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  Every year on the first Wednesday of April, UCF honors the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of our people on Founders’ Day, our annual celebration of the employees, faculty and students who keep reaching for the stars. More than 150 faculty members were recognized across the university, including several from the College of Engineering and…

Faculty are always recognized for their research, but during Student Research Week, UCF turns the spotlight toward students. At the Student Scholar Symposium, the main event of Student Research Week, more than 800 students with over 600 projects present their research to their peers, faculty, staff and judges who award the top poster presentations. This…

The students developed a software program that analyzes workers in an industrial setting to help improve safety, streamline operations and integrate robotic assistance. Predicting the future might involve a fortune teller or a time machine, and only in the movies at that. But for one group of students at UCF’s Center for Research in Center…

  UCF professor Yan Solihin, a computer science faculty member and director of the UCF Cyber Security and Privacy Cluster, has been named a 2023 Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Solihin and 51 other individuals representing higher education, industry and research institutions from 14 countries received the honor for their impactful…

High school students with an interest in computer science are invited to attend free introductory classes with UCF faculty and volunteers A popular high school outreach initiative for computer science students has returned after a four-year hiatus. The Junior Knights program, hosted by the UCF Department of Computer Science, offers complimentary classes in Python and competitive…

Computer science doctoral student Esteban Segarra ’22MS is one of only five recipients of this year’s award, which will help support his work to leverage video games for real-world solutions. By Bel Huston | December 8, 2023 UCF computer science student Esteban Segarra ’22MS has been selected for the 2023 Google-Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI) Dissertation Award,…

UCF professor Yan Solihin has been honored by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group in Microarchitecture (ACM SIGMICRO) with the Distinguished Service Award. He was recognized for the achievement at the International Symposium on Microarchitecture in Toronto, held from Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, 2023. The Distinguished Service Award is presented to a…

The students, who qualified due to excellent performances in other cybersecurity challenges, will compete worldwide in various competitions while representing the nation. Two UCF computer science students have made it to the Olympics of collegiate cybersecurity competitions by being drafted as members of the U.S. Cyber Team. As part of the team, they will represent…

One team secured first place and another ranked fourth in the competition against some of the nation’s top cybersecurity students. UCF is becoming a cybersecurity dynasty. A UCF student team defeated more than 94 teams from across the country last weekend to win the university’s fourth U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) CyberForce Competition. This year…

Through partnerships and fellowships with the National Security Innovation Network, computer science Knights have developed a mobile communication technology for the U.S. Army Reserve. Reserve Mercury is one of the most ambitious real-world projects UCF computer science students have undertaken, with the mission to help members of the U.S. Army Reserve do their crucial work…