Tag: student organizations

The University of Florida Student InfoSec Team (UF-SIT) placed first at the Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) during the 2019 CyberForce Competition out of 15 participating teams and placed third nationally out of 104 teams. This is the Department of Energy’s fifth iteration of its cyber defense competition, designed to inspire and develop the next […]

Walking into New York University for Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW), the Kernel Sanders team didn’t know they would leave as champions. Owen Flannagan, a junior competing on behalf of the University of Florida team, swept through the bracket beating No. 1 seed Perfect Blue to win first place in the Pwny Race. The team […]

The Kernel Sanders Capture the Flag (CTF) team, part of the UF Student InfoSec Team (UF-SIT), was 1 of 10 groups that recently qualified for a CTF competition at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. This is the first time the UF team has qualified for the event in eight years. The team […]

Four students from the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) received an Outstanding International Student Award for their exemplary academic achievement and involvement at UF. The winners, Guangyu Zhu, Shikha Mehta, Mimonah Al Qathrady and Aishat Aloba, were among 15 students from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering to receive […]

A codeathon on April 15 hosted by UF-TYPE (Teaching Youth Programming Essentials), a student-run organization at the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), brought students from Gainesville-area middle and high schools together to spend the day coding. About 40 students attended the event and participated in several coding-related activities ranging from […]

A team of students from the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) has taken third place in the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC). Of 33 teams that competed at the 2017 Virtual Preliminary Qualification Competition on Feb. 25, the UF team was one of eight selected to advance to the regional […]

CyberGators at FICS Research is a student-driven organization dedicated to advancing cybersecurity, privacy and awareness. They are a diverse group of students performing interdisciplinary research, exploring innovative educational ideas, and seeking engagement in professional collaborations and community outreach across industry, government and academia. Read more: FICS Research

UF-TYPE, a student-run organization at the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has been awarded funding from Google’s igniteCS. UF-TYPE (Teaching Youth Programming Essentials) is an outreach program of UF’s Women in Computer Science and Engineering (WiCSE). The UF-TYPE Initiative was started in Spring 2016 and is one of two programs managed […]

Since 2011, the NCWIT (The National Center for Women & IT) Student Seed Fund has invested over $178,250 in more than 129 student-run programs for women in computing at non-profit, U.S. Academic Alliance member institutions nationwide (excluding U.S. territories). Programs have included technology-related learning and advancement opportunities, including programming workshops, peer mentoring and support, professional […]