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Turning Ideas into Algorithms
As one of USF’s first master’s students studying AI, Charitie Martino wants to fuse computer modeling with how the mind works. She wants to take those hard-to-pin-down concepts in psychology – things like memory, attention, and learning – throw them into models that AI computers can test, and measure to see what happens.
September 16, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research
Preparing for the next wave of cyberthreats: USF and Cisco Research at the forefront of post-quantum cybersecurity research
The University of South Florida’s Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing is joining forces with Cisco Research and leading researchers from Purdue, Rutgers and Northeastern to prepare for the next wave of cyberthreats in post-quantum cybersecurity.
From Criminology to Cybersecurity
When Eduarda Koop was growing up in Brazil, she used to joke that she wanted to be a hacker. She never imagined that it could actually become a career path.
September 15, 2025Cybersecurity
From hurricanes to hidden threats: advanced computing research that can save people and the planet
With more than three decades of experience in academia and industry, including work at NASA in the 1990s, Chandra Kambhamettu believes that deep research and real-world problem solving aren’t mutually exclusive. They’re inseparable.
August 25, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research
USF tech can see around corners, through obstacles
Typical X-ray machines, including those found in hospitals and airports, can scan objects from about three feet away. Researchers at the University of South Florida have achieved 97% accuracy at a mile.
August 20, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Computing, Research
Curiosity, Code, and a Cyber Path
Before she could say motherboard, Michelle McAveety was playing with computers. From tinkering on an early MacIntosh computer while sitting in a booster seat to building PCs with her dad at the age of 6 to programming in high school, the USF computer engineering major has grown up surrounded by wires, code and curiosity.
August 18, 2025Cyberherd, Cybersecurity
From Scratch Projects to Google Internship
Google intern Anzhelika Kurnikova spent her summer working in New York City, contributing to real-projects for a global technology giant. “I can’t share all the details,” she said, “but we are focused on making sure the systems work well and can scale. It is less about what is flashy and more about what is functional.”
Chatbots learned to write from us. Can AI now change the way we think?
In this CBC article, faculty member John Licato says the amount of AI and bot-generated content we're consuming is higher than it's ever been, and will likely increase. That could bring challenges: "When you have AI that's continually trained on its own data, things like biases get worse after multiple generations. Mistakes get worse after every generation," he says.
August 14, 2025
USF building new college for AI, cybersecurity with help from major benefactor
Our new college launches this month and in this WTVT FOX 13 story, naming donor Arnie Bellini says USF is uniquely positioned to house the artificial intelligence and cybersecurity programs.
August 14, 2025
USF CyberHerd captures first place at world’s largest hacker conference
The University of South Florida’s CyberHerd team claimed first place at DEF CON 33’s “Adversary Wars” Capture the Flag, capping the competitive team’s debut at what is widely regarded as the largest hacking and security conference in the world.
August 13, 2025Cyberherd, Cybersecurity
Building Confidence, One Line of Code at a Time
Pazos Revilla also helps students practice and advance their skills through competitive teams like the USF CyberHerd, a competitive team that represents USF in cybersecurity competitions. In this context, he has witnessed how even in competitions new technologies like AI are making an impact and changing the way we work and interact with services and complex systems.
August 6, 2025
Exploring the limits of AI in detecting deception
Can artificial intelligence detect deception? Should it? And what role does human bias play in how machines learn to "read" us? These questions drove Sayde King’s doctoral research at the University of South Florida, where her work on AI deception led to a job offer before graduation.
August 6, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research