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Alina Zare » Computer Engineering

This division focuses on the theoretical and applied research by which next generation, high-performance computing and communications systems are designed, developed, and exploited.

Research fields include:

  • high-performance computer architectures and networks
  • parallel and distributed computing
  • fault-tolerant computing
  • real-time systems
  • intelligent systems
  • microprocessor-based systems
  • performance analysis

At the University of Florida, the undergraduate CpE program is jointly administered by the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

More detailed information about the Computer Engineering major (CpE) is available at the CpE website.


Faculty

Area Chair: Tuba Yavuz
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Alina Zare

Malachowsky Family Endowed Professor; Director, Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute

Office MALA 3233 Office Phone: 352-273-2604 Website: https://faculty.eng.ufl.edu/machine-learning/ Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OviqAJsAAAAJ&hl=en

Biography

Primary Research Area

Signals and Systems

Research Interests

Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing

Honors and Awards

SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow (2023-24)
H.E.R.S. Leadership Institute Participant, 2021-2022
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Teacher/Scholar of the Year, 2021-2022
Term Professorship Award, University of Florida, August 2021-July 2024
Advanced Leadership for Academics and Professionals Participant, 2022-2023
Best Reviewer Recognition, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2011
NSF CAREER Award for research entitled “Supervised Learning with Incomplete and Uncertain Data” 2014
NGA New Investigator Award, 2014
University of Missouri College of Engineering Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award, Mar. 2014
Outstanding Reviewer Recognition, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2016
Rising Researcher Award, SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, 2018
Best Reviewer Recognition, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2019
ECE Graduate Student Organization Best New Faculty Award, 2019
Best Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Jan. 2020
Faculty Research Excellence Award, UF Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, May 2020
Faculty Service Excellence Award, UF Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, May 2021

Education

Ph.D., University of Florida, 2008