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
Biography
Primary Research Area
Electronics
Research Interests
Mid-IR Photonics, On-chip Light Sources, Classical & Quantum Sensors, Ising Machine, AI Accelerator, Photonics Integrated Circuits
Honors And Awards
Stanford–Elsevier Top 2% Scientists Ranking (top 0.3% in field), 2024–2025
ECE Teaching Excellence Award, 2025
Best Project Collaboration Award, TSMC, 2025
ECE Faculty of the Year (Student Choice), 2024–25
Rising Star in Photonics, ACS, 2025
IAAM Scientist Medal & Fellow, 2024
SPIE Senior Member, 2023
AFWERX Commercialization Solutions, 2022
SPIE Community Champion, 2020
IEEE/Optica Senior Member, 2018
JSPS Fellow, 2015
KAKENHI Early Investigator Award, 2014
JSPS Young Scientist Award, 2014
GCOE Golden Award, Tokyo, 2012
Yoshida Foundation Award, 2009
Education
PD, University of California – Berkeley, 2016
Ph.D., Institute of Science Tokyo, 2014
M.Sc., Institute of Science Tokyo, 2011