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Alina Zare<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

azare [at] ufl [dot] edu

Malachowsky Family Endowed<\/strong> Professor<\/strong>
Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a>
Google Scholars Page<\/a>
Mathematics Genealogy Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Alina Zare has graduate faculty status and can advise PhD students or serve as an internal member on PhD committees from the following departments\/schools:
Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a>
Computer & Information Science & Engineering<\/a>
School of Natural Resources & Environment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Engineering<\/strong>
University of Florida<\/a>, Gainesville, FL
December 2008
Ph.D. Thesis: Hyperspectral Endmember Detection and Band Selection using Bayesian Methods<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering<\/strong>
University of Florida<\/a>, Gainesville, FL
August 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appointments<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Director,<\/strong> Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute<\/a>, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<\/em>
Nov. 2024- Current<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Dean for Research and Facilities<\/strong>, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<\/em>
Aug. 2022- Nov. 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor<\/strong>, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<\/em>
Aug. 2020 – Current<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/strong>, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<\/em>
Oct. 2016 – Aug. 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/strong>, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia MO<\/em>
Sept. 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor<\/strong>, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia MO<\/em>
Sept. 2010 -Aug. 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Office of Naval Research Faculty Fellow<\/strong>, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, FL<\/em>
May – Aug. 2012 & May – Aug. 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, <\/strong>Computational Science and Intelligence Lab, University of FL, Gainesville, FL
Jan. 2009 – Aug. 2010<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Publications<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Publication listing can be found here: Publications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Projects<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Project listing can be found here: Projects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honors and Leadership<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Named Inaugural Malachowsky Family Endowed Professor,<\/strong> 2026<\/p>\n

SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow,<\/strong>\u00a02023-2024<\/p>\n

Advanced Leadership for Academics and Professionals Participant,<\/strong>\u00a02022-2023<\/p>\n

H.E.R.S. Leadership Institute Participant,<\/strong>\u00a02021-2022<\/p>\n

Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Teacher\/Scholar of the Year,<\/strong> UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, 2021-2022<\/p>\n

Associate Editor,<\/strong>\u00a0IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, January 2021 – Current<\/p>\n

Term Professorship Award,<\/strong>\u00a0University of Florida, August 2021-July 2024<\/p>\n

Faculty Service Excellence Award,<\/strong> UF Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, May 2021.<\/p>\n

Top 10% of high-scoring reviewers <\/strong>at Neurips 2020, October 2020.<\/p>\n

Faculty Research Excellence Award,<\/strong> UF Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, May 2020.<\/p>\n

Program Chair,<\/strong>\u00a0Phenome 2020<\/p>\n

Best Reviewer<\/strong> IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Jan. 2020.<\/p>\n

Best New Faculty Award<\/strong> UF ECE Graduate Student Organization, 2019<\/p>\n

Graduate Recruitment and Admissions Committee Coordinator,<\/strong> Aug. 2019 – Aug. 2022<\/p>\n

Program<\/strong> Chair,<\/strong>\u00a0IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, July 2019<\/p>\n

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Education and IDEA Committee Member,<\/strong> Jan. 2019 – Aug. 2022<\/p>\n

Rising Researcher Award<\/strong> SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, 2018<\/p>\n

Outstanding Reviewer Recognition<\/strong> for IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2017<\/p>\n

Associate Editor,<\/strong>\u00a0IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2016-2021<\/p>\n

Honored as an MU Top Faculty Achiever,<\/strong>\u00a0March 2015<\/p>\n

National Geospatial Intelligence Agency New Investigator Program Award,<\/strong>\u00a0Oct. 2014<\/p>\n

National Science Foundation CAREER Award,<\/strong>\u00a0May 2014<\/p>\n

MU College of Engineering Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award,<\/strong>\u00a0Mar. 2014<\/p>\n

IEEE Senior Member: Elevated to Senior Member<\/strong> of the IEEE, Feb. 2014<\/p>\n

Program Chair,<\/strong>\u00a0IEEE Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing, Jun. 2013<\/p>\n

Best Reviewer<\/strong> Recognition for IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2011<\/p>\n

IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society Unsupervised Optical Data Fusion Contest<\/strong> Winner, 2009<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Additional Related Links<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

UF\/IFAS AI and Data Science Seminar Series. Dec. 2024. YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TAMIDS Seminar. Oct. 2021. YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NVIDIA Meet the Researcher Profile. Oct. 2020. https:\/\/bit.ly\/325Whbg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UF Informatics Institute AI Advances and Applications Seminar. “Plant Root Analysis with Multiple Instance Learning.” Sept. 2020. https:\/\/bit.ly\/2TMgcHw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaboration with Agronomy video. Nov. 2019. https:\/\/news.ece.ufl.edu\/2019\/11\/08\/alina-zare-partners-with-agronomy\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global Centra Webinar Series. “Machine Learning and Application in Remote Sensing.” Mar. 2019. https:\/\/www.globalcentra.org\/spring2019webinars\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nobel Institute Research Seminar. “Learning from Imprecision for Target Characterization and Spectral Unmixing.” Nov. 2017. https:\/\/bit.ly\/34PSssj<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plantae Seminar. “Plants, Rumors, and Imaging Spectroscopy.” Dec. 2017. https:\/\/bit.ly\/2TOefKM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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