Domenic Forte, Ph.D.

FICS Researchers Patent “Universal Testing Technique” to Detect Counterfeit Chips

April 15, 2021

This story was originally published on the ECE news website. An article recently published in the Academic Times profiled exciting new technology patented by researchers at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research which promises a new way to detect recycled (previously used) and counterfeit electronic parts, especially chips. The technology created by ECE Associate Professor Domenic […]

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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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Mark Tehranipoor, Ph.D.

Tehranipoor Honored at Virtual Standing InnOvation Event (UF Innovate)

September 25, 2020

Mark Tehranipoor, Ph.D., Intel Charles E. Young Preeminence Endowed Chair Professor in Cybersecurity in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and director of FICS, leads a team of hardware and software engineers who have developed a superior reputation for securing electronics for government and industry. Dr. Tehranipoor received recognition at the virtual Standing InnOvation Awards for […]

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Mark Tehranipoor, Ph.D., Director of FICS Research and Intel Charles E. Young Preeminence Endowed Chair Professor, ECE

FICS Research Receives $7.8M to Help Make On-Chip Security Pervasive

July 13, 2020

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). The grant has the broad goal of making scalable on-chip security pervasive throughout industry and military applications.

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$15M Technology Transition Center Celebrates Virtual Kickoff

May 8, 2020

The joint center aims to harness the expertise of both FICS Research and Edaptive Computing to build a comprehensive set of technologies that can be used by designers and security engineers to ensure the security and trust of microelectronics.

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Celebrating Black History Month with UF Engineers

February 25, 2020

As we celebrate Black History Month, the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering celebrates our black faculty who perform outstanding research, mentor our students and serve as role models for the rising engineers of tomorrow.

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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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UF Cybersecurity Engineers Prevent Smartphone Hacking

August 28, 2018

Kevin Butler and his team at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research help companies stymie hackers’ use of ghost commands.

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