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Opened in 2025 and powered by a University of South Florida record $40 million gift from Arnie and Lauren Bellini, USF’s Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing is the first in Florida, and among the first in the nation, to unify AI, cybersecurity, and computing within a single college. The college emphasizes industry-relevant education and experiential learning to prepare students for real-world challenges. It also serves as the central hub for AI and cybersecurity research and teaching at USF, collaborating with colleges and units across the university.
Our College by the numbers
Degrees Offered
5 Undergrad Programs
- BS in Computer Science
- BS in Cybersecurity
- BS in Information Technology
- BS in Artificial Intelligence
- BS in Computer Engineering
Beginning Fall 2026
- Computer Science and Business
- Computer Science and Criminology
- Computer Science and Social Sciences
2 Doctoral Programs
- PhD in Computer Science and Engineering
- PhD in Big Data Analytics
3 Graduate Certificates
- Artificial Intelligence
- Pathway to Computing
- AI and Everyday Impact
4 Graduate Programs
- MS in Artificial Intelligence
- MS in Cybersecurity
- MS in Computer Science
- MS in Computer Engineering
The Computer Engineering Graduate Program is ranked 47th among public universities.
The Computer Science Graduate Program is ranked 58th among public universities.
Faculty Research Areas
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: machine learning, data mining, robotics, natural language processing, computer vision, reasoning systems, fairness and explainability, affective computing
- CYBERSECURITY: network security, wireless security, applied cryptography, runtime security, intrusion detection systems, human aspects of cybersecurity, differential privacy, hardware security
- COMPUTING HARDWARE AND SENSORS: chip design, AI accelerators, testing and verification, bioimplantable devices, computational imaging, mobile wireless sensing, cyber-physical systems
- HUMAN-CENTERED COMPUTING: smart health systems, human-computer interaction, braincomputer interfaces, human
performance, socio-technical systems, human-centered
authentication, human-robot interaction, augmented reality, social networks - NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS: green networks, wireless networks, mobile systems and communications, database systems, multimedia systems, distributed systems
31 Patents
Bellini faculty have patented their research thirty-one times since 2018, in areas ranging from cryptographic key generation to diagnosing cancer using computer systems.
Faculty Highlights
Faculty members lead the USF Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI+X), the USF Center for Cryptographic Research, and USF Quantum Initiative.
Faculty members are executing $18.8 million in active external research grants from NSF, DoD, NIH, NIST, industry, and state sources. As reported to ASEE, the annual research expenditure for 2023-24 was $4.1 million.