Author: Harrem Monkhorst

The Senior Design Expo for 2017, held on Dec. 7, was a rousing success. Senior Design students began the day showcasing their projects in the NEB Lobby at 11:00, while students, faculty, and interested onlookers explored. Final judging took place later in the afternoon.

Senior Design 2 Expo 2017 is Thursday, Dec. 7 at 1:00 p.m., in the NEB Lobby.

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Fang, who has been elected for a two-year term as a member of the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the IEEE.

ECE Florida is proud to announce the recent elevation of three faculty members to the the distinction of IEEE Fellow: Dr. Tao Li, Dr. Mark Tehranipoor, and Dr. Huikai Xie.

As part of the recent ESA Entomology 2017 Conference in Denver, ECE PhD student Barukh Rohde helped to organize and moderate a section symposium: “Entomological Engineering: Tracking, Stimulation, and Detection of Insects.” The symposium brought electrical engineering and entomology together, highlighting how naturally electrical engineering can collaborate with other disciplines. Entomology in particular benefits from […]

Qi Wang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University. He presents “Reading and Writing the Neural Code: Initial Steps towards Enhancing Perception and Cognition Using Neural Interfaces” Thursday, December 7 @ 1:00 p.m., Larsen 310.

Anthony Spears is a computer vision researcher in the R&D department at Prioria Robotics. He presents “The Challenges of Autonomous Sub-Ice Navigation and Field Robotics in Antarctica” on Nov. 30 @ 1:00 pm, Larsen 310

Jeremy Epstein is Deputy Division Director for NSF’s Division of Computer & Network Systems (CNS) in the Directorate of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. He presents “An NSF View of Multimedia Privacy and Security” on Monday, Dec. 4 @ 1:00 pm, Reitz Union Chamber Room.

David Andrews, Mullins Endowed Chair of Computer Engineering, University of Arkansas presents: “Can We Eliminate Synthesis From A Programmer’s Development Path?”
Thursday, Nov. 16 @ 1:00 pm, Larsen 310

The Deep Learning Workshop for International Undergraduate Students will be held Jan. 21 through Feb. 11 of 2018. The application deadline is Dec. 1, 2017.

The 6th IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC’2017) was held in Qingdao, China, Oct. 22-24.

Andre’ Gregio, Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Perana, Brazil: “A View on Malware Countermeasures R&D”

The fund honors Donald D. “Don” and Ruth S. Eckis.

Will study the mechanisms by which cranial nerve stimulation can affect brain activity.

Congrats to Dr. Michael Fang for 2017 UF Research Foundation Professor Award. Dr. David P. Norton VP of Research Norton presented the award to him on Oct. 11.

Students from Booker High School in Sarasota spent the day visiting two high-powered labs at the University of Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 11. Students visited the SCAN Lab at FICS Research and the Machine Intelligence Lab.

“On the Vulnerability of ECG Verification to Online Presentation Attacks,” has won best student paper at the recent IJCB 2017 conference in Denver.

Congratulations are due to Seahee Hwangbo, an ECE Ph.D. student under the supervision of Dr. Yong-Kyu Yoon, who has been awarded two prestigious awards.

ExxonMobil Information Technology will be hosting an Information Session on campus on Wednesday, September 20, in CSE E220. The event is to be held from 7:20 to 8:10 p.m. ExxonMobil is seeking talented UF software engineering, computer science, and information systems students. The event will be hosted by two UF alumni who will share their […]

Twenty students under the direction of Dr. Eric Schwartz took first place in the international Maritime RobotX Challenge (link is external) in Oahu, Hawaii in December.

The University of Florida has announced a new resource for the design, development and testing of state-of-the-art IoT systems: The Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World.

Dr. Navid Asadi joins UF as a Research Assistant Professor in ECE and as the SCAN Lab Assistant Director at FICS Research, the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research. Dr. Yier Jin joins UF as an Associate Professor and IoT Term Professor, and as part of FICS Research, the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research.

Dr. Domenic Forte has received an NSF CAREER Award for “Transformative Approaches for Hardware Obfuscation Protection, Attacks, and Assessment.”

Please join us for a department seminar Thursday, Sept. 7 @ 1:00 p.m., Larsen 310, featuring ECE assistant professor Dr. Nima Maghari. His topic will be, “Analog Mixed Signal Circuits: From Neurons to Networks.”