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USF equipping K-12 teachers with tools for an AI-powered future
As artificial intelligence continues to transform industries and reshape the future of work, educators are redefining their roles, skills and strategies to keep pace. Rising to meet this challenge, the University of South Florida has partnered with Hillsborough County Public Schools to prepare its K-12 educators to lead in the age of AI.
July 15, 2025Artificial Intelligence
Cybersecurity experts comment on AI Impersonation
The U.S. Department of State sent a warning to foreign diplomats following the discovery of an AI impersonation of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
July 13, 2025Cybersecurity
TGH/USF Study Uses AI to Detect Pain in Newborns
Fox 13 Tampa Bay features work from faculty member Yu Sun that explores how AI can detect silent pain in newborns in real-time.
July 11, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research
AI to Track Facial Expressions to Detect PTSD Symptoms in Children
Analytics India magazine story features USF work related to an AI system that can identify post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children.
July 9, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research
AI and Entrepreneurship Education: Preparing Students to Lead
Most universities incorporate AI courses into their existing programs. USF built an entire college around emerging technologies, combining technical training with business education because students need both skills to succeed.
July 9, 2025Artificial Intelligence
Crying isn’t the only clue: USF researchers using AI to detect silent pain in newborns
Newborns in the NICU can’t tell us when they’re in pain, so a team of USF researchers is developing AI technology that can find out. The collaboration between medicine and engineering could change the future of neonatal care.
July 9, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research
HackaBull 2025: Student innovation shines at USF's largest hackathon
More than 300 students turned ideas into real-world solutions at USF’s largest hackathon, HackaBull 2025 — a 24-hour innovation sprint powered by code, collaboration and more than 1,000 cans of caffeine.
July 8, 2025Cybersecurity
USF awarded NSF grant to build platform for hands-on cybersecurity education
The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $268,000 to the University of South Florida for a collaborative research project led by Robert Karam, an associate professor in USF’s Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing.
July 8, 2025Cybersecurity, Research
Student Spotlight: Brendon Johnson
Using math to teach robots how to think isn’t science fiction. It’s Brendon Johnson’s research.
July 3, 2025Artificial Intelligence
USF-developed technology analyzes facial expressions to identify childhood PTSD
A cross-disciplinary team at the University of South Florida has developed a privacy-preserving AI system that can identify PTSD in children by analyzing subtle facial movements during therapy sessions.
June 30, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research
John Licato quoted in Computer World about the Microsoft/OpenAI AGI argument
"Sentience is impossible to prove — or to disprove." Faculty member John Licato talks with Computerworld about a contract dispute between Microsoft and OpenAI. He says, "They’re never going to settle on a definition of AGI that is intuitively satisfying to all."
June 30, 2025Artificial Intelligence
Hackers go back to work after U.S. strikes
Donor Arnie Bellini says that expanding America’s cyber defenses will require investments in education as well as technical fixes.
June 25, 2025Cybersecurity