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ԹϱEngineering Professor Hao Zheng Awarded $599,493 NSF Grant
Hao Zheng, an associate professor in USF's Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has been awarded a $599,493 NSF grant for his innovative research on improving System-on-Chip (SoC) design validation. His work focuses on creating a communication-centric validation framework, leveraging advanced deep sequence modeling to enhance the safety, reliability, and efficiency of these critical systems.
ԹϱCyberHerd Team Dominates National Cybersecurity Competitions in 2024
The ԹϱCyberHerd Team made waves in 2024! The team entered and won first place, or placed within the top three places, in over ten prestigious national competitions during 2024. In this "ԹϱCyberHerd WRAPPED Edition" learn about all their competitions!
CSE PhD Student awarded an NSDF Fellowship
ԹϱCSE PhD student Hanieh Toutouni was received an NSDF Fellowship
December 29, 2024Computer
Professor John Licato on Using AI to Find Christmas Gifts
An unexpected usage of the LLM is finding Christmas Gifts for those notoriously hard to shop for friends. This past week, John Licato, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Թϱhad two interviews on the subject.
December 9, 2024Computer
CyberHerd wins 1st place at VIVID 2024
“Winning first place at the national level, during an enduring two-day competition reflects the vision of our leadership, the quality of our cybersecurity program, and our students,” said Assistant Professor of Instruction Marbin Pazos Revilla, ԹϱCyberHerd coach.
December 8, 2024Computer
Cyberherd Wins First Place at EC-Council CTF
The CyberHerd 2 team won first place at the EC-Council CTF, with the team made up of three Cyberherd members: Yeran Garnage (Cybersecurity major, Junior), Alex Sanders (Cybersecurity, Senior), and Samir Jihadi (Computer Science, Sophomore).
December 7, 2024Computer
CyberHerd wins 2nd place at Southeast Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition
ԹϱCyberHerd competed in the Southeast Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) and came in second, scoring a mere 0.009 points behind the first-place winners. “SECPTC is a very intense and fast paced penetration testing competition.” Said Waseem.
December 6, 2024Computer
CyberHerd Member Leads Team to Victory and a $4,500 Prize at SHPE National Convention
CSE CyberHerd member Sanaan Fayaz Wani, a junior majoring in Computer Science, played a pivotal role in leading his team to victory in the Cyber Security Challenge, securing first place and a $4,500 prize at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) National Conference, which took place from October 30 to November 3 in Anaheim, California.
November 12, 2024Computer
The Second ԹϱArtificial Intelligence + X Symposium: Continuing to Foster AI Research
“This event has quickly become an essential platform for sharing, connecting, and sparking innovation across disciplines,” said Distinguished University Professor Sudeep Sarkar, Co-Director of ԹϱInstitute for AI+X and Chair of Computer Science and Engineering.
November 11, 2024Computer
CSE Student received The Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award
CSE Professor Katkoori and his MS student, Raaga Sai Somesula, have received The Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation (OTD) Award for Raaga’s Master’s thesis work on a resource-efficient custom hardware for machine learning models.
ԹϱCyberHerd Takes Second Place in U.S. Navy Cyber Resiliency Challenge
USF’s CyberHerd team won second place and a $40,000 prize in the U.S. Navy’s Cyber Resiliency Challenge, showcasing their cybersecurity expertise. The team’s innovative HERD Tool impressed judges and highlighted USF’s strength in cybersecurity education.
CSE Professor Dr. Attila A. Yavuz and his lab are leading an NSF Project for Distributed and Post-Quantum Safe Mobile Networks
CSE Associate Professor Attila A. Yavuz and his lab, Applied Cryptography Research Laboratory (ACRL), are leading a highly competitive research project "Distributed Computing in Effect: Towards Trustworthy, Resilient and Secure NextG Mobile Networks" funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
November 6, 2024Computer