Randy Avent

{{Short description|American computer scientist}}

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Randy K. Avent is an American computer scientist and academic administrator. He is the first and current President of Florida Polytechnic University. In 2015 he was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE){{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2015_elevated_fellows.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330134212/http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2015_elevated_fellows.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 30, 2015|title=2015 elevated fellow|website=IEEE Fellows Directory}} for leadership in automatic target recognition technology.