Credit Card Vigilantes – Skim Reaper
MacroFab engineering podcast interviewed Skim Reaper‘s founders, Patrick Traynor, Ph.D., The Dasburg Family Preeminent chair in engineering in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida and Christian Peeters, a Ph.D. candidate in the same department. What is Skim Reaper, how does it work, how did it start, what […]
UF Researchers Link Gene From Ancient Virus With Plant Stature
A new study from the University of Florida links the ability of plants to grow to great heights to a 500-million-year-old interaction between a virus and a type of algae. Daniel Conde, a postdoc in the Forest Genomics Laboratory who co-authored the new study with Cíntia L. Ribeiro, a recent graduate of the UF/IFAS Plant […]
UF Researcher Talks About Parkinson Disease With JN Learning Podcast
More than 6 million people worldwide have Parkinson disease. Even though it is classically associated with tremors, the disease has many manifestations and is very treatable for most patients. Michael S. Okun, MD, the chair and a professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Florida, as well as the administrative director and […]
University of Florida Accelerates BioTech Research Innovation With Qumulo
Qumulo, the leading provider of hybrid cloud file storage, announced that the University of Florida has chosen Qumulo’s distributed file system for its scalable capacity, real-time data analytics, and industry-recognized commitment to customer care. The University of Florida’s Information Technology division (UFIT) provides proposal support, infrastructure, and consulting services to give researchers a competitive edge. […]
Butler Selected as a Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardee by College
Kevin R. B. Butler, Ph.D., a holder of the Arnold and Lisa Goldberg Rising Star Associate Professor in Computer Science at the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has been selected as a 2020 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardee. “I’ve been incredibly fortunate to work with amazingly talented […]
As China Suffers From Coronavirus, Some Wonder: Is It Really That Serious? 3 Questions Answered by UF Professor
The coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen in China, with 28,200 confirmed cases as of Feb. 6, 2020. The Chinese government has announced even stricter measures to stop the spread of the disease, including the rounding up of people in Wuhan, the city where the outbreak began, for mass quarantine. And the doctor who warned authorities […]
Improving Election Integrity
University of Florida researcher, Juan Gilbert, Ph.D., the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department, shared with Issues in Science and Technology, a quarterly journal published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in partnership with Arizona State University, about his research on […]
UF Hemp Pilot Project Gains Sponsorships and Success
The UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ Industrial Hemp Pilot Project has proven successful in its research and fostering relationships within the agriculture industry. The purpose of the hemp pilot project is to see if growing hemp commercially is feasible. It is a two-year project that identifies which hemp varieties and management practices function […]
How the ‘Skim Reaper’ Protects You From Credit Card Skimmers
Houston has been hailed king when it comes to credit card skimmers, and they’re not completely wrong. Houston is a hub for the skimming scam but the reality is they exist everywhere. “My credit card got stolen for the sixth time in a three-year period,” professor Patrick Traynor, with the Department of Computer and Information […]
UF Health Participated in First Successful Cardiac Transport System in Pediatric Transplant Recipients
Paragonix Technologies Inc. announced that the first series of pediatric donor hearts preserved and transported using the Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System occurred at University of Florida Health and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital (TN). Starting in Q1 2019, Paragonix SherpaPak™ CTS has been shipped with heart connectors covering most aortic diameters, permitting the anchoring of […]