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Modern society has entered a Fourth Industrial Revolution in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) has catalyzed stunning levels of technological development across virtually all industries. UF’s newest multidisciplinary initiative, the UF AI University Initiative — guided and supported by principal partners like NVIDIA and its co-founder Chris Malachowsky (B.S. UF ECE ’80) — will leverage the exceptional breadth and depth of resources contained within the university’s 16 colleges and serve as a national model for AI research, technological advancement and next-generation workforce training, ranging from K-12 through working professionals.

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  • UF research spending at record $1.26 billion
    UF faculty conducted a record $1.26 billion in research in fiscal year 2024, thanks in part to a nearly 10% increase in federally funded research, compared to FY2023. Engineers in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering conducted $150.4 million in research on such things as cybersecurity, accessibility to computer technology, storm readiness, retail theft deterrence, […]
  • UF Ph.D. students bring precision and perspective to AI initiative
    Athletes Mollie Brewer and Kevin Childs are UF Ph.D. engineering students and key players in the $2.5-million UF & Sport Collaborative initiative.
  • AI certificate gives UF graduates a competitive edge in the workforce
    As questions surrounding the impact of AI continue to capture the public’s attention, UF’s 2020-founded AI Across the Curriculum initiative – with its lauded AI Fundamentals and Applications Certificate – is already paying off for graduates.
  • How AI will transform the Olympics
    Daniel Ferris, Ph.D., a professor of biomedical engineering in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, has shown that our brains react differently when training with robots than when playing against human opponents.
  • UF smart sensor sends alert if mending patient is too daring on their feet
    University of Florida Health foot and ankle surgeon R. James Toussaint, M.D. and UF engineering professor Swarup Bhunia, Ph.D., have invented a new wearable Bluetooth device they hope will revolutionize patient safety in orthopaedics, allowing doctors and patients to receive real-time alerts from an unobtrusive electronic sensor pasted on a limb or worn in a […]
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