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Laura Kim » 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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Laura Kim

Assistant Professor

Affiliations Electrophysics, Faculty
Office LAR 230B Office Phone: 352-294-3179 Website: https://faculty.eng.ufl.edu/qmdlab/

Biography

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics

Research Interests

Quantum engineering, quantum sensing, nanophotonics, solid-state devices, 2D materials

Honors and Awards

DARPA Young Faculty Award (2025)
2024 Early-Career Award in Nanophotonics
UCLA Faculty Career Development Award
Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, MIT, 2019-2022
EECS Rising Stars 2020
Gary Malouf Foundation Award, ARCS Foundation, 2016-2019
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2013-2016
Early Career Editorial Advisory Board of Applied Physics Letters, 2022-2024

Education

PhD California Institute of Technology
BS California Institute of Technology