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Watching the detectors: Researchers probe efficacy – and danger – of AI detection tools

UF engineering professor Patrick Traynor, Ph.D. says commercially available tools used to detect AI-generated text in scientific literature are ineffective.

CISE celebrates 2026 class of Distinguished Alumni Awardees

The Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering celebrated the 2026 class of Distinguished Alumni awardees on April 21 at the University of Florida’s J. Wayne Reitz Union.

ECE ‘star Gator’ Farimah Farahmandi wins 40 Under 40 alumni award

Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D., is considered an emerging leader in hardware security verification and trustworthy semiconductor design, a field vital to national security and the global semiconductor ecosystem.

Sitharam wins award for excellence and innovation in doctoral dissertation advising

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering selected Meera Sitharam, Ph.D., to receive a Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award for the 2025–26 academic year.  

‘Intellectual curiosity, relentless perseverance’: Meet multi-major engineer Edward Kempa

No one will ever accuse Edward Kempa of being an underachiever. Kempa is graduating this spring with double majors – his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Department of Computer and Information Science (CISE) and a bachelor’s in economics.

Thermal cameras used in drones and robots can be tricked by heat sources, study finds

As thermal cameras become commonplace on autonomous drones and vehicles, a University of Florida engineering professor is working to make sure they can’t be maliciously tricked into “seeing” things that aren’t there.