Month: April 2018

Ruiz Receives CAREER Award from National Science Foundation
April 30, 2018A CAREER award is the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for junior faculty and is designed to help provide a foundation for a lifetime of scientific leadership. The interface between people and technology has come a long way since the robot on the original Lost in Space television series (circa 1965-1968) slowly and mechanically […]
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Ranka Named a UF Research Foundation Professor
April 24, 2018The University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) has named Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, a UFRF Professor for 2018-2021. Ranka’s research interests include high performance and parallel computing with a focus on energy efficiency; and big data science with a focus on data mining/machine learning […]
Read more »UF Cyber Defense Team Wins Second Place in Region Competition
April 6, 2018After their performances in February qualified them to compete in the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (SECCDC) regional competition – their third time in three years – the University of Florida Student InfoSec Team (UF SIT) came home with a second place trophy. The competition took place in Kennesaw, Ga., on April 2 – 3. Joseph N. Wilson, Ph.D. the […]
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