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Janise McNair » 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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Janise McNair

Professor

Office MALA 4118 Office Phone: 352-392-2629 Website: https://faculty.eng.ufl.edu/wam/ Publications: https://faculty.eng.ufl.edu/wam/publications/

Biography

Primary Research Area

Computer Engineering

Research Interests

Wireless and mobile networking, next generation wireless systems, medium access control protocols

Honors and Awards

Best Paper Session, IEEE Power and Energy Systems General Meeting, 2023
Featured Article, IET Smart Grid Journal, 2022
Nelms Faculty Fellow, UF Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World, 2022
Star in Networking and Communications, N2Women, 2021
Distinguished Member, IEEE INFOCOM Technical Program Committee, 2019–2021
Finalist, ECE Teacher of the year (nominated by the ECE department undergraduate students), 2019
UF Doctoral Mentoring Award, 2014

Education

PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000
MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1993
BSEE, University of Texas at Austin, 1991