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The MySurgeryRisk mobile app gives doctors detailed information on each complication (left) and risk predictions from the algorithm along with major factors leading to the prediction (right).

Artificial Intelligence Platform Predicts Surgical Complications

June 2, 2022

University of Florida researchers have confirmed their artificial intelligence system, known as MySurgeryRisk, is at least as accurate as physicians in predicting surgical complications and sometimes more so. Developing and testing MySurgeryRisk has been a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort involving experts across the UF campus. A group of 22 engineering and medical researchers initially helped to develop and test the algorithm, and researchers from the UF departments of anesthesiology, medicine and electrical and computer engineering contributed to the latest findings.

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From left: Domenic Forte, Ph.D., Steven A. Yatauro Fellow and associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Damon Woodard, Ph.D., director of the Florida Institute for National Security and associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Ronald Wilson, Ph.D., post-doctoral researcher in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Confounding Pirates and Trojan Horses: AI Gatekeepers at UF Provide Innovative Tool for Industries Looking to Shut Down Bad Actors

May 17, 2022

Damon Woodard, Ph.D., director of the Florida Institute for National Security and associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is leading a $1.2M research effort to use artificial intelligence for the purpose of hardware security.

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A person in a suite pointing to a superimposed graphic of a human brain and the term "AI"

UF Announces Artificial Intelligence Academic Initiative Center

March 16, 2022

In its latest step to promote artificial intelligence (AI) and data science and integrate AI across the curriculum, the University of Florida will create an Artificial Intelligence Academic Initiative Center. The new center, led by Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives David Reed, will be the campus focal point for academic activity at the university related to AI and data science.

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Chris Malachowsky (BSEE '80)

Engineering Alum One of Four ‘Game-Changers’ Elected to University of Florida’s Academy of Golden Gators

March 11, 2022

Chris Malachowsky (BSEE ’80), NVIDIA Corp. co-founder and a leading force behind the university’s ambitious initiative to become “America’s A.I. University,” is one of the 2022 honorees in the University of Florida’s prestigious Academy of Golden Gators.

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Co-principal investigator Victor Perez, a UF alumnus and an expert on extinct sharks such as megalodon, holds a shark tooth.

Using Shark Teeth to Teach AI

February 23, 2022

A team from the University of Florida’s Thompson Earth Systems Institute (TESI), the College of Education and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering will partner with the Calvert Marine Museum in Maryland on a three-year, $1.3 million project funded by the National Science Foundation to teach Florida middle school teachers and students how to use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify fossil shark teeth.

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Damon L. Woodard, Ph.D.

The Fall and Rise of Damon Woodard, ECE Associate Professor

February 21, 2022

How Damon Woodard, Ph.D., rose from being a high school dropout to become the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Notre Dame is a testament to the people who believed in him — and to the inner fire that refused to go out.

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Powell Family Structures and Materials Laboratory

UF and IBM Team Up to Solve Society’s Biggest Challenges

February 9, 2022

The University of Florida announced a new collaboration with tech giant IBM to launch a comprehensive skills program designed to extend UF’s vision to be an international leader in artificial intelligence, data science, fintech, and other related technologies that can help solve society’s biggest challenges.

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Tidal Energy Proposal Wins UF, IBM Technology Contest

January 6, 2022

An all-female team of “hackers” was declared the winner of a national technology contest – Florida Hacks with IBM – that called on participants to discover potential solutions to combat the effects of climate change. The team was comprised of three current Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering students and a recent graduate.

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Christina Gardner-McCune

Christina Gardner-McCune, AI4K12 Team Will Receive Outstanding Educator Award

November 15, 2021

Christina Gardner-McCune, Ph.D., an associate professor in Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, is expected to receive the 2022 AAAI/EAAI Outstanding Educator award for her work with the Artificial Intelligence for K-12 Initiative (AI4K12.org).

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Shigang Chen, Ph.D., IEEE Fellow and professor in CISE, and Kejun Huang, Ph.D., assistant professor in CISE

NIH Awards $1.1M to UF AI Researchers for Fight Against Parkinson’s

September 28, 2021

A multi-departmental team of researchers from the University of Florida have been awarded a $1.1M grant from the NIH on AI-powered medical research on Parkinson’s disease.

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