Biography
Mike Borowczak is an associate professor in the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He holds a doctoral degree in computer science and engineering from the University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on design automation for hardware security and resilience, side channel attacks and resistance, and the intersection of security, artificial intelligence, and automated VLSI design, verification, validation and testing. He is also dedicated to developing a sustainable semiconductor workforce pipeline.
Mike leads several ongoing research projects, including red-teaming AI systems and secure IoT systems funded by the Department of Energy, Idaho National Laboratory and Laboratory Directed Research and Development. He is actively involved in educational initiatives such as GenCyber funded by the National Security Agency, CS for All funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the NSF-funded Western Regional Noyce Network, supporting teachers and advancing computing knowledge.
Professionally, Mike serves as an NSF panel reviewer, editor in chief of the American Society for Engineering Education's (ASEE) Computers in Education Journal, and associate editor for Springer Nature Computer Science. He is an organizer and technical committee member for multiple Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) conferences and holds senior memberships in both IEEE and the Association for Computing Machinery. He serves as the UCF campus representative for ASEE and chair of the 2025 ASEE Computers in Education Division Annual Conference.
His honors include being named the inaugural Fellow of the Idaho National Laboratory's Center for Advanced Energy Studies and receiving the Association for Science Teacher Education Award IV for Innovation in Teaching Science Teachers. He was also a finalist for the Outstanding Engineering Educator Award from the ASEE Rocky Mountain Section.
Mike leads several ongoing research projects, including red-teaming AI systems and secure IoT systems funded by the Department of Energy, Idaho National Laboratory and Laboratory Directed Research and Development. He is actively involved in educational initiatives such as GenCyber funded by the National Security Agency, CS for All funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the NSF-funded Western Regional Noyce Network, supporting teachers and advancing computing knowledge.
Professionally, Mike serves as an NSF panel reviewer, editor in chief of the American Society for Engineering Education's (ASEE) Computers in Education Journal, and associate editor for Springer Nature Computer Science. He is an organizer and technical committee member for multiple Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) conferences and holds senior memberships in both IEEE and the Association for Computing Machinery. He serves as the UCF campus representative for ASEE and chair of the 2025 ASEE Computers in Education Division Annual Conference.
His honors include being named the inaugural Fellow of the Idaho National Laboratory's Center for Advanced Energy Studies and receiving the Association for Science Teacher Education Award IV for Innovation in Teaching Science Teachers. He was also a finalist for the Outstanding Engineering Educator Award from the ASEE Rocky Mountain Section.
Recent Publications
Forthcoming
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Cincinnati
Specialties
- Design automation for hardware security and resilience
- side channel attacks and resistance
- Intersection of security, AI and automated VLSI design, verification, validation and test
- Developing sustainable semiconductor workforce pipeline