The University of Central Florida’s Collegiate Cyber Defense Team won the U.S. Department of Energy’s CyberForce National Competition that challenges teams across the country to build a robust corporate network that can withstand attacks to steal data, deface websites or…

Lockheed Martin today announced a $1.5 million contribution to UCF for the development of a new cyber innovation lab that will foster the next generation of cyber talent. The Lockheed Martin Cyber Innovation Lab will help ensure UCF remains on…

“Supporting graduate students is key to enhancing a university’s research performance, reputation and visibility.” – Raj Mittra Raj Mittra, Ph.D., knows the value of investing in students, their education, and the importance of bringing together key minds in the engineering…

Partners over the past three decades, UCF and Siemens recently unveiled a new collaboration around smart infrastructure that aims to improve the performance and efficiency of buildings and energy grids by harnessing the power of data. The collaboration will include…

The debut issue of the UCF Engineering & Computer Science e-newsletter (October 2018) is out, with the college’s biggest stories from 2018 so far. In the issue: $593 million software grant from Siemens; UCF Programming Team Wins North America and Ranks #10…

Controlling diabetes is often a daily chore for patients with the disease, but researchers at the University of Central Florida are working to make one type of treatment more manageable. They recently received a nearly $400,000 grant from JDRF, formerly…

Doctors may soon have help in the fight against cancer thanks to UCF’s Center for Research in Computer Vision, where a team has created an artificial intelligence system that can detect trace amounts of lung cancer with 95 percent accuracy….

A team of University of Central Florida researchers is tackling a problem that’s hindered the development of better hurricane-prediction models and cyber defense systems for years. Sumit Jha, an associate professor in UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, was…

Two UCF engineering alumni are in the process of developing a self-heating blanket that will protect newborn infants from hypothermia in low- and middle-income regions, increasing their chances of survival. Ajay Karakoti, Ph.D., ’10 and Satyanarayana Kuchibhatla, Ph.D., ’08 received…

University of Central Florida Engineering Assoc. Professor Subith Vasu was recently awarded a $1 million DARPA Young Faculty Award to help first responders and military personnel do their jobs while keeping them safe. The three-year Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency…