Several members of the Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (ACIS) from the University of Florida attended the SPNHC-TDWG 2024 Conference, Sept. 2-6, 2024 in Okinawa, Japan. Attendees included, Dr. José A.B. Fortes, Founder and Director of the ACIS Lab.,… Read More
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CENTRA 7 Meeting and Workshop, February 6-9, 2024, Tokyo, Japan
CENTRA 7
WELCOME TO THE ACIS LAB
The Advanced Computing and Information Systems (ACIS) lab was established in the Fall of 2001 and is home to faculty, students, researchers, technical staff and distinguished visitors and has extensive collaborations with other scientists and research organizations. Our mission is… Read More
Michael Elliott Wins 1st Place Student Prize at TDWG 2023
Michael Elliott won the 1st Place Student Prize at the TDWG Conference (Biodiversity Information Standards) Oct 9 – 13, 2023 in Hobart, Australia. The talk was titled “Using ChatGPT with Confidence for Biodiversity-Related Information Tasks.” Michael is a PhD student in the ACIS lab under the supervision of Dr. José A. B. Fortes at the University of Florida.
ACIS Lab Members Attend the CENTRA 6 Conference, Sept. 12 – 15, 2023 at Indiana University
The CENTRA 6 Conference: AI in the Edge-Cloud-HPC Continuum was held at Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana from September 12 – 15, 2023. Dr. José Fortes, Director of the ACIS Lab., and Michael Elliott, PhD student, presented at the conference.
ACIS Lab Members Attend iDigBio Digital Data Conference June 5-7, 2023 in Tempe, AZ
Several members of the ACIS Laboratory attended the iDigBio Digital Data Conference in Tempe, AZ June 5 – June 7, 2023 and a one-day iDigBio retreat on June 8, 2023. The conference leveraged digital data for conservation, ecology, systematics and novel biodiversity research.
Dr. José Fortes wins 2021 SEC Faculty Achievement Award for UF
Dr. José Fortes, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, has been named winner of the 2021 SEC Faculty Achievement Award for the University of Florida, the SEC announced on Thursday.
Congratulations to Saumitra Aditya, ACIS Lab’s Most Recent PhD Graduate
Congratulations to Saumitra Aditya, ACIS Lab’s most recent PhD graduate who defended his dissertation on “Software Defined Overlay Network and Workload Orchestration in Social Network Based Edge Infrastructure for Smart Communities” on July 15th, 2020 at 12:00 noon.
ACIS LAB STANDS WITH PRESIDENT KENT FUCHS IN CONDEMNING THE INJUSTICE & SENSELESS ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT ARE WEIGHING SO HEAVILY ON ALL OUR MINDS.
A message from President Fuchs condemning racism, ignorance and hate.
FIGUEIREDO, NSF COLLABORATE TO APPLY EDGE COMPUTING TO LAKE ECOLOGY FORECASTING
In two recently awarded grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Dr. Renato Figueiredo of the Advanced Computing and Information Systems (ACIS) Laboratory is applying edge computing, virtual networks, and open-source software to advance the state-of-the-art in the nascent field of ecological forecasting, specifically lake ecology forecasting.