Month: March 2018

FICS Research Leads the Way in Hardware Security

Hardware security made news in the worst way possible last month with the announcement that two CPU bugs, nicknamed Spectre and Meltdown, leave virtually every modern computer, smartphone, tablet and PC vulnerable to malicious attack. FICS members are actively working on initiatives related to Spectre and Meltown, showing their global expertise in the field.

ECE Seminar: Guoliang Xing

Guoliang Xing is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University. He presents “A Cyber-Physical Approach to Internet of Things: Experience with Mobile Health, Green Home, and Environmental Monitoring,” Thurs. April 5 at 11:45 in Larsen 310.

ECE Seminar: Madeline Sciullo

Madeline (Maddie) Sciullo is a 4th year Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. She presents “Fundamental Modeling and Simulation of a GaN-based HEMT pH sensor,” Thursday. March 29, 11:45 a.m., Larsen 310.

Seminar: Andrew Lan

Andrew S. Lan is a postdoctoral research associate in the EDGE lab at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. He presents “Machine Learning for Human Learning” on Monday, March 19 at 11:45 am, Larsen 234.

Future of Cybersecurity Depends on Collaboration Between Industry, Academia, and Government

The nation’s top cybersecurity experts convened at the University of Florida to discuss the latest developments in network, software and hardware security. The core message? Collaboration is key.

The push to share new ideas, emerging solutions – and even, potential threats – with the cybersecurity community echoed throughout the two-day conference, hosted by the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research (FICS Research) at UF.

ECE Seminar: Santiago Segarra

Santiago Segarra, post-doctoral research associate with the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, MIT, will present “Data Science for Networks: a Graph Signal Processing Perspective” on Wednesday, March 14 at 11:45 a.m., Larsen 234.

ECE Seminar: Tommaso Melodia

Tommaso Melodia is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston. He presents “The Internet of Medical Things: Toward Implantable Ultrasonic Sensor Networks,” Tuesday, March 13, 11:45 a.m. Larsen 234.

ECE Seminar: Dr. Hossein Lavasani

Hossein Miri Lavasani is currently a Sr. Staff RF/Analog IC Design Engineer at Qualcomm Inc. He presents “A New Paradigm for Global Connectivity: Marriage of High Performance Electronics and Smart Objects” Monday, March 12, 11:45 AM, Larsen 234.