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UFTI Affiliate Receives Funding from FDOT for Big Data Project
We live in a world where massive amounts of data are currently available to us. In 2013, the size of the digital universe was estimated to be near 5 zettabytes (1 zettabyte = 1 million terabytes) and is expected to quadruple by 2020. Like the physical world, the information in it is diverse – created…
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Student Spotlight: Jerone Dunbar, Ph.D. Student
The world of autonomous vehicles is rapidly changing, and what was once a dream in various science fiction films is inching closer and closer to reality. Many companies, such as Google and Tesla, are publicly working on autonomous vehicles, but who is working on the human-centered side of this technology? Jerone Dunbar is a Ph.D.…
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CRA Women – 2016 Grad Cohort in San Diego California
Our warmest congratulations to Brianna B. Posadas, Yerika A. Jimenez, Sanethia V. Thomas, Ekaterina Muravevskaia, Farimah Farahmandi, and Jasmine D. Bowers in regards to being selected for the CRA women – 2016 Grad Cohort in San Diego California. The 2016 CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop will be held at the Hilton San Diego Bay Front in San…
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An Inside Look: What’s It Like to Intern for Intel?
From Jobs@Intel Blog as part of the Intel Inside campaign. An Inside Look: What’s It Like to Intern for Intel?
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Mishra awarded ACM’s Distinguished Scientist
Congratulations to Prabhat Mishra, Ph.D., in his recent ACM award as a distinguished scientist. Mishra is an associate professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering at the University of Florida (UF) where he leads the CISE Embedded Systems Lab. His research interests include design automation of embedded systems, energy-aware computing, reconfigurable architectures,…
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Powering the New Engineer to Transform the Future
With a $50 million catalyst gift from Dr. Herbert & Nicole Wertheim and the Dr. Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation, the college has embarked on a $300 million public-private partnership that will leverage support from the state, the university and from private donors, resulting in the biggest transformation in our 108-year history. The 21st…
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Daily Presents Outstanding Keynote in Korea’s WCC 2015
Shaundra B. Daily, Ph.D., has recently participated in the 23rd World Computer Congress (WCC 2015) in Korea. Daily is an associate professor at the University of Florida in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. Previously she was an associate professor and Interim Co-Chair in the School of Computing at Clemson University directing…
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Meet Jasmine Bowers: Future Educator
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) student internship program is designed to allow students to engage in work-study employment opportunities in relevant science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and administrative fields during the summer academic break. This year, LLNL is proud to welcome more than 600 students from universities nationwide and around the world. Full name:…
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Internet Technical Committee Best Paper Award
Ahmed Helmy, Ph.D., and his former Ph.D. student (Dr. Gautam Thakur, UF graduate, now at Oakridge National Labs) received the InternetTC Best Paper 2013 award from the Internet Technical Committee (ITC), in coordination with IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). The announcement was made on Jun 21, 2015. The paper — “COBRA: A Framework for the Analysis…
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Mishra wins IBM Faculty Award
Prabhat Mishra, Ph.D., has received the IBM Faculty Award. This is an internationally competitive award. This award is given to a faculty member with outstanding reputation for contributions in their field. The details of this award are available here. http://www.research.ibm.com/university/innovation/
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UF Camp Teaches Students how to Protect Personal Information
As the Internet increasingly becomes integral to nearly all of our interactions, it’s more important than ever to know how to protect personal information from the threat of cyber attacks. In Gainesville, 15 local students recently spent a week doing just that at the University of Florida’s GenCyber camp. The National Science Foundation and the…
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Gilbert Selected for AAAS Invention Ambassador Program
Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and the new chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, has been selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to be among the second round of inventors honored by its Lemelson Invention Ambassadors Program. The purpose of the…
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Students Learn the Principles of Animation at the Harn Museum
Animation is the art of creating the illusion of life. How young do you have to be to tell a story with this medium? At the Stop Motion Animation camp, one of the Harn Museum’s summer camp offerings, Nicole Reno brings the art of animation to children as young as 7-12 years old. When she…
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Controlling Drones with Your Mind
Three GEM Fellows from the University of Florida (UF) did a fantastic job preparing for and briefing Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and Intel Senior Vice President of Human Resources Richard Taylor. They also prepared a live demonstration of UF Brain-Computer Interface group research on June 24, and there are significant opportunities for next steps. Congratulations…
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Empowerment Through Computing
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 danger. The heroes in Gilbert’s favorite sci-fi movies wore lab coats. “I’ve always wanted to…