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Triple Gator Engineer Robert Kemerait (BSEE ’60, MSEE ’66, PhD ’71) was recently honored in Cape Canaveral as he prepared to retire from a lifetime of engineering excellence. ECE Chair John Harris and Senior Director of Advancement Sarah Johnson were on hand for the festivities.

On Wednesday, March 23, American chess master Bruce Pandolfini will join (via Zoom) students in the UF Honors (Un)common Reads course focusing on The Queen’s Gambit (novel and Netflix series).

Olaoluwa Adigun is a Ph.D. candidate in the Signal and Image Processing Institute, ECE Department at USC (LA). He presents “Bidirectional Backpropagation and High Capacity Network” Thursday, March 31 at 1:00pm Via Zoom.

Dr. Aoyang Zhang is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. He presents “Integrated Circuit and System for Next Generation Communications, Sensing and Imaging” Tuesday, March 1 at 1:00pm via Zoom.

ECE Florida is saddened to learn of the passing of esteemed alumnus Dr. Fred Sias, Jr. (BSEE ’54 MSEE ’59). Fred Sias’ connection with ECE Florida is a deep one—his father, Ralph Sias, graduated from the University of Florida in 1928 with a Bachelor’’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.

Dr. Yuheng Bu is a postdoctoral research associate with the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He presents “Can Information Theory Characterize Learning Algorithms?” Thursday, March 3 at 1:00pm via Zoom.

Rui Zhang is currently a final-year PhD candidate at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. She presents “Next-generation Heterogeneous Communications: Capacity, Flexibility, and Efficiency” Tuesday, March 15 at 1:00pm via Zoom.

The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering celebrates Black History Month with a final spotlight on several excellent ECE Florida faculty, staff, and students.

Dr. Talline Martins is the Director of the Office of Graduate Professional Development. She presents “Resources to Develop Professional Skills in Graduate School,” Thursday, Feb. 24 at 1:00pm via Zoom.

Dr. Yaoqing Yang is a postdoctoral researcher at the RISE Lab at UC Berkeley. He presents “Local vs Global Structures in Machine Learning Generalization” Thursday, March 24 at 1:00pm via Zoom.