The ocean is unforgiving, Md Jahidul Islam, Ph.D., will tell you.
“Signals attenuate, GPS disappears, visibility collapses and communication is limited,” said Islam, the Yangbin Wang Rising Star Endowed Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
And as director of the University of Florida’s RoboPI Laboratory, Islam is immersed in marine robotics research to ease the danger for humans working and exploring in the ocean. With other UF researchers, he is also helping protect underwater computer hardware from cyberattacks.
Read more about UF’s RoboPI Lab Making Waves With Marine Robots.
