List of 2021 News

UCF Professor Greg Welch Named to the National Academy of Inventors

The Pegasus Professor, who specializes in simulation and modeling, is UCF’s 17th NAI fellow — the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.

UCF C3 Team wins 2021 DOE CyberForce National Championship

Congratulations to the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team (C3) Team and coach, Dr. Tom Nedorost, for winning the 2021 Department of Energy CyberForce Competition. UCF’s…

UCF Cyber team finishes 2nd in National Cyber League

Congratulations to Hack@UCF’s Knightsec team and coach Dr. Tom Nedorost for capturing 2nd Place in the Fall 2021 National Cyber League competition.

2 CS Researchers Awarded Jump Start Awards

Seventeen faculty and staff projects will receive about $5 million in Jump Start funds to advance UCF’s impact under President Alexander N. Cartwright’s 2021-22 Strategic…

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UCF C3 Team wins $10,000 Grand Prize at Raymond James Invitational

Congratulations to UCF C3 Team members Cameron Whitehead (MS-DF), Caitlin Whitehead (MS-DF), Jeffrey DiVincent (JR-CS), and Matthew McKeever (SO-CS) and their coach, Dr. Tom Nedorost,…

UCF C3 Team wins Aviation ISAC Collegiate CTF

Two UCF student teams finished 1st and 4th place in the 2021 Aviation ISAC Collegiate CTF Competition on Monday, September 27th. The students are all…

UCF Researchers Awarded $4.5 Million to Develop Non-GPS Location Finder

The Army Research Lab-funded project will help ground vehicles navigate complex terrain when GPS is not available by using computer vision and artificial intelligence.

CRCV Has 6 Papers Accepted to ICCV 2021

ICCV is the premier international computer vision event comprising the main conference and several co-located workshops and tutorials. In 2021, UCF’s Center for Research in…

UCF Cybersecurity Researcher Leads DARPA-Funded Project to Help Reduce Fraud

The complex nature of corporate relationships provides an opportunity for criminals, adversaries, and others to hide illegal activities in plain sight.

Two UCF students rank among Top 5 in the US Cyber Open

Congratulations to Hack@UCF club members Cameron Whitehead and Caitlin Whitehead for ranking among the Top 5 in the US Cyber Open.

UCF Offers New Master’s Program in Cyber Security and Privacy

A new master’s degree in cyber-security and privacy will be offered beginning this fall at UCF, designed to train professionals who can protect and defend computer…

UCF C3 Team wins CCDC National Championship!

UCF C3 Team wins CCDC National Championship! April 30, 2021 Congratulations to the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team and their coach, Dr. Tom Nedorost, for…

UCF Programming Teams Win First and Third Places in the South Division of the North American Divisional Championships

UCF Teams finished first (Gold Medal) and third (Bronze Medal) in the “South Division” of the North American Divisional Championship (NADC) of the International Collegiate…

UCF wins NIATEC Invitational Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

Congratulations to the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team and coach Tom Nedorost for winning the 8th Annual NIATEC Invitational Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition on Saturday,…

UCF C3 Team Wins CCDC At Large Regional Competition

UCF’s Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition (C3) Team won the 2021 At Large Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition held virtually on March 27th & 28th. This is the…

Cyber team wins $2000 at CSI CyberSEED

UCF’s KNIGHTSEC team won a $2,000 cash prize and placed 3rd overall in the 2021 CyberSEED CTF Competition on Saturday, March 27th.

UCF Takes Second Place in the Maryland Cyber Challenge

UCF placed 2nd in the Maryland Cyber Challenge on March 24, 2021. The competition tested cyber skills in 10 categories: Encoding/Encryption, File Analysis, Forensics/Hard Disks,…

UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team Places 3rd in 2021 Information Security Talent Search

The UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team placed 3rd in the 2021 Information Security Talent Search Competition hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology on March 5th…

Dr. Wisniewski a Women’s History Month Honoree

Dr. Pamela Wisniewski, an associate professor with Computer Science, was named as one of 31 Women’s History Month Honorees.

UCF Starts New Master’s Degree Program in Computer Vision

The Master of Science in Computer Vision at UCF has been approved by the Florida Board of Governors to begin in Fall 2021.

NSF Awards UCF $2.9 Million to Train Next Generation of Cybersecurity Defenders

The award comes at a time when cyber threats are becoming more prevalent, from stolen customer information to the hacking of government data and more…

CECS Award for Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Instructor

Dr. Sahar Hooshmand received the CECS Award for Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Instructor and her nomination has been forwarded to the university for consideration…

CECS Award for Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Assistant

Computer Science graduate student Brandy King has won the CECS Award for Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Assistant.

ICPR Best Paper Award Goes to UCF Authors

The paper won the Best Scientific Paper award at the 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition.

Team from UCF CS Currently 8th place in XPrize Foundation’s Pandemic Response Challenge

A team of researchers from the AI Things Lab at UCF, consisting of Sharare Zehtabian, Siavash Khodadadeh and professor Lotzi Bölöni is participating in the XPrize…