UF IoT Conference makes big impact in a flourishing field

December 15, 2025

The Warren B. Nelms Third Annual IoT Conference gathered hundreds of scientists, faculty, students and industry leaders to UF’s Malachowsky Hall for Data Science and Information Technology to discuss advancements, applications and continued demand for IoT devices, from home smart gadgets to wearable technology to industrial machines — physical devices embedded with sensors and software to connect and exchange data. 

The conference theme was Intelligent Edge Computing: Emerging Frontiers in Technology and Applications. The two-day event also included interactive demos and poster presentations on student research.

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Exposing the Shortcuts: Improving Fairness of AI

February 26, 2021

My T. Thai, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering and associate director of the Institute, is developing software technologies that can explain how bias can creep into artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.

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BRINGING AI TO THE EDGE FOR A SMARTER INTERNET OF THINGS

January 5, 2021

Three leading researchers at the Warren B. Nelms institute for the Connected World are using artificial intelligence (AI) to make the Internet of Things (IoT) more secure and more efficient.

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Inaugural Women in IoT Workshop Highlighted Leadership in the World of IoT

October 15, 2020

Hosted by the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World, the first annual Women in IoT Workshop, “Leading through Change,” took place virtually on Monday, Oct. 12 via the Zoom videoconferencing platform. With a keynote speaker, panel discussions, and student poster sessions, the densely packed workshop was more like a mini-conference. More than 200 registrants […]

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Eisenstadt Introduces Smart Mosquito Cages to Safely, Effectively Test Insecticides

August 26, 2020

Recent work by Professor William Eisenstadt, supported by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control, seeks to equip the traditional mosquito ‘bioassay’ cages with networked sensors.

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Dr. Xiaochen Xian Receives Funding to Develop Mass COVID-19 Testing Strategies

July 7, 2020

New faculty member Dr. Xiaochen Xian recently received funding from the National Science Foundation in support of her research to develop adaptive sampling strategies for administering mass testing for COVID-19.

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social distancing band

New COVID-19 Research Initiative: Ultra-Low Cost Social Distancing Band

June 16, 2020

In this new project in response to COVID-19, we use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication protocol to sense and measure the distance between two people wearing wristbands that help estimating exposure risks.

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Dr. Prabhat Mishra

Mishra Named UF Research Foundation Professor

June 4, 2020

The University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) has named Prabhat Mishra, Ph.D., the Director of Research Programs of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World, a UFRF Professor for 2020-2023.

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Tabrizian to Receive DARPA Young Faculty Award

July 15, 2019

ECE Assistant Professor Dr. Roozbeh Tabrizian is set to receive a 2019 DARPA Young Faculty Award for his proposal, “Ferroelectrically Transduced Ge Nano-Fin Bulk Acoustic Resonators for Chip-Scale Instinctually Adaptive RF Spectral Processing.” The prestigious $500K award will support Tabrizian’s efforts to protect cutting-edge civilian and military communication systems from jamming and interference using a […]

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Seminar: Susmita Sur-Kolay

July 8, 2019

The Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World Presents Susmita Sur-Kolay: “Quantum Computing: Synthesis Challenges and Impact on IoT Security,”
Thursday, July 11 @ 11am, 234 Larsen Hall.

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