Tag: Kevin R. B. Butler

Arnold and Lisa Goldberg want to play their part in educating the New Engineer. They know that by investing in the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), students will have the tools, leadership skills and confidence to succeed in computer science. The Goldberg’s $1 million gift establishes the Arnold […]

Faculty members Arunava Banerjee, Ph.D.; Kevin R. B. Butler, Ph.D.; Tamer Kahveci, Ph.D.; Meera Sitharam, Ph.D.; and Daisy Zhe Wang, Ph.D.; from the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering have been selected to receive the University of Florida Term Professorship award for 2018-2021. The university offers 250 term professorships every year. The professorships […]

Kevin Butler and his team at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research help companies stymie hackers’ use of ghost commands.

Kevin Butler, Ph.D., an associate professor in the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, received the 2017 International Educator of the Year Award from the UF International Center. Butler, who is also part of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research, received the award during International Education Week. Along with other daily […]

Ransomware – what hackers use to encrypt your computer files and demand money in exchange for freeing those contents – is an exploding global problem with few solutions, but a team of University of Florida researchers says it has developed a way to stop it dead in its tracks. The answer, they say, lies not […]