Members of FICS Research have published two new books: Hardware IP Security and Trust and Hardware Protection through Obfuscation.

We are pleased to share that Professor Swarup Bhunia was recently awarded the title of Steven Yatauro Faculty Fellow for the excellence and dedication he has exemplified in his research efforts in the field of Electrical Engineering. The first to receive this honor through… Read More

FICS Research Co-director, Prof. Patrick Traynor, who was also recently named the John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering at the University of Florida’s Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department (CISE), was selected to be a… Read More

Professor Daniela Oliveira will be delivering a talk entitled Security for Vulnerable Populations – On the Interplay of Weapons of Influence and Life Domains in Predicting Older Adults Susceptibility to Spear Emails at this year’s USENIX ENIGMA Conference in Oakland,… Read More

Graduate students at FICS Research have developed a series of experimental printed-circuit boards (PCBs), unique to the University of Florida, that are being used to train the university’s first cohort of hardware-oriented cybersecurity experts. Designed in conjunction with FICS Research… Read More

The Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research is pleased to announce the opening of the SeCurity and AssuraNce (SCAN) Lab, a 2,500 square foot security research laboratory housing over $7M in advanced scientific equipment (see our Facilities pages). The SCAN… Read More

FICS Research Education Director, Prof. Swarup Bhunia, and and Co-director, Prof. Mark Tehranipoor, have established a new academic serial publication entitled the Journal of Hardware and Systems Security (HaSS). The journal, which highlights new and ground-breaking developments in the rapidly… Read More

Robert Karam, a PhD student at the University of Florida’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) advised by FICS Research Director of Education, Prof. Swarup Bhunia, was awarded a best paper award at this year’s BioMedical Circuits and Systems… Read More

We are proud to announce that FICS Research Co-director Mark Tehranipoor has been named a Cybsi Ambassador in Cybersecurity by the Intstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), “the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the… Read More