{"id":647,"date":"2025-04-12T09:50:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T13:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/catia-silva\/?page_id=647"},"modified":"2025-04-13T10:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T14:43:39","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/catia-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-content-carousel\"><section id=\"contentCarousel\" class=\"content-carousel\"><div class=\"carousel-inner content-carousel-slide\" dir=\"rtl\">\n<div class=\"slick-slide position-relative\"><div class=\"w-100\"><div class=\"animLines-wrapper\"><div class=\"smallBar_left-wrapper\"><span class=\"smallBar_left animLines\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/ufl-block\/assets\/images\/thin-left.webp\" alt=\"horizontal orange line\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"largeBar-wrapper\"><span class=\"largeBar animLines\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/ufl-block\/assets\/images\/largeBar.webp\" alt=\"horizontal orange line\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"largeBar_bottom-wrapper\"><span class=\"largeBar_bottom animLines\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/ufl-block\/assets\/images\/largeBar_bottom.webp\" alt=\"horizontal orange line\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"smallBar-wrapper\"><span class=\"smallBar animLines\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/ufl-block\/assets\/images\/smallBar.webp\" alt=\"horizontal orange line\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row g-0\"><div class=\"col-md-6\"><h2>Welcome<\/h2><p>Catia S. Silva, Ph.D., Instructional Assistant Professor<\/p><\/div><div class=\"col-md-5 button-col\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/catia-silva\/bio\/\" class=\"button animated-border-button button-border-orange button-text-light\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\">Bio<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cc-bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/catia-silva\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-12-at-6.03.08\u202fPM.png)\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"slick-slide position-relative\"><div class=\"w-100\"><div class=\"animLines-wrapper\"><div class=\"smallBar_left-wrapper\"><span class=\"smallBar_left animLines\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/ufl-block\/assets\/images\/thin-left.webp\" alt=\"horizontal orange line\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"largeBar-wrapper\"><span class=\"largeBar animLines\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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animLines\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/ufl-block\/assets\/images\/smallBar.webp\" alt=\"horizontal orange line\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row g-0\"><div class=\"col-md-6\"><h2>Research &amp; Projects<\/h2><p>Alongside my research, I mentor student projects that reflect innovation, critical thinking, and hands-on learning.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"col-md-5 button-col\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/catia-silva\/projects\/\" class=\"button animated-border-button button-border-orange button-text-light\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\">View Projects<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cc-bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/catia-silva\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2021\/05\/ML-abstract-logo.png)\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"slick-slide position-relative\"><div class=\"w-100\"><div class=\"animLines-wrapper\"><div class=\"smallBar_left-wrapper\"><span class=\"smallBar_left animLines\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/ufl-block\/assets\/images\/thin-left.webp\" alt=\"horizontal orange line\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"largeBar-wrapper\"><span class=\"largeBar animLines\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/ufl-block\/assets\/images\/largeBar.webp\" alt=\"horizontal orange line\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"largeBar_bottom-wrapper\"><span class=\"largeBar_bottom animLines\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/ufl-block\/assets\/images\/largeBar_bottom.webp\" alt=\"horizontal orange line\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"smallBar-wrapper\"><span class=\"smallBar animLines\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/ufl-block\/assets\/images\/smallBar.webp\" alt=\"horizontal orange line\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row g-0\"><div class=\"col-md-6\"><h2>Master of Science in Applied Data Science<\/h2><p>Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering<\/p><\/div><div class=\"col-md-5 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