Security flaws in portable genetic sequencers risk leaking private DNA data

Tech innovator, CISE alumnus passes away at 60 

The University of Florida’s College of Engineering lost a luminary in October, as Rhonda Holt (BSCS ’86) passed away at the age of 60.  

CISE Gator Bytes team places second in global cybersecurity competition

A team of University of Florida computer engineering graduate students recently placed second among U.S. universities in the CSAW Embedded Security Challenge, one of the world’s leading cybersecurity competitions hosted by New York University. 

Security flaws in portable genetic sequencers risk leaking private DNA data

Researchers from the University of Florida have, for the first time, exposed security risks in portable genetic sequencers used around the world to sequence DNA.

UF student Infosec team wins regional cybersecurity competition 

The University of Florida Student Infosec Team (UFSIT) has claimed first place in the Regional Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition showcasing elite cybersecurity skills.  Teams were tasked as consultants for a fictitious cruise ship company, “All Ports Tours.” Over eight hours, the team from UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering assessed the company’s network, identified vulnerabilities […]

AI Research Excellence Early Career Award: Meet Kiley Graim 

Kiley Graim, Ph.D., on Wednesday accepted the Artificial Intelligence Research Excellence Early Career Award, an honor recognizing her outstanding contributions to artificial intelligence research and her emerging leadership in advancing biomedical and computational discovery. 

AI-enabled Edugator tool wins 2025 Florida Government Productivity Award  

A team of innovators from the University of Florida has created an award-winning tool that’s transforming the way students learn to code and saving them money in the process.