Juan Gilbert wanted to be like the heroes in the movies he watched as a kid: the person everyone looked to for help and who would valiantly save the day. But these superheroes didn’t use their physical might to fight… Read More
Congratulations Dr. Sahni and Dr. Ranka
Congratulations to Sartaj Sahni and Sanjay Ranka on being founding members of the IEEE Communications Society’s Technical Subcommittee on Big Data (TSCBD). Read more …
Announcing New CISE Chair Juan Gilbert, Ph.D.
Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Chair and current associate chair for research, has been named chair of the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. The appointment is effective immediately. Gilbert has… Read More
Helmy Selected as ACM Distinguished Scientist
Ahmed Helmy, Ph.D., was selected by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) as an inductee honored with the designation of “Distinguished Scientist”. Dr. Helmy’s main contributions include research in the fields of mobile networks design, mobility modeling, wireless measurements, network… Read More
Mobile Purchase Fraud on the rise
A new study by Lexis Nexis, a digital risk management company, says mobile purchase fraud is on the rise. The study reports that the money stolen through mobile transactions went up 70 percent last year when compared to 2013. Concerns… Read More