and freedom ofexpression. UF is committedto addressing what is one ofthe greatest challenges of the21st century.”by Allison Logan and Jen Ambrose
FA C U LT YProfessor Honored as ACM Distinguished ScientistShigang Chen, a CISE professor, hasbeen honored as a DistinguishedScientist by the Association forComputing Machinery (ACM). Chenwas recognized for his individualcontributions to advancing the field ofcomputing. He was 1 of 32 distinguishedscientists named.Chen came to UF as an assistantprofessor in 2002. He was promotedto associate professor in 2008 and toprofessor in 2013. His research focuseson big network data, cybersecurity,RFID systems, cloud computing andcyber-physical transportation systems.“The ACM Distinguished Scientistdesignation is a tremendous honorfor Dr. Chen, the CISE department,the Herbert Wertheim College ofT R AY N O R N A M E DA CFI FELLOWPatrick Traynor hasbeen named a Fellow bythe Center for FinancialInclusion (CFI) and Accion.Traynor is the co-directorof the Florida Institute forCybersecurity Researchat UF, which focuseson the advancement ofcybersecurityfor collaboration.The purpose of the CFIFellows Program is toencourage independentresearchers and analysts toexamine some of the mostimportant challenges infinancial inclusion.by Allison LoganEngineering and the Universityof Florida,” said Juan Gilbert, TheBanks Family Preeminence EndowedProfessor and CISE chair. “ACMdistinguished membership representsthe top 10 percent of the ACM. Thesehonors and awards recognize theexcellence we are cultivating in theCISE department.”Chen majored in computer scienceat University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, earning his master’sdegree in 1996 and his Ph.D. in 1999. Hewas named a Fellow of the Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers in2016 and received the National ScienceFoundation’s Faculty Early CareerDevelopment Program Award in 2007.by Allison LoganNew Faculty HiresChristina BoucherA S S I S TA N T P R O F E S S O RF O C U S : B I O I N F O R M AT I C SChristina Boucher develops computational solutions thataddress biological problems impacting society. Boucher workedat Colorado State University before coming to the University ofFlorida. Previously, she was a post-doctoral researcher atthe University of California, San Diego.“I am hoping to generate and analyze data that will help draw on the directrelationships between UF’s medical and veterinary schools.” — BoucherJaime RuizA S S I S TA N T P R O F E S S O RFOCUS: HUMAN-COMPUTER INTER ACTIONBefore coming to the University of Florida, Jaime Ruiz worked asan assistant professor in the computer science department atColorado State University. Ruiz’s research focuses on gesturalinteraction, mobile interaction, gesture recognition, usablebioinformatics and computer-supported cooperative work.“I’m excited about this opportunity to work with new colleagues to make UF andthe department a global leader in human-centered computing.” — RuizBack to Table of Contents5
FA C U LT YBITS & BY TESJorg Peters, a CISEp r o f e s s o r, a n d M e e r aSitharam, a CISEa s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r,received a 1 . 2million grant from theDefense AdvancedResearch ProjectsA g e n c y ( DA R PA ) t or evo l u t i o n i z e g e o m e t r i cdesign with materialmicro- and nanostructure.Juan Gilbert, The Banks Family Preeminence EndowedProfessor and the CISE chair. (UF Photography)NAI Names ChairOf CISE a FellowJuan Gilbert, The Banks FamilyPreeminence Endowed Professorand CISE chair, has been electedbytheNationalAcademyof Inventors (NAI) to be anNAI Fellow.Gilbert is a human-centeredcomputing expert, hired in 2014as a professor and associatechair of research under thePreeminence Initiative.Gilbert gained recognition whenthe electronic voting interface hecreated became the new standardforuniversalaccessibilityin elections after successfulapplication in New Hampshire,Wisconsin and Oregon. Known6Back to Table of Contentsas Prime III, it allows people withdisabilities to cast their votes onthe same system as everyoneelse.The UF ResearchFoundation namedShigang Chen, a CISEp r o f e s s o r, a U F R e s e a r c hFoundation Professorf o r 2 0 17-2 0 2 0 .Gilbert was inducted as an NAIfellow on April 6, 2017, at theNAI’s Sixth Annual Conference.S i t h a ra m a n d M av i sAg b a n d j e - M c Ke n n a ,a professor in theUF Department ofBiochemistry andM o l e c u l a r B i o l o g y,w e r e a w a r d e d 7 9 9, 9 9 0of a 1.13 milliong ra n t f u n d e d b y t h eNational ScienceFo u n d a t i o n . T h e p r o j e c t ,“ C o l l a b o ra t i ve R e s e a r c h :Geometric Elucidationo f S u p ra m o l e c u l a rAssembly and Allosterywith ExperimentalVa l i d a t i o n ,” i s ac o l l a b o ra t i o nwith CarnegieM e l l o n U n i ve r s i t y.by Allison Loganby Allison LoganElection to NAI Fellow status isa major professional distinctionaccorded to academic inventorswho have demonstrated a prolificspirit of innovation in creatingorfacilitatingoutstandinginventions that have made atangible impact on quality oflife, economic development andthe welfare of society.
FA C U LT Y & E V E N T SProfessor Receives the IEEE Technical Achievement AwardBaba Vemuri, a CISE professor, has received the 2017 IEEEComputer Society Technical Achievement Award. Vemuri is1 of 4 recipients of this year’s award.“Just as for all researchers, it is also satisfying for me tobe recognized by my peer community and this providesthe necessary impetus to forge forward with my researchprogram,” Vemuri said.Vemuri is the director of the laboratory for Computer Vision,Graphics and Medical Imaging (CVGMI) at UF which focuseson researching key disciplines that support these areas. Hejoined CISE in 1987 after receiving his Ph.D. in electrical andcomputer engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.His research interests include medicalimage computing, computer vision,machine learning, information geometryand applied mathematics. For the lastseveral years, his research has focusedon information geometric methods.Vemuri received the National ScienceFoundation Research Initiation Awardin 1988. He has received several bestpaper awards at various international conferences and is afellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineersand Association for Computing Machinery.by Allison LoganCISE Research Team Hosts Second Annual Brain-Drone Racewatch, and the official BrainDrone Race trophy, which wascreated from one of the 3-Dprinting labs at UF.Some engineers are thinkingabout what humans can do withtheir brains. A team of studentsat UF, with the help of Juan Gilbert,The Banks Family PreeminenceEndowed Professor and CISEchair, are bringing those ideasto life by controlling drones withtheir brains.Efforts by Gilbert and his teamtook flight on April 15 when thegroup hosted the second annualBrain-Drone Race. About 40people attended the event at theFlorida Gymnasium at UF.IvensApplyrs,thecommunication lead for theproject, was part of the team thathosted this year’s race. A total of16 participants came to compete.After recording the best timesfrom simulations done prior torace day, the team selected theracers for the tournament.A total of 16 people competed inthis year’s Brain-Drone Race.CISE research students mountedblack helmet-like devices oneach participant. The racers hadthe ability to control a droneusing the apparatus, whichrecordedelectricalsignalsusing brain-computer interface(BCI) technology.Prizes for the winners includedBeats by Dre headphones, a 50 Amazon gift card, an AppleThe first-place winner wasMahdi Moqri, a Ph.D. studentstudying information systems.The second-place winner wasMegan Mackool, a third-yearelectrical engineering major.The third-place winner wasAnthony Colas, a recent UFcomputer engineering alumnuswho studied.Moqri won the trophy and chosethe watch. Mackool went homewith the headphones. Whenasked if the races were easy forhim, Moqri said it was not.“There’s a learning curve,”he said. “You really have toknow how to think about yourthought patterns.”by Brian DusapeBack to Table of Contents7
F E AT U R Ethe form of an email that appearsto be from someone familiar.The recipient clicks on a link inthat message and unknowinglyunleashesmalwarethatencrypts his or her data. Thenext thing to appear is a demandfor ransom.Researchers Develop WayTo Stop RansomwareRansomware – what hackersuse to encrypt your computerfiles and demand money inexchange for freeing thosecontents – is an exploding globalproblem with few solutions, buta team of UF researchers saysit has developed a way to stopRansomware dead in its tracks.The answer, they say, lies notin keeping ransomware outof a computer but rather inconfronting it once it’s thereand letting it lock up a few filesbefore clamping down.“Our system is more of an earlywarning system. It doesn’tprevent the ransomware fromstarting it prevents theransomware from completingits task so you lose only acouple of pictures or a couple8Back to Table of Contentsof documents rather thaneverything that’s on your harddrive, and it relieves you of theburden of having to pay theransom,” said Nolen Scaife, a UFdoctoral student.Scaife is part of the teamthat has come up with theransomware solution, which itcalls CryptoDrop.Ransomware attacks are oneof the most urgent problemsin the digital world. Attackersare typically shadowy figuresfrom abroad lurking on the DarkWeb. Victims include individualsaswellasgovernments,industry, health care providers,educational institutions andfinancial entities.Attacks most often show up in“It’s an incredibly easy wayto monetize a bad use ofsoftware,” said Patrick Traynor,an associate professor at CISEand co-director of the feworked together on developingCryptoDrop.Antivirus software is aremalware, but therein lies theproblem.“These attacks are tailored andunique every time they getinstalled on someone’s system,”Scaife said.Scaife, Traynor, and colleaguesKevin Butler at UF and HenryCarter at Villanova Universitylay out the solution in a paperaccepted for publication at theIEEE International ConferenceonDistributedComputingSystems.“We ran our detector againstseveral hundred ransomwaresamples that were live,” Scaifesaid, “and in those cases itdetected 100 percent of thosemalware samples.”by Steve Orlando
F E AT U R EUniversityScholarsTeam UpTo DiversifySTEMJuan Gilbert, right, and Jerlando F. L. Jackson. (HannahPietrick/UF Photography)The University of Florida and the University ofWisconsin–Madison may have faced off in a recentNCAA tournament, but when it comes to recruiting,the two schools are on the same team.Juan Gilbert, The Banks Family PreeminenceEndowed Professor and CISE chair, and Jerlando F.L. Jackson, Vilas Distinguished Professor of HigherEducation at UW–Madison, have created a NationalScience Foundation pilot program to help recruitand support African-American and Latino graduatestudents in science, technology, engineeringand mathematics.The Consortium of Minority Doctoral Scholars willanalyze three organizations’ efforts to recruit,retain and mentor underrepresented students inSTEM. The partnership was among the first effortsfunded through NSF INCLUDES, an initiativeto make the United States more competitive inscience and engineering by improving access toSTEM careers.“We live in a globally competitive market,” Gilbertsaid. “China has a billion people, and the U.S. has300 million. From a quantity perspective, we’re ata severe disadvantage. But quality counts morethan quantity. We need to diversify our workforceto get better ideas.”The consortium will create a portal thatincorporates data from the Southern RegionalEducation Board’s Doctoral Scholars Program, GEMFellowships and McKnight Doctoral Fellowships.“This will be among one of the first opportunitiesfor longitudinal understanding of education andcareer pathways for African-Americans andLatinos in engineering and computer science,”Jackson said.For Gilbert and Jackson, the consortium is the latesteffort in a 12-year collaboration that has generatedup to 75 percent of research published on AfricanAmericans in computing since the 1990s. They alsocollaborate on the Institute for African-AmericanMentoring in Computing Sciences.by Alisson ClarkBack to Table of Contents9
EVENTSCareer Development WorkshopTwice a year, CISE holds an event called the Career Development Workshop (CDW) where companies meetwith undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni to recruit for internships, part-time andfull-time positions. CDW is the only recruiting fair designed for all UF computer science and computerengineering students, regardless of major or college.CDW continues to be the most important event for the department. In Fall 2016, 28 companies attended,including ExxonMobil, Microsoft, the National Security Agency, Intel, and Citi, among others. In Spring2017, 22 companies attended, including Gallup, General Electric, and Infinite Energy, among others.by Allison Logan10Back to Table of Contents
EVENTSCodeathon BringsComputer ScienceTo StudentsA Codeathon on April 15 hostedby UF-TYPE brought studentsfrom Gainesville-area middleand high schools together tospend the day coding.About 40 students attendedthe event and participated inseveral coding-related activitiesranging from workshops to aspecial-made escape room forthe students to solve.Codeathon attendees.“We hope that this experiencehelped students get excited aboutprogramming and learning tocode,” said Annie Luc, a UF-TYPEofficer.Thanks to recent fundingUF-TYPE received from GoogleigniteCS, the group was ableto raffle off several prizes,including an Amazon Echo Dot,an Amazon Fire Tablet, a 3-Ddoodle pen, a Bluetooth speakerand a Makey Makey.About 10 student volunteersfrom CISE attended, along withthe group’s adviser, Rong Zhang.Luc said the group hopes to holdthis event annually.by Allison LoganShaundra Daily talks with a visiting group of middle-school-aged girls.Talking Women in STEMWith Tech Sassy GirlzAbout 50 middle-school-aged girlsspent a day at UF learning aboutcomputer science during the Fall 2016semester.After a hands-on lesson in coding andanimation the girls took a tour of theHuman-Experience Research Lab atCISE. Kara Gundersen, a CISE Ph.D.student, spoke about an augmentedreality project she worked on toshowcase the flagship engineeringbuilding, the Herbert WertheimLaboratory for Engineering Excellence.During lunch, Shaundra Daily, a CISEassociate professor and director ofthe digital arts and sciences program,spoke to the girls about emotions,body language and facial expressions,and how those relate to humancentered computing.Daily also talked about balance in herlife and how over the span of 13 yearsshe was able to get a bachelor’s degree,two master’s degrees, her Ph.D., havetwo children and work simultaneously.“Don’t let anybody tell you that youhave to take a certain path in life justbecause it’s already there,” Daily said.While women and minorities are stillunderrepresented in STEM, CISE isleading efforts to reverse that trend.According to a 2016 survey, there are49 black female computer sciencePh.D. students nationwide. Twenty-twopercent of those women are at CISE.The girls’ visit was coordinated throughthe Herbert Wertheim College ofEngineering’s Gator Outreach programand Tech Sassy Girlz, the signatureoutreach program of the Florida-basednonprofit Collegiate Pathways.“We are really excited to be here,” saidLaine Powell, founder of CollegiatePathways. “We are grateful for theopportunity to partner with theUniversity of Florida and the Computer& Information Science & Engineeringdepartment to introduce our girls tocomputer engineering.”by Allison LoganBack to Table of Contents11
STUDENTSStudent Receives Outstanding International Student AwardOutstandingInternationalStudent Award means that sheis on the right track and thather work with bioinformaticsprofessorTamerKahveciis appreciated.Rasha Elhesha, a CISE Student Award for her exemplaryacademicachievementandinvolvement at UF. Elhesha,an international student fromEgypt, was 1 of 15 students fromthe Herbert Wertheim College ofEngineering to receive the award.After graduating with herbachelor’s in computer pt, Elhesha worked as asoftware engineer for abouta year. She then decided tofurther her education, andnarrowed in on CISE. In August2014, she enrolled at UF withShe said she is grateful forKahveci’s support as she movesthrough her Ph.D. program.Rasha Elhesha with her husband &daughter at the award ceremony.afocusinbioinformatics,a discipline that analyzeslarge amounts of complexbiological data.ElheshasaidwinningUF’s“I am eternally grateful forhis tireless efforts to teachme everything and guide methrough my research,” she said.“He inspired me to ask the rightquestions and seek answers.He is really a wonderful, kind,understandingandcaringsupervisor and person.”by Allison LoganStudent Named Co-Runner-UpFor IEEE Student Research AwardFarimah Farahmandi, aCISE Ph.D. candidate, wasnamed a co-runner-up foran award from the Instituteof Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers (IEEE).TheSystemValidationand Debug TechnologyCommitteeStudentResearch Award is giveninrecognitionofanoutstanding researcher inthe field of system validationand debug.Farahmandi won for herproject,“AutomatedValidationTechniquesUsing Formal Methods.”12Back to Table of ContentsThe goal of her project is toaddress challenges in postsilicon validation.“I am very honored andhumbled to receive thisrecognition. It means that Iam working on the correctpath, and it motivates meto keep working hard,”Farahmandi said. “It alsoraises some awarenessabout my research.”Farahmandi is a researchassistant in the EmbeddedSystems Lab under thesupervision of PrabhatMishra, director of the lab.by Allison Logan
STUDENTSTwo StudentsAwardedUFII FellowshipXiang Li and Monamie Banerjeewere awarded the UF InformaticsInstitute (UFII) Graduate StudentFellowship for 2017. UFII offerssix or seven fellowships yearly.The 2017-2018 members of the UF-TYPE Initiative.UF-TYPE Receives Google igniteCS FundingUF-TYPE,astudent-runorganization, has been awardedfunding from Google’s s)isan outreach program of UF’sWomen in Computer Science andEngineering (WiCSE).“Winning this funding means alot to this group, because it willallow us to increase our impact onthe high schools we are currentlyhelping,” said Annie Luc, aUF-TYPE officer.The overall goal of UF-TYPE isto encourage people to learnprogramming and be interestedin computer science. As part ofthat goal, the group has developeda curriculum to formally teachstudents coding principles. UFTYPE has programs, which areheld after school for about twohours, at four high schools inGainesville, Fla.: Eastside HighSchool, PK Yonge, F.W. BuchholzHigh SchoolHigh School.andGainesvilleUF-TYPE is geared toward allstudents, but the group triestoencouragewomenandunderrepresented groups tobe a part of the club. The teamonly works with high schools,but hopes to expand to middleschools and other high schoolsin the future.Li is a CISE Ph.D. student workingin the Optima Network Sciencelab under the supervision ofprofessor My Thai. Li’s researchinterests include online socialnetworks, network vulnerability,algorithms and security inSmart Grid.Li’s award will support her projecttitled “Modeling and DynamicAnalyzing for Multiplex SocialNetworks.”Luc said the group wants to“purchase coding robots forthe students so that they cansee the physical impact ofprogramming.” Luc hopes thegroup will be able to use thefunding for other schools.Banerjee is a CISE Ph.D. studentworking in the Computer Vision,Graphics, and Medical Imaginglab under the supervision ofprofessor Baba Vemuri. Herresearchinterestsincludedifferential geometry, machinelearning, pattern recognition,imageprocessing,signalprocessing, bio informatics andartificial intelligence.The idea behind igniteCS isthat it “provides funding andresources for groups of collegeanduniversitystudentsto make a difference in theirlocalcommunitiesthroughCS mentorship.”Banerjee’s award will support herproject titled “Robustness andSparsity of Representation inStatistical Analysis of Manifoldvalued Data with Applicationsto Neuroimaging & ComputerVision.”by Allison Loganby Allison LoganBack to Table of Contents13
STUDENTSWhen a driver is stopped, theofficer enters the vehicle’slicense plate number in theapp and can see the driver’sinformation. The officer canthen request a real-time videoconference.The app also makes it possibleto bring a third party into theinteraction — for instance, theparent of a minor.The team that created Virtual Traffic Stop, from left: DeKita Moon, IsabelLaurenceau, Michelle Emamdie, and Jessica Jones. (Lyon Duong/UF News)App Aims to Take RiskOut of Traffic StopsMany police officers will tell youthe riskiest parts of their job areresponding to domestic violencecalls and making traffic stops.“At the end of the day, everyonejust wants to make it home,”said team member and doctoralstudent DeKita Moon.A group of UF students hascome up with a way to make thelatter a little safer. The group, allstudents in the CISE department,developed Virtual Traffic Stop,an app that allows the officerand the driver to remain in theirvehicles during some stops.Said her fellow team memberand doctoral student JessicaJones: “The goal is not to keepthe police and the communityseparate; the goal is to keep thepolice and the community safe.”While the idea was inspired bya series of police shootings, thestudents say their goal is tomake the interaction betweenlaw enforcement and citizenssafer for all involved.14Back to Table of ContentsHere’showitworks:Amotorist downloads the appandenterstheirvehicleinformation, driver’s license,vehicle registration and proofof insurance. Police officersdownload a different versionthat can be used on their laptop.For some stops, the studentssaid, the interaction could beconducted entirely from thesafety of the vehicles involved.But police will also tell youthat they gather valuableinformation from a face-toface encounter — the smell ofalcohol on the driver’s breath,for example.That would still be possible.Jones said if an officer seesanything during the videoconference that raises concernor prompts suspicion, he or shecould still approach the driver.The app, team members say,would also reduce the riskofficers face stepping out onto theshoulder of a highway or duringinclement weather.“Virtual Traffic Stop has thepotential to save lives. Thatstatement alone justifies testingthis app. If we can save a singlelife with this app, it’s worth it,”said Juan Gilbert, The BanksFamily Preeminence EndowedProfessor and CISE chair.by Steve Orlando
STUDENTSCRA Selects CISE Student as Research Award FinalistJuliaWoodwardwasselected as a finalist forthe Computing ResearchAssociation’s(CRA)Outstanding UndergraduateResearcher Award. She was1 of 8 finalists from Ph.D.institutions, and the onlystudents from UF to receivethe honor for 2017.Woodward said she hopes“thisdistinctionwillillustrate the importance ofresearching and working ontechnology for children.”She is the lab managerand research assistantin the Intelligent NaturalInteraction Technology Lab,which “focuses on advancedinteractiontechnologiessuc
“I am hoping to generate and analyze data that will help draw on the direct relationships between UF’s medical and veterinary schools.” — Boucher Jaime Ruiz ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FOCUS: HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION Before coming to the University of Florida, Jaime Ruiz worked as an assistant profess
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