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José Fortes » 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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José Fortes

Professor AT&T Eminent Scholar

Office LAR 339A Office Phone: 352-392-9265 Website: https://www.acis.ufl.edu/people/fortes/ Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PfeGL9gAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Biography

Primary Research Area

Computer Engineering

Research Interests

Distributed information processing systems, cloud computing, autonomic computing, software-defined systems, dependable systems, human-machine cooperative intelligence, biodiversity informatics.

Honors and Awards

AAAS Fellow (2012-Present)
IEEE Fellow (1999-Present)
University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship, University of Florida (2017-2020)
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering International Scholar of the Year (2017)
IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor (1991-1995)
UF Teacher/Scholar of the Year (2020)
SEC Faculty Achievement Award for the University of Florida (2021)

Education

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering., University of Southern California, 1984

M.S. Electrical Engineering., Colorado State University, 1981

B.S. Electrical Engineering., Universidade de Angola, 1978