Leadership
Leadership & Service
Academic leadership at the University of Florida and Clemson University, and national service in science policy, elections, and computing.
- 85journal articles
- 191refereed conference papers
- 350invited talks & keynotes
- $31.4Min contracts & grants
- 6U.S. patents
Academic leadership
Positions held
- 2026 – present
Provost Fellow
Provost Office, University of Florida
- Reports to the interim Provost
- Program chair for the Artificial Intelligence University Summit (AI for US): organizing the summit program, defining tracks, overseeing the budget and proposal review, and selecting the final program
- Faculty lead for the first Undergraduate Fellows in AI program
- Serves on university-wide AI Ethics and Policy Working Group
- 2025 – 2026
Senior Advisor to the Dean for National Engagement
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida
- Advised the college's interim dean on national engagement opportunities while serving on the National Science Board
- 2015 – 2025
Chair, Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department
University of Florida
- Led a department of 55+ faculty with total enrollment over 4,000 and a $10+ million annual budget
- Created the Human-Centered Computing (HCC) Ph.D. degree
- Created UF's first online degree program (CS), with over 500 students enrolled
- Oversaw 4 B.S., 2 M.S. and 3 Ph.D. degree programs
- Oversaw faculty promotion, tenure and annual reports
- Conducted fund raising for the department
- 2014 – 2015
Associate Chair of Research
Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department, University of Florida
- Mentored faculty on research proposals, publications and honorific opportunities
- 2009 – 2014
Chair, Human Centered Computing Division
School of Computing, Clemson University
- Created the Human-Centered Computing (HCC) Ph.D. degree
- Managed the division budget for 8–10 faculty and oversaw promotion, tenure and annual reports
National service
Science policy & professional leadership
National Science Foundation
- National Science Board Member, 2024 – 2026 (appointed by President Joseph R. Biden)
- Education and Human Resources (EHR) Advisory Committee Member, 2022 – 2024
- Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE) Advisory Committee, 2018 – 2021
- Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Advisory Committee Member, 2010 – 2014
National Academies
- Served the National Academies on over 30 occasions as a speaker, committee chair, committee member and reviewer
- Consensus committee: The Future of Voting: Accessible, Reliable, Verifiable Technology, 2017 – 2019
- Consensus committee: The Science of Effective Mentoring in STEMM, 2017 – 2019
- Consensus committee: The Role of Authentic STEM Learning Experiences in Developing Interest and Competencies for Technology and Computing, 2019 – 2020
- Leadership Committee, Action Collaborative on Education and Workforce Trajectories in Tech, 2024 – present
University of Florida: AI leadership
- Program Chair, AI University Summit (AI for US), 2026 – present
- Faculty lead, Undergraduate AI Fellows Program, 2026 – present
- AI Ethics and Policy Working Group, 2026 – present
- Chair, UF Equitable AI Working Group (2021 – 2022)
- Strategic planning: Provost Office (2025 – 2026); Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (2026)
Professional societies
- IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors, 2007 – 2009
- ACM U.S. Public Policy Committee (USACM) Council Member, 2009 – 2015; Executive Council Member, 2015 – 2017
- USACM E-Voting Subcommittee Chair, 2014 – 2017
- Chair, Coalition to Diversify Computing (ACM, CRA and IEEE-CS), 2012 – 2013
- ACM Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council Member, 2019 – 2023
- CRA Government Affairs Committee Member, 2025 – present
Policy
Congressional & expert testimony
- 2020U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on House Administration2020 Election Security: Perspectives from Voting System Vendors and Experts · January 9, 2020
- 2020Curling v. Kemp, Northern District of GeorgiaVoting systems expert testimony · September 11, 2020
- 2014National Federation of the Blind v. Lamone, District of MarylandVoting systems expert testimony · September 4, 2014
- 2008U.S. Senate, Committee on Rules and AdministrationBipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 · July 30, 2008