Dr. Juan Gilbert’s father did not complete high school, but he fought in the Korean war and was born and raised in Pulaski, Tennessee—the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan. “He was there when it happened,” Gilbert says, referring to… Read More
Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor, testified as an expert witness regarding election security during a hearing by the House Administration Committee earlier this month. Dr. Gilbert, who has been conducting research on elections for more… Read More
Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Gilbert was recognized for his individual… Read More
Some inventions nearly pull themselves to market. Others require persistence, ingenuity, and significant funding to push themselves forward. In my experience as a lifelong entrepreneur, several factors separate the former from the latter. Some inventions are simply before their time.
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… Read More