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¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Engineering Lands NSF Grant for Multi-robot Coordination Testbed
May 21, 2025
The College of Engineering and Computer Science at ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the development of an advanced experimental testbed for multi-robot coordination. The...
Hari Kalva, Ph.D., Inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
May 19, 2025
Hari Kalva, Ph.D., a pioneering innovator in video technology and professor and chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app’s College of Engineering and Computer...
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Student’s FireCodes AI Wins Business Pitch Competition
May 05, 2025
A mechanical engineering student has won the 17th annual Business Pitch Competition at ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app for his artificial intelligence system on fire codes. Daniel Guido, ‘26’, won $2,500 in the student track...
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app CA-AI Lands $2.1M to Form New U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence
April 30, 2025
To address critical U.S. Air Force communications needs, Dimitris Pados, Ph.D., principal investigator and director of the Center for Connected Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (CA-AI) in the College of Engineering and...
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Student Wins Statewide Governor’s Cup Competition
April 30, 2025
Daniel Guido earned the top spot for his business concept, FireCodes AI, an AI system that eliminates manual fire code searching. FireCodes AI, co-founded with Krish Malhotra, helps fire protection engineers and inspectors...
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Engineering Lands U.S. DOD Grant for Testing Connected AI Autonomy
April 24, 2025
In a landmark move to redefine artificial intelligence autonomous systems test and evaluation (T&E), ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app’s Center for Connected Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (CA-AI) has secured a $799,759...
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research
April 17, 2025
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app has been recognized as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research (CAE-R) by the National Security Agency (NSA) and its partners in the National Centers of Academic Excellence in...
Busted! Engineers Revolutionize Fraud Detection with Machine Learning
April 15, 2025
Fraud is widespread in the United States and increasingly driven by technology. For example, 93% of credit card fraud now involves remote account access, not physical theft. In 2023, fraud losses surpassed $10 billion for...
Engineers Bring Sign Language to ‘Life’ Using AI
April 09, 2025
For millions of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals around the world, communication barriers can make everyday interactions challenging. Traditional solutions, like sign language interpreters, are often scarce, expensive...
AI ‘Speaks’ Genetic ‘Dialect’ to Predict Future SARS-CoV-2 Mutations
March 27, 2025
It’s been five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. As SARS-CoV-2 shifts to endemic status, questions about its future evolution remain. New variants of the virus will likely emerge, driven by positive selection...