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Horse Plinko, created by Hack@UCF and the UCF Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team, gives students the opportunity to defend a fictional company against an active cyberattack. UCF students have introduced a new way for future cyber professionals to develop the hands-on cyber skills they’ll need in their careers. Horse Plinko, a live cyberattack-simulation contest named after…

These Knights are demonstrating what it means to be culturally informed and globally connected.   Learning a second language opens doors to new possibilities — new places, new cultures, new connections with people you would likely never meet. Although English has become the world’s de facto lingua franca, college students across the U.S. are increasingly…

From a great education to networking experiences and being part of a champion cybersecurity team, there’s plenty of reasons future cybersecurity professionals earn their degrees at UCF.   In a world increasingly defined by digital innovation, the demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals has never been greater. For students aspiring to become tomorrow’s cybersecurity professionals, UCF stands out…

The 10 students who attended the experience were able to learn from and network with professional in federal organizations, such as the U.S. Secret Service and Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Crimes Center. Visiting the U.S. Secret Service Offices in front of a U.S. flag recovered from the World Trade Center following the attacks of 9/11…

  The UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science is making an impact in areas such as hypersonic technology, nanomedicine and biomedical engineering, and robotics and autonomous systems – and has hired a new group of faculty who will enhance its reputation in these fields. Seventeen new faculty members will join four of the six…

  It’s not uncommon for new graduates to hit the pavement, degree in hand, in search of a new job. That’s not the case for Tiffany Do. The computer science doctoral student not only has a job waiting for her, but a coveted one that many in academia aspire to for many years before it…

  Pursuing a doctoral degree is one of the most challenging endeavors for any student. Beyond the academic rigor it demands, it’s often also a journey that tests one’s dedication and resolve. Ayo Adeniran persevered through many challenges — moving to a new country, work responsibilities that demanded frequent international travel and separations from his…

UCF faculty members across the university, including several from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure for the 2023-24 cycle. The 104 approved faculty — 63 for promotion, 40 for promotion and tenure and one for tenure — underwent a rigorous performance evaluation by peers, college…

Mubarak Shah, a computer science professor and founding director of the UCF Center for Research in Computer Vision (CRCV), has received the Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award from the Computing Research Association Committee on Education (CRA-E). The honor recognizes outstanding mentorship and exceptional undergraduate research experiences that encourage students to pursue graduate programs in computing.…

This award is given once a year and is one of the highest awards for software engineering given to pre-tenure faculty from the Association for Computing Machinery.   University of Central Florida assistant professor Kevin Moran has won the 2024 SIGSOFT Early Career Researcher Award “for outstanding contributions to improving the quality of mobile applications,…