UF Researcher Receives Impact Award From IEEE Technical Committee on Cloud Computing

Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has received the 2020 IEEE Technical Committee on Cloud Computing Impact Award. The award recognizes senior researchers or educators for their significant or distinguished contribution in the field of cloud computing.

Damon Woodard Accepts Position as Director of AI Partnerships

Dr. Damon Woodard has accepted a position as Director of AI Partnerships for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. In this role, Dr. Woodard will facilitate partnerships with other universities, companies and non-profits with the goal of enhancing the college’s research and education in the field of AI.

FICS Research Expands Industry Partnerships, Workforce Development

The Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research is well-known and regarded as a global leader in hardware security and systems security research. FICS Research Director, Dr. Mark Tehranipoor, is generally acknowledged as the father of hardware security, in many cases having created the first programs, books, publications, and conferences in the domain.

University of Florida Tackles COVID-19 With High-Tech Devices

When COVID-19 shut down the country in the spring, some of the brightest engineering minds at the University of Florida’s Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World went to work. “We felt an obligation to rise to the occasion and use our research expertise and creativity,” says institute director, Swarup Bhunia, Ph.D. It was […]

UF Engineer Is Using $11M Research Award to Make Steel Manufacturing More Energy Efficient

Heat-treating steel during its manufacturing stage is an energy-intensive process where much of the energy is wasted through heat-loss due to outdated furnace designs and other system inefficiencies. Backed by a nearly $11 million award from the Department of Energy, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office, Michele Manuel, Ph.D., professor […]

Dr. Juan Gilbert Researches Possibility of Digitally Voting From Home

Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), is working on a possible solution to verify voters. With record-setting numbers of voters casting their ballots by mail this year (2020), Gilbert said he is concerned about a growing issue: […]

Human-Drone Teams Working on Construction Sites

What if instead of humankind fearing robots taking over, we work together for a better future? This is what Dr. Masoud Gheisari, an assistant professor at the University of Florida’s M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management, thought when the National Science Foundation awarded him and his collaborators a $750,000 grant as part of their […]