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We are proud to congratulate Anna Hampton on receiving the ECE Excellence Award for Service from the University of Florida’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Anna’s dedication, leadership, and commitment to service have made a meaningful impact on both our lab and the broader UF community. We are excited to see her contributions recognized […]

Congratulations to Dr. Meilun Zhou for successfully passing his PhD dissertation exam! As a member of the Machine Learning and Sensing Lab, his research focused on developing advanced methods for multi-task, multi-modal representation learning in remote sensing. His work introduces an annotation-driven framework that creates more informative and aligned representations across diverse sensing modalities, helping […]

Congratulations to Satya Krishna Pothapragada on being accepted to present at the 2026 AI in Agriculture Conference! Satya is a Ph.D. student and a member of the Machine Learning and Sensing Lab, where his research focuses on developing AI models that combine simulations and real-world observations to better understand and interpret cropping systems. His accepted […]

Please check back here for upcoming studies being conducted in our lab. Illustration by Umm-e-Hani Ali on Unsplash

We’re happy to share that Ayesha Naikodi has been selected to receive a travel award, supporting attendance at the “Modular Image Analysis with PlantCV” workshop at North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN) 2026. Ayesha will also be presenting her research on the “Impact of Annotation Modality on Annotator Experience and Model Outcomes in Plant Root […]

Congratulations to UF’s graduating class of Fall 2025! The MLSL would like to recognize our very own graduate researcher, Luke Saleh! Luke will be working with Apple as a Product Manager for the App Ads team in New York City. Luke is going to do great things and we are excited to follow his achievements. Later, […]

The Machine Learning and Sensing Lab is excited to welcome our newest lab member, Blake Fowler! Blake is a first-year student in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science. Blake is deeply motivated to build a strong theoretical and applied foundation in machine learning. He enjoys exploring research, playing […]

  The Machine Learning and Sensing Lab is excited to welcome Juan Diaz as a new Ph.D. student! Juan received his Electrical & Computer Engineering bachelor and master’s degree from the University of Florida. He received his bachelors in spring 2022 and his master’s in Fall 2023. Afterwards He became a Machine Learning Engineer in […]

  The Machine Learning and Sensing Lab is excited to welcome Clinton Jules as a new Ph.D. student! Clinton received his MS degree in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis in December 2023. He recently completed an internship at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory working with Agentic AI. Clinton will be working […]

We’re so excited to share that Mark Adewumi has been accepted for an incredible opportunity to study abroad this upcoming Fall 2025 semester in Madrid at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)! He’ll be diving into new classes, embracing a new culture, and making unforgettable memories in one of Europe’s most vibrant cities. Wishing you […]