Category: Summer 2020 Newsletter
Warren B. Nelms IoT Summer Newsletter, 2020
August 4, 2020The Warren B. Nelms Institute is strongly committed to inclusion, diversity, equity and access in engineering and education and there is no place for hatred and discrimination in our institute. For more information on our shared position with the University of Florida’s position and commitments, we refer you to the statements of UF President and […]
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UF Nelms Institute and ECE IoT Term Professor Oliveira Leading ENIGMA 2021 Program
July 16, 2020Enigma Conference is known for facilitating engaging talks on emerging security & privacy threats & defenses at the growing intersection of tech & society. Dr. Oliveira is co-chairing this highly anticipated event among academic, industry and policy researchers for ENIGMA 2021 now calling for participation due on August 26, 2020.
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Skylar Stolte’s Paper Accepted for Publication in Medical Image Analysis
July 15, 2020Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) represents a highly-prevalent complication of diabetes in which individuals suffer from damage to the blood vessels in the retina. Skylar’s paper focuses on using deep learning systems that offer the revolutionary potential to DR identification and prevention of vision loss.
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Postdoctoral Scholar Spotlight: Patanjali Sristi Lakshmiprasanna Sriramakumara
July 13, 2020Dr. Patanjali SLPSK is a postdoctoral research scholar working with the Nelms Institute for the Connected World, mentored by Director Dr. Swarup Bhunia. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras where he was advised by Dr. Kamakoti.
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Dr. Xiaochen Xian Receives Funding to Develop Mass COVID-19 Testing Strategies
July 7, 2020New 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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New Faculty Member Highlight: Dr. Shreya Saxena
July 3, 2020Dr. Shreya Saxena is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University and will start as an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department on October 1st, 2020.
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Nelms Faculty Member Leads ASCE Artificial Intelligence Task Committee
June 26, 2020Dr. Lili Du, Nelms Institute affiliate faculty and associate professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, recently received approval to set up and co-lead the Artificial Intelligence Task Committee under the Emerging Technologies Council of Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
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Mishra Named UF Research Foundation Professor
June 4, 2020The 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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