Tag: workforce development

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. The project, […]

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 […]

Since its inception in 2017, the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World has worked toward becoming a leader in education and research on Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation.  The institute is spearheading efforts to enhance workforce development and preparation of students for careers in IoT technology, hardware security, and cybersecurity. These projects are helping to address […]

A new project, funded by the NSF Discovery Research PreK-12 program, will focus on engaging high school students in integrated computer science and engineering through hands-on experiences with microelectronics and artificial intelligence. This approach will pioneer a hardware-focused approach to AI education in K-12 classrooms. Warren B. Nelms Institute researchers Dr. Pasha Antonenko, Dr. Swarup […]

Researchers in the Warren B. Nelms Institute are developing a curriculum on microelectronics and artificial intelligence (AI) that will support and encourage engaging, hands-on learning for middle school students in a unique setting—children’s museums. Through a partnership with the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, FL, the curriculum will be delivered as a […]

In Fall 2023, the course EGN1935 – Special Topics in Freshmen Engineering: Adventures in ECE Design provided students with an immersive, hands-on experience in exploring AI hardware principles and applications. It was instructed by Dr. Swarup Bhunia and PhD students Andrea Ramírez-Salgado and Atri Chatterjee. The course was designed with the goal of making AI education […]

A new collaborative research project will use AI to facilitate mathematics education in an interactive and unique way. “SALT-Math: Scalable AI-Augmented Learning by Teaching for Math Education” aims to revolutionize K-12 mathematics learning by implementing a learning-by-teaching framework that uses a large language model to flip students’ roles as teachers to AI agents (resulting in […]

A new project led by Warren B. Nelms Institute researchers has received $1 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) Program. The project, titled “Pivots: VETS-HASTE: Veterans SkillBridge through Industry based Hardware Security Training and Education,” is led by Principal Investigator Dr. Wanli Xing (College […]

The Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World has successfully secured more than $5 million in funding for education and preparation of students for careers in Internet of Things (IoT) technology, hardware security, and cybersecurity. These grants are helping to expand Warren B. Nelms Institute-led research meant to address the national skills shortage in […]