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Hardware Security Research and Education Centers of Excellence open at University of Florida and Ohio State

September 13, 2019

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida and The Ohio State University College of Engineering are collaborating as a close-knit team in two Centers of Excellence sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and Nimbis Inc., a developer of collaborative cloud communities. Their dual goals are to advance the area of hardware-enabled cybersecurity through innovation and development of new Analog and Mixed Signal (AMS) domain security and to provide a comprehensive workforce training and education program in areas related to microelectronics design and security.

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He came to Florida as an international student; he stayed as an entrepreneur who is making a positive impact on the Florida economy.

August 28, 2019

Kaustubh Kale is a remarkable example of an international student who came from India to study for a Master’s Degree at UF on a full scholarship, then stayed on in Florida to start up his own company that is now well on a path to boost the state’s economy with new investment capital and new […]

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31 Faculty Awarded University Term Professorships

August 16, 2019

The University Term Professorship was established in 2016 and is presented to 250 eligible faculty members annually. Selection of University Term Professorships is based on an assessment of academic accomplishment by either a faculty advisory committee and/or the department chair and approved by the dean. Each award runs for 3 years and provides a $5,000/year salary supplement to the awardee.

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Daniela Oliveira, Ph.D.

UF Professor Teams With Google To Present Phishing Insights At Black Hat

August 16, 2019

We keep falling for phishing emails, and Google just revealed why This article is written by Rob Pegoraro and originally published on Fast Company. Here’s what Google has learned by blocking 100 million phishing attacks on Gmail users—every day. You should feel cranky about all the phishing emails you get. Because getting your brain in […]

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Domenic Forte, Ph.D., ECE

UF Engineering Professor Receives ECASE-Army Award and PECASE For Cybersecurity Research

May 10, 2019

Professor Domenic Forte, a member of UF’s Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research, will develop digital fingerprint for electronic systems

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Engineering Professor Mark Law honored as Distinguished Teaching Scholar

May 7, 2019

Each year the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars (ADTS) honors University of Florida’s exceptional teaching and scholarship accomplishments by inducting into its membership faculty who have demonstrated sustained innovation and commitment in both areas. Professor Mark Law, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has been honored as […]

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Three Engineering Faculty Named UF Research Foundation Professors for 2019-2022

May 2, 2019

The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.

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UF Engineer Joel Harley, Ph.D. Leads Research To Improve Efficiency of Solar Power Grids

April 25, 2019

Joel Harley, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UF, is working with scientists at the University of Utah and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop and commercialize a new sensor that would quickly detect a problem and its location on a large solar grid.

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Codebreaking Is Elementary With Help From UF Engineer

April 25, 2019

UF engineering professor Dr. Swarup Bhunia, Director of the Warren B. Nelms Institute of the Connected World and Sachio Semmoto professor, is collaborating with Dr. Pavlo Antonenko, professor in the College of Education, to develop an online program that can be used to teach upper elementary school students how to use basic cryptography in an engaging way that will help them to read and write better and also become interested in engineering.

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