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HackaBull 2025: Student innovation shines at USF's largest hackathon

More than 300 students turned ideas into real-world solutions at USF’s largest hackathon, HackaBull 2025 — a 24-hour innovation sprint powered by code, collaboration and more than 1,000 cans of caffeine.

July 8, 2025Cybersecurity

USF awarded NSF grant to build platform for hands-on cybersecurity education

The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $268,000 to the OBÌåÓý¹ÙÍø for a collaborative research project led by Robert Karam, an associate professor in USF’s Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing.

July 8, 2025Cybersecurity, Research

Student Spotlight: Brendon Johnson

Using math to teach robots how to think isn’t science fiction. It’s Brendon Johnson’s research.

July 3, 2025Artificial Intelligence

USF-developed technology analyzes facial expressions to identify childhood PTSD

A cross-disciplinary team at the OBÌåÓý¹ÙÍø has developed a privacy-preserving AI system that can identify PTSD in children by analyzing subtle facial movements during therapy sessions.

June 30, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research

"Sentience is impossible to prove — or to disprove." Faculty member John Licato talks with Computerworld about a contract dispute between Microsoft and OpenAI. He says, "They’re never going to settle on a definition of AGI that is intuitively satisfying to all."

June 30, 2025Artificial Intelligence

Donor Arnie Bellini says that expanding America’s cyber defenses will require investments in education as well as technical fixes.

June 25, 2025Cybersecurity

Early-Stage Innovation Fund awards advance tech in healthcare, education and security

The Florida High Tech Corridor‑USF Early‑Stage Innovation Fund awarded a grant to two Bellini College faculty for work on AI-powered video security platform to combine cues, like gait, clothing, and body measurements, for more accurate, fair ID.

June 20, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research

Student Spotlight: Lucas Miller

USF graduate student Lucas Miller is trying to solve a problem that even the most advanced AI models have yet to crack: How to help machines understand and interpret video.

June 16, 2025Computing

From Colombia to USF to Apple: One Student's Journey

A master’s student in computer science at the OBÌåÓý¹ÙÍø, Maria Zapata is spending the summer in Texas, interning with Apple as a full-stack developer focused on artificial intelligence.

June 13, 2025Computing

Faculty member John Licato talks with WFLA about how AI might be used to improve traffic. He also answers questions about robots, career impacts of AI, and the launch of the college.

June 13, 2025Artificial Intelligence

Reuters featured work from USF in this story about how scientists are using AI to impact public health as it relates to mosquito-borne illnesses.

June 13, 2025Artificial Intelligence

USF is helping bring AI to Pre-K-12 classrooms

To prepare students for an AI-driven world, USF is helping teachers in Tampa Bay and across the country integrate AI into their classrooms.

May 29, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research