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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.” Modern microelectronic computer chips depend on sophisticated software that must operate seamlessly with hardware when in the hands of the consumer. […]

We welcome Patricia Kio, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Architecture, Sustainability and the Built Environment, to the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World. “My research focuses on integrating digital tracking and feedback mechanisms into sustainable design and construction systems. By focusing on resource efficiency and geometry—drawing inspiration from Buckminster Fuller’s synergetics—the […]

A student team representing the Warren B. Nelms Institute won 1st Place in the HACK@DAC 2025 Competition. Team Gatotriots is comprised of Nelms Institute PhD students Sudipta Paria and Aritra Dasgupta, advised by Dr. Swarup Bhunia, and George Mason University PhD students Raghul Saravanan and Jayanth Thangellamudi, advised by Dr. Sai Manoj P D. HACK@DAC […]

An ongoing project led by the Warren B. Nelms Institute is equipping veterans with in-demand skills in hardware security. This rapidly growing field is becoming more and more critical in today’s increasingly connected world. Funded by NSF, “Pivots: VETS-HASTE: Veterans SkillBridge through Industry based Hardware Security Training and Education,” is led by Dr. Wanli Xing (College […]

In April, students in the Applied Deep Learning and Applied Machine Learning courses presented their final projects during a poster session in Malachowsky Hall. Dr. Andrea Ramirez-Salgado, instructional assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education, instructed both courses this spring. The students were either from the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence Systems (MSAIS) […]

A recent breakthrough in the security of mixed reality devices by Dr. Shuo Wang‘s research group has received widespread attention, including a feature in the Top Picks section of Wired magazine. The research revealed a significant vulnerability in Apple’s Vision Pro headset that could allow attackers to decipher what users type, including sensitive information like […]

Warren B. Nelms Institute faculty member and assistant professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning Yan Wang, Ph.D., has received an NSF CAREER Award. This honor is one of the NSF’s most competitive awards, recognizing early-career faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars and have the potential to lead advances in research and […]

Researchers from the Warren B. Nelms Institute, led by Dr. Sara Rampazzi, and from the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo have discovered a new attack that exposes devices’ MEMs microphones to potential remote eavesdropping. This work demonstrates how audio captured by microphones on everyday wireless devices like laptops and bluetooth headsets can be intercepted. Using […]

PhD student Rohan Reddy Kalavakonda is the recipient of the 2025 Attributes of a Gator Engineer award. The award is considered the greatest distinction of any student award given by the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. The Gator Engineering Attribute Awards honor six undergraduate and six Ph.D. students who strongly model one of the six Gator Engineering […]

Sudipta Paria is the recipient of the  2025 ECE Graduate Student Research Excellence award. The award is given yearly to an ECE graduate student who has excelled in their research during the academic year. The award recognizes students’ dedication, enthusiasm, and promise as an graduate researcher in the ECE department. Students are nominated by their […]