From Exploring Computers to Mentoring the Next Generation
Emmanuel Dorley, Ph.D., was recently elected to the 2025 Fulbright Association National Board Emmanuel Dorley, Ph.D., has been interested in how technology works since he was 10 years old. His…
United Nations ratifies UF-created framework to protect people on cash apps
UF cybersecurity professor Kevin Butler developed the framework, which spells out guidance for countries to prevent fraud and abuse on mobile cash apps. Cash apps are the prominent form of…
Revolutionizing AMR research by combining bioinformatics and microbiology.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a threat to the role of antibiotics in modern medicine, but currently, we don’t fully understand the intricacies of AMR. There is an urgent need for…
UFSIT wins Southeast Regional Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition
The University of Florida Student Information Security Team (UFSIT) placed first in the Southeast Regional Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) held in Augusta, Georgia. The top three teams were all…
Howard University Research Month
A cohort of faculty, staff and students from the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) were invited to attend Howard University Research Month in…
Sumi Helal, Ph.d., Retires after 25 years
Sumi Helal, Ph.D., retired from the department after two and a half decades of service. While on leave from UF, Helal served as professor and chair in Digital Health in…
Jain Elected as ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee Chair
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) has elected Eakta Jain, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Computer &…
Listen carefully: UF study could lead to better deepfake detection
University of Florida researchers recently concluded the largest study on audio deepfakes to date, challenging 1,200 humans to identify real audio messages from digital fakes. Humans claimed a 73% accuracy…
Prabhat Mishra, Ph.D., awarded one of the inventions of the year by UF Innovate Tech Licensing
UF Innovate | Tech Licensing hosted its seventh annual Standing InnOvation event on Wednesday, October 30, to acknowledge and celebrate research discoveries by University of Florida innovators in fiscal year…