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The competition helps build students’ problem-solving skills, which are valuable to those seeking a career in software development, data science and research, and related fields. UCF’s “Apocalypse Attack” students will be among 50 teams from the U.S. and Canada competing May 27 in the nation’s most prestigious computer programming contest, showcasing their exceptional talents to…

  It’s not often that creators get to experience the thrill of seeing people using their products for the first time. For the students in UCF’s AI for Game Programming course however, it’s a unique opportunity they can have thanks to Assistant Professor Johnathan Mell. Mell, a video game aficionado, started playing the games developed…

  Virtual reality pioneer Carolina Cruz-Neira, Agere Chair Professor at the UCF Department of Computer Science, has been inducted into the inaugural Augmented World Expo (AWE) XR Hall of Fame. With her induction, she joins an elite international group of 100 researchers, entrepreneurs, artists, advocates and others selected for building the augmented reality and virtual…

Three UCF cybersecurity enthusiasts won UCF’s 2024 Joust New Venture Competition on Thursday and earned $12,000 to grow their company, an immersive information security simulator that puts teams in realistic cyber warfare scenarios. Computer science major Harrison Keating, information technology major Noah Magill, and cybersecurity master’s student Joshua Walsworth three other teams in the Shark…

  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,…