 In This Issue |
Talented New Faculty Enhance Curriculum and Research | |
| Meet the New SEECS Faculty Members |
The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is pleased to introduce seven new faculty members. They join us from a variety of excellent institutions and bring exceptional teaching and research skills to our school.
Ladislau L. Bölöni |
He received several scholarships including the Romanian Republican Scholarship (1992-1993), Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Science (1994-1995), which he spent at the Analogical and Neural Computing Lab at the Computers and Automation Institute of Hungarian Academy of Science, and a scholarship from Lucent Technology (1998-1999). Before joining SEECS, Bölöni worked at CPlane Inc. where he served as product designer and infrastructure architect.
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| Announcement from the SEECS Director | ||
| Faculty Seminars and Talks |
Erol Gelenbe Announces that he will not Seek Second Term as SEECS Director | |
| Colloquium Guest Speakers |  Dr. Erol Gelenbe joined UCF on Aug. 8, 1998, as Director of the School of CS, and then transitioned into the duties of Director of SEECS. On Aug. 8, 2003, he will complete five years of service as a full-time administrator. Before that, he served as Department Chair and endowed chair professor at Duke University. Erol recently announced that he will not seek a second term and is requesting a development leave starting Aug. 9, 2003.During his term, Erol recruited 10 new regular faculty members in Computer Science, including two full professors, two associate professors and six assistant professors, plus more than 10 non-tenure track faculty. In Computer Engineering, he recruited six new tenure track faculty and six non-tenure track faculty, while one new tenure track faculty and three visiting faculty joined Electrical Engineering. He also recruited nine administrative and technical staff. |
Funded research in CS rose by 600 percent, while SEECS external funding attained $6 million in the last fiscal year, ending June 30, 2002. In addition, graduate programs grew by 300 percent during his four years as director. Undergraduate programs in Computer Science and Engineering grew by close to 50 percent in this period, reaching 1,300 and 650 students respectively. In addition, a new B.S. degree program in Information Technology was developed and now has more than 350 student majors. In his message to the faculty, Erol said, “I am confident that CS, CpE and EE are now stronger than they were a few years ago, and hope that further recruitments of faculty will continue this year.” He added: “I am deeply grateful to all at UCF who have helped me in administrative duties, who have provided friendly and collegial support and encouragement and all who have engaged in recruitment activities, graduate and undergraduate program development and funded research development. I am also grateful to those who joined CS, CpE and EE either as staff or as faculty after I came here. I look forward to many more productive and intellectually interesting years ahead for all of us, and wish us all the pleasure that we can derive from friendly collaboration and mutual support.” |
| SEECS News Bytes and Honors | ||
| Journal and Conference Publications | ||
| New B.S. Program in Information Technology Soars | ||
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