From left: Daisy Wang, Ethan White, Stephanie Bohlman, Alina Zare and Aditya Singh, who are working together on analyzing forest-level data.

Capturing a World of Data: Computing Power is the Key to Analyzing a Changing Environment

September 29, 2021

A multidisciplinary research team that includes Alina Zare, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Daisy Zhe Wang, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, is developing ways to understand the changes taking place in forests and protect the ecosystem benefits trees offer.

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Damon Woodard, Ph.D., associate professor, and Sanjeev Koppal, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Trusting Tech: Artificial Intelligence Can Combat Deepfakes, Cybercrimes and Snooping

September 29, 2021

Damon Woodard, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), is using AI methods to develop algorithms that can detect deepfakes, while Sanjeev Koppal, Ph.D., an assistant professor in ECE, is building cameras that are intelligent about capturing data in order to preserve people’s privacy.

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Juan Claudio Nino, Ph.D.

Vital Signs: Leveraging Data for Better Health Outcomes

September 28, 2021

Juan Claudio Nino, Ph.D., a professor of Materials Science and Engineering, is collaborating with psychiatry and neuroscience assistant professor Marcelo Febo on a means of using AI to detect the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

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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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Fang Xu, a doctoral student from the group working with Professor Eric Jing Du, operates a test version of the robotic dog. (Arlett Villalona/WUFT News)

A UF Professor Is Creating Robotic Dogs Trained To Assist First Responders

August 5, 2021

A group of Ph.D. students led by Eric Jing Du, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Florida, have trained and developed robotic dogs.

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My T. Thai, Ph.D.

Exposing the Shortcuts: Improving Fairness of Artificial Intelligence in the Connected World

March 9, 2021

My T. Thai, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering and associate director of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World, is developing software technologies that can explain how bias can creep into artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.

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Dr. Walden "Wally" Rhines

Visionary Leader in Artificial Intelligence Endows Professorship in Fully Homomorphic Encryption

January 12, 2021

Dr. Walden “Wally” Rhines, son of the founding chair of the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) Dr. Frederick N. Rhines, is providing an endowment for a professorship in fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), a field in which Cornami, Inc., the AI company of which he is President and CEO, holds a leading edge position.

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A Closer look at potential exploitation mechanisms on an autonomous vehicle.

Bringing AI to the Edge for a Smarter Internet of Things

January 5, 2021

Three leading researchers at the Warren B. Nelms institute for the Connected World are using artificial intelligence (AI) to make the Internet of Things (IoT) more secure and more efficient. They have invited us into their laboratories to take a peek at the leading edge of AI applications.

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Engineering Agriculture of the Future with IoT and AI Technology

Engineering Agriculture of the Future with IoT and AI Technology

September 29, 2020

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.

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