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CyberBay 2025

The inaugural event launching this bold initiative, inviting the technology, academic, government, and military sectors to unite and flourish in a shared mission to drive Tampa Bay’s evolution as the nation’s leader in the convergence of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and national security.

 October 13-15, 2025 • Tampa Marriott Water Street

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Speaker series

The Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing at the University of South Florida brings in globally recognized researchers that engage in cutting-edge and deeply impactful scientific R&D across all areas of computing.

The fields of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and computing are witnessing explosive growth in so many areas. The college is commitmented to ensure that our students, faculty, collaborators and stakeholders are exposed to critical scientific advancements in the broader landscapes of artificial intelligence, cybersecurtiy and computing by hosting a Distinguished Speaker Series and the Rising Innovators in Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Speaker Series.

Distinguished Speaker Series

Nitesh Chawla

Traversing the AI + X Continuum for Impact

Nitesh Chawla
Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame

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Carolina Cruz-Neira

Unlocking the Future: 30 Years of Innovation at the Crossroads of Visualization, Immersion, and Digital Twins

Carolina Cruz-Neira
Agere Chair Professor of Computer Science, University of Central Florida

 

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Chandra Kambhamettu

A new way of looking at the 3D World for Better Representation and Understanding

Chandra Kambhamettu
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Delaware

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Karen Panetta

The Eye In AI: Human Visual System (HVS) Approaches for Robust Artificial Intelligence

Karen Panetta
Distinguished Professor, Tufts University School of Engineering

 

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Mohit Bansal

Planning Agents for Collaborative Reasoning and Multimodal Generation

Mohit Bansal
John R. & Louise S. Parker Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill

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Rising Innovators in Scholarly Excellence Speaker Series

Ramtin Zand

Accelerating AI at the Edge: Innovations in Hardware and Algorithms

Ramtin Zand
Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of South Carolina

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Austin Downey

AI-Driven Biometric Security and Healthcare Applications: From Anti-Spoofing to Adversarial Resilience

Austin Downey
Associate Professor in Mechanical, Aerospace, and Civil Engineering at the University of South Carolina

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Nima Karimian

AI-Driven Biometric Security and Healthcare Applications: From Anti-Spoofing to Adversarial Resilience

Nima Karimian
Assistant Professor at the Lane
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West
Virginia University

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