#FSUAlumniSpotlight 🌟 Meet Matthew Christoffel, a two-time alumnus of @FSUComputerSci!

“Extracurriculars are some of the most important things you can do at FSU because they help break you out of your comfort zone.”

To check out the full Q&A, visit: fla.st/25Z9B10G.

Congratulations to these @FloridaState faculty members who have been named Rising Stars by the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida!

🔸 Jie Chen, @FSUNursing
🔸 Yushun Dong, @FSUartssciences, @FSUComputerSci
🔸 Qianwen (Vivian) Guo, @FAMUFSUCOE
🔸 Cyprian iences, @FSUPhysics

Read more about how their work is helping people in Florida and beyond ➡️ fla.st/S9V6OMM5

During this year's #FSUDiscoveryDays, @FSUComputerSci hosted an afternoon of events exploring how careers and research in computer science are evolving alongside AI!

Activities included an undergraduate panel as well as an open house to showcase research and opportunities in the ore about the event and how the @FloridaState Department of Computer Science is preparing students to navigate the changing field, visit: fla.st/GX59S9AT.

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Way to go, Xian!! 🎉

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 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: fla.st/GX59S9AT.

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

This Thursday! #FSUDiscoveryDays

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 avigate 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: bit.ly/4Ba0Z6A.

@DataScienceFSU @FSUResearch

🚨 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 reliaquest.com/fsu-rq-reliaqu…. 🔗

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 //t.co/8wgSMQPucx.

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.@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 r the public, practice interviewing with media and learn tips and tricks for video interviews and more.

Register here ➡️ luma.com/7vwgjrov

.​@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.

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Register here ➡️ luma.com/c7mrqxl4?tk=ZN…

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: sc-ai.net

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“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 ative 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: fla.st/5XXNLUMZ.

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.@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 e 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 sc.fsu.edu.

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.

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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 signed to handle continuously produced data that comes from large-scale simulations, scientific instruments and sensor systems.

To check out the full story, visit: fla.st/CKL3YE4O.

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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

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 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: fla.st/4NUIJ1Q6.

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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 lide 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: fla.st/3BEXTU3U.

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