Engineering Agriculture of the Future With IoT and AI Technology
Through the IoT4Ag Engineering Research Center, faculty from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering will play a pivotal role in providing data communications via IoT and application of AI to problems facing the agricultural sector. David Arnold, Ph.D., George Kirkland Engineering Leadership Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is a co-principal […]
Inventors Honored at Virtual Standing InnOvation Event
More than 200 innovators participated in a live-stream event and virtual happy hour to celebrate their achievements in fiscal year 2020. The limitations of social gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic prompted UF Innovate | Tech Licensing to find new ways to honor University of Florida innovators. Instead of an in-person Standing InnOvation, Tech Licensing […]
FWC $200K Grants Gives UF Scientists Green Light to Develop New Technology
Two University of Florida scientists are the recipients of a $200,000 grant from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). They will use that money over the next 10 months to develop the methodology leading to a device that detects and measures the number of toxins in the air from red tides. “Karenia brevis […]
UF Partners on $26M Grant to Produce More Crops With Less Water and Energy
University of Florida is partnering on a $26 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop new technologies and systems that will help farmers produce more food with less water and energy. The grant is the latest development in UF’s artificial intelligence (AI) initiative, which will expand the use of AI across academic degrees and programs and […]
Nvidia Built Its Selene Supercomputer for Coronavirus Research in Just Three Weeks
Nvidia Corp., an artificial intelligence company co-founded by UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering alumnus Chris Malachowsky, managed to build Selene, the world’s seventh-fastest supercomputer, in just under three weeks. Selene is based on the DGX A100 systems also used by the Argonne National Laboratory to research ways to stop the coronavirus. The Selene supercomputer has been deployed to tackle […]
University of Florida Vets Use Placenta-Derived Treatment for Animals With Severe Bone Loss
A human placenta-derived compound developed by a University of Florida faculty member in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is being used with promising results by veterinarians at UF’s College of Veterinary Medicine to treat animals with severe bone loss. Without the compound, the animals — which included a giraffe at the Jacksonville Zoo and […]
AAAS Fellow Juan Gilbert Builds Tech for Voting and to Make Stem More Diverse
Juan Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), decided to write a set of guidelines for diversity and inclusion in crisis. “I am writing in response to the events that have impacted the Black community, the Black computing community,” he […]
FICS Research Receives $7.8M to Help Make On-Chip Security Pervasive
The Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research has announced a collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on a program called Automated Implementation of Secure Silicon (AISS). Leading electronic design automation company Synopsys will serve as a prime contractor on the program. The $7.8M grant, part of the DARPA Electronic Resurgence Initiative (ERI), […]
Something’s in the Water
David Kaplan, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) within the University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, along with a team of scientists, wrote an amicus curiae brief for the U.S. Supreme Court about a case regarding the Clean Water Act (CWA) that will have a […]
Dr. Juan Gilbert Featured in Forbes Article
Juan Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), shares his thoughts on how to make academic inventing more inclusive. By honoring and elevating the voices of a diverse group of inspiring inventors, the American Association for the Advancement of Science […]