The newsletter will highlight our ongoing activities and accomplishments, not only on the research front but also on education and outreach. We hope to keep you up-to-date on the broad research activities within the Institute, as well as provide opportunities for collaboration. We look forward to connecting with you.
Swarup Bhunia, Director & Semmoto Endowed Professor, ECE
My T. Thai, Associate Director & UF Research Foundation Professor, CISE
 Registration is Now Open for the 2025 Warren B. Nelms Annual IoT Conference!The Third Annual Warren B. Nelms IoT Conference will be held on December 4-5, 2025 at the University of Florida campus. The conference will have a variety of keynote speakers, industry panels, and student poster and demo sessions. We hope you will join us together with IoT experts, leaders, researchers, and enthusiasts from across the country to learn, share ideas, and spark new collaborations. | |
 | VETS-Cyber Program Creates Pathways into Cybersecurity for Florida and Georgia Veterans A new project aims to create pathways and opportunities in the cybersecurity and hardware security fields for military veterans. To address the critical shortage of cybersecurity professionals in Georgia and Florida and diversify the workforce in the semiconductor and microelectronic fields, the VETS-CYBER program will offer hands-on training and experience for participating veterans. Read More >> |
 | Chatterjee Receives NSF CAREER Award to Advance the Future of Medical Electronics through Body-Coupled Network of Devices Baibhab Chatterjee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, the agency’s highest honor for early-career faculty. His funded project, “MED-IoB: Transforming Medical Electronics using Distributed Internet of Bodies (IoB) for Powering, Sensing, Communication and Synchronization,” seeks to revolutionize implantable and wearable medical electronics by enabling seamless data connectivity and power in a network of devices, leveraging the conductive property of the human body. |
 | Dr. Sandip Ray Works to Streamline Post-Silicon Software Validation Dr. Sandip Ray, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to fund the project, “Collaborative Research: CSR: Small: SOCRATES: Post-Silicon Validation of Hardware-Software Interactions.” This project introduces a novel integrated approach to streamline post-silicon validation, aiming to increase assurance in correctness of modern microelectronics systems with integrated hardware and software components. |
 | New Faculty Member Spotlight: Dr. Suman Chowdhury Dr. Chowdhury is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE). His research areas include computational biomechanics, traumatic brain injury, multiscale brain modeling, ergonomics, and helmets, exoskeleton and prosthetic designs. |
 | Dr. Patricia Kio Dr. Kio is an assistant professor in the School of Architecture, Sustainability and the Built Environment. Her research focuses on how architectural design, construction systems, sustainable materials, and environmental systems integration can contribute to a smart circular economy. |
 | Student Team Wins First Place in HACK@DAC Competition A student team representing the Warren B. Nelms Institute won 1st Place in the HACK@DAC 2025 Competition. Team Gatotriots includes Nelms Institute PhD students Sudipta Paria and Aritra Dasgupta, advised by Dr. Swarup Bhunia. HACK@DAC is a security competition focusing on System-on-Chip (SoC) Security. The HACK@DAC 2025 live competition phase was held June 22-25, 2025 at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Francisco, CA. |
 | IoT Design Competition 2025 The 4th iteration of the IoT Design Competition hosted by the IoT Students Club at University of Florida will kick off this month! In this competition, teams of 2-4 members design, build, and demonstrate their own software or hardware IoT Project. Teams will demo their projects at the Warren B. Nelms Annual IoT Conference at the University of Florida campus on December 4-5, 2025. Registration opens August 26, 2025. Read More >> |
 | ICEdge Conference on AIoT and Intelligent Systems at the Edge The International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Systems at the Edge (ICEdge) 2025 will be held December 18th-20th, 2025 at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. This conference on Intelligent Computing and Systems at the Edge seeks to unite researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to exchange their most recent discoveries, experiences, and insights in the exciting domain of AIoT and System Development at the Edge. More Information >> |
 | Research PortfolioWarren B. Nelms Institute research addresses major world challenges relating to public health, energy, education, transportation, and more. Together with our esteemed group of multi-disciplinary faculty and students, we are developing broad Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and their applications to create more secure, sustainable, and connected communities. With billions of IoT-connected devices al-ready in the world today—and billions more in the coming years—the institute remains at the forefront of this burgeoning field while creating a critical mass of expertise at the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and IoT. We invite you to browse our current and ongoing Warren B. Nelms Institute research projects. |