FSU Department of Computer Science

Welcome to the official X account for the Department of Computer Science at Florida State University!

[FSU Department of Computer Science @FSUComputerSci]

Way to go, Xian!! 🎉

[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

We couldn't be more proud of Xian Mallory, a @FloridaState assistant professor in @FSUComputerSci who took home the $100,000 grand prize from @ReliaQuest! 🏆

During #FSUDiscoveryDays' “The Quest for What’s Next!” competition on Monday, Mallory pitched Sage, a startup designed to protect personal data, to a panel of judges.

Two other teams, both from @FSUartssciences, took home $50,000 each! Olmo Zavala Romero, an assistant professor in @FSUSciComp, earned additional funding for his startup Ariadne, while Xin Zhang, a professor in @StatisticsFSU, benefited his ambitions after his presentation, “Protecting the Rare Label: Error-Controlled Classification for Data Sensitivity.”

To check out the full story, visit: https://t.co/tYM3PhZEUN.

@FloridaState @FSUResearch

[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

You won't want to miss tomorrow's #FSUDiscoveryDays event hosted by @FSUComputerSci!

The @FloridaState event will highlight how the growth of AI is influencing computer science education, research and career opportunities while introducing attendees to research already underway across the department’s portfolio.

Beyond AI, attendees will explore areas of computer science research where human expertise remains essential, including problems without established solutions, existing datasets or proven systems.

🗓️ Thursday, Oct. 22

📍 Love Building (Room 101)
⏰ 1-1:15 p.m. | Welcome and Introduction
⏰ 1:15–2 p.m. | Undergraduate Panel: AI, Careers and Opportunities
⏰ 2-3 p.m. | Faculty Research Highlights

📍 Love Building (Room 353)
3-5 p.m. | FSU Computer Science Open House and Research Showcase

For more info and RSVP instructions, visit: https://t.co/qHh2zBPMd4.

@FSUResearch

[FSU Department of Computer Science @FSUComputerSci]

A huge congrats to @FSUComputerSci's own Xian Mallory! 👏

[FSU Research @FSUResearch]

Discovery drives what’s next ➡️ Six FSU creators competed for $100,000 in funding from @ReliaQuest to support innovative cybersecurity projects. Congratulations to winner Xian Mallory of @FSUComputerSci!

#FSUDiscoveryDays | @FloridaState

[FSU Department of Computer Science @FSUComputerSci]

This Thursday! #FSUDiscoveryDays

[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

Discovery Days at @FloridaState is almost here!

Join @FSUComputerSci Thursday, Oct. 22, for an afternoon of events exploring how careers and research in computer science are adapting amid the widespread use of AI.

The activities will also highlight how FSU specifically is preparing students to navigate the evolving field.

📍 Love Building (Room 101)
⏰ 1-1:15 p.m. | Welcome and Introduction
⏰ 1:15–2 p.m. | Undergraduate Panel: AI, Careers and Opportunities
⏰ 2-3 p.m. | Faculty Research Highlights

📍 Love Building (Room 353)
3-5 p.m. | FSU Computer Science Open House and Research Showcase

For more info and RSVP instructions, visit: https://t.co/5jDfwb07pa.

@DataScienceFSU @FSUResearch

[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

Discovery Days at @FloridaState is almost here!

Join @FSUComputerSci Thursday, Oct. 22, for an afternoon of events exploring how careers and research in computer science are adapting amid the widespread use of AI.

The activities will also highlight how FSU specifically is preparing students to navigate the evolving field.

📍 Love Building (Room 101)
⏰ 1-1:15 p.m. | Welcome and Introduction
⏰ 1:15–2 p.m. | Undergraduate Panel: AI, Careers and Opportunities
⏰ 2-3 p.m. | Faculty Research Highlights

📍 Love Building (Room 353)
3-5 p.m. | FSU Computer Science Open House and Research Showcase

For more info and RSVP instructions, visit: https://t.co/5jDfwb07pa.

@DataScienceFSU @FSUResearch

[FSU Career Center @FSUCareerCenter]

🚨 ReliaQuest is taking over FSU on Monday, Oct. 19! Visit the "home base" tent on Landis all day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., plus join us for any and all of the day's events.

Register and learn more https://t.co/LJI9EbjSkd. 🔗

[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

Congratulations to @FSUComputerSci's Weikuan Yu, who has been appointed program director within the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure at @NSF! 👏

To learn more about how Yu will help guide national research priorities in AI, advanced computing, and data systems through his new role, visit: https://t.co/8wgSMQPucx.

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[FSU Research @FSUResearch]

.@FloridaState researchers ➡️ ​Communicating the power and impact of university research and scholarship has never been more critical.

Research Development and University Communications invite faculty to participate in a workshop during #FSUDiscoveryDays where they will translate their work for the public, practice interviewing with media and learn tips and tricks for video interviews and more.

Register here ➡️ https://t.co/1RFEJ40zJY

[FSU Research @FSUResearch]

.​@ReliaQuest and @FloridaState are joining forces at The Quest for What's Next!

This #FSUDiscoveryDays event will see six teams compete for a grand prize of $100,000 in funding from Reliaquest to pursue innovative projects in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

🔸 3-5 p.m., Oct. 19, @FSUWertheim

Register here ➡️ https://t.co/amYJ6EWSvE

[FSU Department of Scientific Computing @FSUSciComp]

Upcoming AI Seminar ➡️ "Anatomy of an Outlier: The Lifecycle of Massive Activations in Llama 3.1 8B Instruct," presented by @FSUComputerSci's Xiuwen Liu.

🗓️ Friday, Oct. 9
⏰ 12 p.m.
📍 Dirac Science Library (Room 499)

Event details: https://t.co/G1av5REceh

@FloridaState

[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

“If you ask a large language model what two plus two is, it will likely say four — not because it calculated what two plus two equals, but because the model recognizes four as the most commonly found answer to that question. Our goal is to develop a model that can instead apply more meaningful quantitative reasoning to better comprehend numerical data.”

Michael Gubanov, an associate professor in @FSUComputerSci, has earned an @NSF CAREER Award!

This award will support his work to develop a new type of AI model that better calculates and uses numeric data, including large-scale healthcare data for applications in cancer research.

Gubanov is working alongside @MoffittNews to apply the model within the healthcare and cancer treatment fields.

To check out the full article, visit: https://t.co/sOF7XZmi1N.

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[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

.@fsuscicomp has been busy lately!

During the department's colloquium on Sept. 2, @FSUComputerSci's Shibo Li delivered his talk, "Physics-Motivated and Inspired Probabilistic Learning." (Photos 1-2)

On Sept. 4, @FSUSciComp's Olmo Zavala Romero presented "Physics-Informed Learning" as part of the department's Fall 2026 AI Seminar series. (Photos 3-4)

To keep an eye out for upcoming events in @FloridaState's Department of Scientific Computing, visit https://t.co/nzl9x2vFnQ.

[FCR-STEM @FCRStem]

20 Years of FCR-STEM
Our team is assisting researchers at @FSUComputerSci on a National Science Foundation grant to develop AI tools to help manage hurricane-fueled wildfires in the Florida Panhandle.

https://t.co/0fKdgj3GGU

@floridastate | @fsu_govrel | @fsuresearch | @lsifsu

[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

Congratulations to @FSUComputerSci's Kai Zhao, who received a 2026 Faculty Early Career Development Award, or CAREER Award, from @NSF!

The award — one of the most prestigious honors available to early career faculty — will support Zhao’s continued work developing StreamZ, a data-processing tool designed to handle continuously produced data that comes from large-scale simulations, scientific instruments and sensor systems.

To check out the full story, visit: https://t.co/gyuZivhL34.

@FloridaState @FSUResearch

[Florida State University @FloridaState]

At Florida State University, ideas have the power to become breakthroughs that can have an impact far beyond campus. As part of a legacy 175 years in the making, FSU is changing the lives that change the world. #FSU175

[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

Congratulations to @FloridaState's 2026 @NSF CAREER Award winners, all six of whom are from @FSUartssciences!

The award is one of the most prestigious honors available to early career faculty and supports those who serve as academic role models in research and education, leading advances in the mission of their department or organization.

▶️ Amy Webster (top left) is an assistant professor in @fsubio, who studies how genetically identical individuals raised in the same environment, like twins, can still be different, informing our understanding of disease risk.

▶️ Douglas Storace (top right) is an assistant professor in @fsubio and @FSUNeuroscience, who researches how the olfactory system, or sense of smell, influences decision making and our perception of the world around us.

▶️ Kai Zhao (middle right) is an assistant professor in @FSUComputerSci, who designs high-performance computing systems that help researchers manage large amounts of data in experiments and theoretical predictions.

▶️ Michael Gubanov (bottom right) is an assistant professor in @FSUComputerSci and @DataScienceFSU, who is developing a new type of AI to more accurately calculate and interpret numeric data, with applications in healthcare and cancer treatment.

▶️ Xiaonan Zhang (bottom left) is an assistant professor in @FSUComputerSci, who designs frameworks that allow wireless devices to collaborate and execute complex AI applications, facilitating real-time decisions in fields like healthcare, transportation and emergency response.

▶️ Cyprian Lewandowski (middle left) is an assistant professor in @FSUPhysics, who analyzes quantum materials with the potential to enable transformative technologies, such as new quantum computing platforms or more advanced sensors.

To check out the full story, visit: https://t.co/9n16KsHdxt.

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[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

Assistant Professor in @FSUComputerSci Xiaonan Zhang (slide one) and her research team have won the Best Paper Runner-Up Award at the @IEEEorg / @TheOfficialACM 2026 Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies!

Led by Zhang's doctoral student Hansong Zhou (slide two), the paper explores AI's ability to act as a "coach," encouraging users to adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

“Health behavioral change is inherently a long-term process, and sustained improvements in physical activity, diet, and sleep require continued support over time," Zhou said. "Our work examines how AI-based health coaching can maintain continuity across multiple sessions by tracking an individual's goals, progress, and barriers, while proactively guiding subsequent conversations."

To learn more, visit: https://t.co/8XD5DfVKGr.

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[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

Florida’s first formal graduate-level credential in quantum information science and engineering is officially at @FloridaState!

The Graduate Certificate in Quantum Science & Technology will provide graduate students and working professionals with rigorous training across quantum physics, materials science, chemistry, computer science and engineering.

The certificate is now accepting applications for Spring 2027 enrollment.

Administered by the FSU Quantum Initiative, the certificate draws on courses from multiple departments and two colleges — @FSUartssciences and @FAMUFSUCOE.

To learn more about the certificate, which positions FSU students and professionals to be leaders in one of the world’s fastest-growing technology fields, visit: https://t.co/2UsiG6QAKQ.

[FSU Department of Computer Science @FSUComputerSci]

Congrats to Ashley Oliveira Andrade and Jordyn Hartigan, two new graduates from @FSUComputerSci who received honors medallions!

[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

More than half of @FloridaState's Summer 2026 honors medallion awardees are from @FSUartssciences! 🏅

Each semester, honors medallions are presented to new graduates who have completed the University Honors Program or Honors in the Major Program. Those who complete both programs with a 3.9 cumulative GPA or higher receive the designation of Outstanding Senior Scholar.

To learn more about the Spring 2026 honorees and the University Honors Program, visit: https://t.co/1PAe8pcmmW.

📸 Brittany Mobley (top left and right)
📸 Trenton McCray (bottom left and right)

[FSU Arts & Sciences @FSUartssciences]

Congratulations to @FSUComputerSci's Xiaonan Zhang, who recently received a a 2026 Faculty Early Career Development Award, or CAREER Award, from @NSF!

To learn more about the award — one of the most prestigious available to early career faculty — and Zhang's research on how wireless networks can help devices collaborate to run advanced AI applications more efficiently, visit: https://t.co/EmfLsfpavS.

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