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Kevin R. B. Butler, Ph.D., a holder of the Arnold and Lisa Goldberg Rising Star Associate Professor in Computer Science at the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has been selected as a 2020 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardee. “I’ve been incredibly fortunate to work with amazingly talented […]

Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor, testified as an expert witness regarding election security during a hearing by the House Administration Committee earlier this month. Dr. Gilbert, who has been conducting research on elections for more than 15 years and who was one of two academics asked to testify, shared his […]

The University of Florida sets a new standard as a modern research university with national recognition for both traditional classroom programs and online pathways. UF Online, UF’s online undergraduate experience, has now risen to No. 4 in the country for best online bachelor’s programs according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 rankings. With foresight […]

The University of Florida Student InfoSec Team (UF-SIT) placed first at the Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) during the 2019 CyberForce Competition out of 15 participating teams and placed third nationally out of 104 teams. This is the Department of Energy’s fifth iteration of its cyber defense competition, designed to inspire and develop the next […]

Walking into New York University for Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW), the Kernel Sanders team didn’t know they would leave as champions. Owen Flannagan, a junior competing on behalf of the University of Florida team, swept through the bracket beating No. 1 seed Perfect Blue to win first place in the Pwny Race. The team […]

Abdelsalam (Sumi) Helal, Ph.D., a professor in CISE, was named a 2019 Fellow of the  American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for distinguished contributions to the field of pervasive computing, particularly in assistive environments supportive of aging and independent living. Dr. Helal is an IEEE Fellow and Finland Distinguished Professor. He was named […]

The Kernel Sanders Capture the Flag (CTF) team, part of the UF Student InfoSec Team (UF-SIT), was 1 of 10 groups that recently qualified for a CTF competition at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. This is the first time the UF team has qualified for the event in eight years. The team […]

The University of Florida has been re-designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R) through academic year 2024. This designation puts UF in an elite group of universities that meet the federal government’s criteria for providing educational and research opportunities in cybersecurity. UF has held this distinction since first receiving […]

In its 25th iteration, the CISE Career Fair saw its largest attendance of students and companies to date during the Sept. 23 event. Over five hours, more than 1,200 students passed through check-in to meet with representatives from 37 companies. The Career Fair was held at the heart of the University of Florida campus in […]

Nearly 150 innovators celebrated their fiscal year 2019 achievements at UF Innovate | Tech Licensing’s second annual Standing InnOvation event. Benjamin Lok, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering whose inventions showcase the value of human-computer interactions, received the Innovator of the Year award for 2019. “Much of Dr. […]