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Research Experience for Undergraduates 2025

From May 27th to August 1st 2025, the Center for Cryptographic Research organized the 3rd edition of the Research Experience Undergraduate (REU Site) program in cryptography, coding theory and quantum computing.

August 1, 2025Research

USF President Rhea Law addresses camp participants.

Center for Cryptographic Research holds 2025 CodeBreakHERS Summer camp

From June 23rd to June 27th , the Center for Cryptographic Research organized the 6th edition of the CodeBreakHERs summer camp. It is a weeklong summer program in cybersecurity featuring hands-on activities on network security, coding theory, cryptography, hardware security, and digital forensics.

June 27, 2025Department News

Manougian STEM Education Center

Manougian STEM Education Center receives a $5,000 AMS Young Scholars Program award for 2025

The Manougian STEM Education Center, under the direction of Razvan Teodorescu, received a $5,000 AMS Young Scholars Program award for the second year in a row.

May 15, 2025Department News, Outreach

Jean-François Biasse

Jean-François Biasse receives Killam Visiting Scholar Award

In 2025-2026, Jean-François Biasse will be the Killam Visiting Scholar of the University of Calgary (AB). Each year, one visitor to the University of Calgary (across all departments) is granted a Visiting Scholar award by the Killam Trust.

May 5, 2025Honors and Awards

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College of Arts and Sciences graduate programs shine in U.S. News and World Report rankings

Six of the more than 30 graduate programs considered the best in the country, according to new rankings released by U.S. News & World Report, are housed within USF’s College of Arts and Sciences.

April 24, 2025Honors and Awards

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Eleven USF faculty recognized with research achievement and innovation excellence awards

Three College of Arts and Sciences faculty have been recognized for their remarkable advancement in translational research and innovation.

April 15, 2025Honors and Awards

Nataša Jonoska

Nataša Jonoska Receives Outstanding Research Achievement Award

Nataša Jonoska received the award for her interdisciplinary work, which has addressed multiple fundamental questions about nucleic acids interactions and has advanced our understanding of their spatial embeddings that affect their structure and function.

April 15, 2025Honors and Awards

Applied Number Theory Days Workshop 2025 Participants

Applied Number Theory Days Workshop 2025

The Applied Number Theory Workshop and Colloquium was held March 31st through April 4th, 2025 at USF. The highlight of the workshop was a series of three lectures by Professor Andrea Ferraguti from Università di Torino on Arboreal Galois Representations.

April 4, 2025Research

New Department Faculty -- 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

University of South Florida: A Preeminent Research University

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

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, Outreach

Jean-François Biasse

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

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