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On Your Mark, Get Set, Think!

April 7, 2016

On April 16th, UF will premier the world’s newest spectator sport – brain-powered drone racing. (Yes, the drones are powered by brainwaves).

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Technology developed at UF to help special needs voters

February 15, 2016

Juan Gilbert, Ph.D., and his team of students are revolutionizing the way people with disabilities vote with the Prime III, an accessible voting system.

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Over 150 international cybersecurity experts gather at UF

February 12, 2016

The first annual conference of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research coincided with White House announcement of $19B cybersecurity plan.

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Gatorloop team makes it to Hyperloop finals

February 8, 2016

UF was selected to build a prototype for a high speed transportation concept proposed by SpaceX & Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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Defending your computer from cyber-attacks, Sun Tzu style

January 21, 2016

Engineering professor Daniela Oliveira is developing an operating system inspired by ancient military strategies.

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UF cybersecurity experts featured in Wall Street Journal

August 24, 2015

Engineering professors Traynor and Butler speak out about vulnerabilities in mobile money apps

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Juan Gilbert selected for AAAS Invention Ambassador program

July 1, 2015

Juan Gilbert, the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor & Chair and the new chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering has been selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to be among the second round of inventors honored by its Lemelson Invention Ambassadors Program. The purpose of […]

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CISE Chair Announced

May 15, 2015

Juan Gilbert, Ph.D., the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Chair and current associate chair for research, has been named chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering.

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How to tell when your computer is lying to you

April 24, 2015

UF was recently named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research, and our cybersecurity experts just developed a “polygraph machine” for machines.

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Human Centered Computing featured in the Sun

March 25, 2015

They are a department well adapted to solving complex, real-life problems – often before our society realizes it has them – and they are growing in numbers and in strength. They include some of the brightest academic leaders in the country in the areas of cybersecurity, biometrics, and informatics – and their highly sought-after students. […]

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