News
2024
The Department Welcomes New Faculty for 2024
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics welcomed three new assistant professors and two new Assistant Professors of Instruction in August of 2024.
August 19, 2024Department News
Giacomo Micheli Receives an NSF CAREER Award
Giacomo Micheli received an NSF CAREER award of $500,000 over five years to work on rank metric codes from Drinfeld Modules and new primitives in code-based cryptography.
July 22, 2024Research
Manougian STEM Education Center receives a $5,000 AMS Young Scholars Program award for 2024
The Manougian STEM Education Center, under the direction of Razvan Teodorescu, received a $5,000 AMS Young Scholars Program award. The Manougian STEM Education Center resumed organizing its summer school in June 2024.
July 15, 2024Department News
Jean-François Biasse named co-PI on Quantum City grant
In July 2024, Jean-François Biasse received (as a Co-PI) a CAD 280,000 2-year grant from Quantum City, an institute formed in partnership between the University of Calgary, the Government of Alberta, and the Mphasis company.
July 15, 2024Research
Mathematics professor delivers keynote address for Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering
Dr. Hemant Pendharkar, a professor in the mathematics department, was recently invited to deliver a keynote talk as part of Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering 2nd International Faculty Development Program.
June 26, 2024Department News
Nagle Lecture Series welcomed Dr. Cristopher Moore of the Santa Fe Institute
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics' Nagle Lecture Series (NLS), held in honor of the late R. Kent Nagle, featured Dr. Cristopher Moore of the Santa Fe Institute, a professor specializing in the intersection of mathematics, physics, and computer science.
May 30, 2024Department News
Jean-François Biasse and colleagues receive an IDRA grant
In May 2024, Jean-François Biasse (PI, pictured left), Rouzbeh Behnia (Muma, Co-PI), Kwang-Cheng Chen (Engineering, Co-PI), Lukas Kölsch (Co-PI, center), Giacomo Micheli (Co-PI, right), Mehran Mozzafari-Kermani (Bellini, Co-PI), and Attila Yavuz (Bellini, Co-PI) received a $316k Interdisciplinary Research Award (IDRA) to support the development of the infrastructure of the USF Centre for Cryptographic Research.
May 20, 2024Research
Dr. Nataša Jonoska receives Fulbright Specialist award
The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has awarded Dr. Nataša Jonoska of University of South Florida a Fulbright Specialist Program award.
May 1, 2024Honors and Awards
Jean-François Biasse and colleagues receive an NSF RTG grant
In April 2024, Jean-François Biasse (PI), Xiang-Dong Hou (Co-PI), Giacomo Micheli (Co-PI), Dmytro Savchuk (Co-PI) and Razvan Teodorescu (Co-PI) received a $2.5M award from the NSF Research Training Groups (RTG) program.
April 29, 2024Research
Dr. Giacomo Micheli to give plenary talk at 13th International Workshop on Coding and Cryptography
Dr. Giacomo Micheli will be one of the five plenary speakers at WCC2024, the thirteenth edition of the biannual Coding and Cryptography workshop (WCC 2024) held at the University of Perugia in Perugia, Italy, June 17-21, 2024. The workshop brings together researchers in all aspects of coding theory, cryptography, and related areas, theoretical or applied.
March 18, 2024Research
Applied Number Theory Days workshop on Tampa campus February 26-March 1
The Applied Number Theory Days is an engaging workshop that brings together experts in applied algebra and number theory, facilitating the exchange of innovative ideas and fostering new collaborations on ongoing projects within the discipline.
February 20, 2024Research