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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 USF had two interviews on the subject.

December 9, 2024Computer

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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, USF CyberHerd coach.

December 8, 2024Computer

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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

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CyberHerd wins 2nd place at Southeast Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition

USF CyberHerd 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

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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

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The Second USF Artificial 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 USF Institute for AI+X and Chair of Computer Science and Engineering.

November 11, 2024Computer

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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.

November 8, 2024Computer, Faculty, Research, Students

USF CyberHerd at the CRAM event October 2024 - Holding $40,000 Check

USF CyberHerd 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.

November 7, 2024Computer, Students

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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

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October 31, 2024Computer

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USF Engineering Graduate Certificate Programs Extended

the last few weeks have been a challenging time for Floridians and our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the recent hurricanes. To make things easier for many who were affected by the storms, the university has extended the deadline to apply for three College of Engineering graduate programs, the Pathway to Computing Graduate Certificate, the Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate, and the Master of Science in Data Intelligence, to Nov. 1,

October 26, 2024Computer, Faculty, Students

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NSF Grant Awarded to Dr. Yavuz of USF’s Engineering Computer Science Department for SATUQ Project

Dr. Attila A. Yavuz of USF’s Computer Science and Engineering Department has been awarded a $364,117 NSF grant to advance cybersecurity for integrated satellite-terrestrial networks. His SATUQ project focuses on quantum-resistant cryptography and decentralized security to safeguard critical infrastructure and emerging tech like 6G.

October 25, 2024Computer, Faculty, Research

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