NSF CAREER Award to Use Wearables and a Smartphone for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s

What if we could detect chronic medical conditions such as Alzheimer’s using the latest AI technology? A researcher at the FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science was awarded a prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to do exactly that.[...]

NSF CAREER Grant to Develop Automated Tests for Viral Infections

The number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in many states, but accurate testing options that produce rapid results are in short supply across the country. A researcher at the FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science is working on a solution.[...]

NSF CAREER Grant Aims to Improve Cryptography Theory and Practice

If you lost your cell phone, how secure would your personal information be from a potential hacker trying to steal your passwords and other sensitive information? Cryptography, or the study of techniques to ensure secure communication, is an increasingly popular field, and a researcher at the FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science received a $500,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to delve further into this crucial topic.[...]

Artificial Intelligence Could be ‘Game Changer’ in Detecting, Managing Alzheimer’s Disease

June 25, 2019

FAU, SIVOTEC Analytics Study Introduces Machine Learning as New Tactic in Assessing Cognitive Brain Health and Patient Care [...]

Automated Technology Senses How Parkinson’s Patients Respond to Medication

April 17, 2019

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Technology Doesn’t Require Patient or Physician Engagement[...]

Scientists Teach Machines to Predict Recovery Time from Sports-related Concussions

March 7, 2019

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science and SIVOTEC Analytics Collaborate on Machine Learning Study[...]

FAU Receives $450,000 NSF Grant to Thwart Attacks on Quantum Computers

February 15, 2019

FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science Collaborates With George Mason University and University of South Florida [...]

Selfies to Self-diagnosis: Algorithm ‘Amps Up’ Smartphones to Diagnose Disease

February 14, 2019

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Study Published in ‘Analyst’ Journal by Royal Society of Chemistry [...]

FAU Receives Grant to Create Florida’s First NSF-funded Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Laboratory

January 10, 2019

University-wide Collaborative Spearheaded by FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science [...]

‘Eavesdropping’ on Groupers’ Mating Calls Key to Survival

December 12, 2018

Researchers from FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, FAU’s Harbor Branch Develop New Way to Identify Groupers by Their Sounds [...]

FAU Receives National Science Foundation I-Corps Grant

November 31, 2018

Florida Atlantic University recently received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant to create an NSF I-Corps Site at FAU as a component of FAU Tech Runway® [...]

Researchers Teach ‘Machines’ to Detect Medicare Fraud

October 30, 2018

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Study First to Use Medicare Part B Big Data to Automate Fraud Detection Process [...]

FAU Receives $599,983 NSF Grant for Health Care Delivery Network Centered Systems

August 1, 2018

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science have received a $599,983 grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research on data mining models and algorithms [...]

FAU Alum Wins Best Paper Award at IEEE I

July 17, 2018

FAU computer science alum, Grant Rosario, M.S. ’17 won the Best Paper Award, for his paper titled "Deep Transfer Learning for Traffic Sign Recognition," [...]

Dimitris A. Pados Appointed Eminent Scholar

July 17, 2018

FAU has appointed Dimitris A. Pados, Ph.D., professor and I-SENSE Fellow as the Charles E. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in Engineering [...]

Report Gives 24-hour View of Cyberattacks in Florida, U.S.

June 20, 2018

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Receives $175,000 NSF Grant, Launches ‘FloridaSOAR’ [...]

Kit Promises 'Hassle Free' Way to Test Male Fertility

Feb. 28, 2018

It is estimated that of the 70 million cases of infertility worldwide, almost half are caused by factors relating to the male partner. A number of semen parameters – motility, morphology, velocity, volume, concentration, and count – affect male fertility. Are there enough of them? [...]

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Outstanding Educators Recognized by The Engineers’ Council

Feb. 22, 2018

Florida Atlantic University’s Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science faculty members were recognized at the 7th Annual National Engineers Week Honors and Awards Banquet. [...]

FAU Receives $500,000 NSF Grant for Novel Real-time Undersea Wireless Communications and Surveillance Technology

Jan. 11, 2018

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science have received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to design, deploy and evaluate a first-of-its-kind software-defined testbed for real-time undersea wireless communications (data, voice, and video streaming) and surveillance. [...]

This ‘Sweet Spot’ Could Improve Melanoma Diagnosis

Nov. 28, 2017

Too much, too little, just right. It might seem like a line from “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” but actually describes an important finding from researchers in FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science. [...]

Object-Seeking Robot Wins PennApps XVII

Jan. 29, 2018

Florida Atlantic University undergraduate computer engineering student, Nazik Almazova with her teammates from the University of Pennsylvania won the grand prize at the PennApps XVII hackathon [...]

FAU Engineering Students Win Business Plan Competition

April 27, 2017

A team of four engineering students took home the top prize at this year’s Florida Atlantic University Business Plan Competition with a system [...]

FAU Appoints Stella N. Batalama, Ph.D., as Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science

July 31, 2017

Following a national search, Florida Atlantic University has named Stella N. Batalama, Ph.D., as the new dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Batalama, who assumes this new role, Tuesday, August 1, comes to FAU from the University at Buffalo, a flagship institution of The State University of New York (SUNY) and a premier research-intensive university. [...]

FAU Department Hosts Annual FECEDHA Meeting

June 21, 2017

The Florida Atlantic University Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science hosted the Florida Universities Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (FECEDHA) meeting in June to discuss collaborations to develop statewide research, and educational programs to create technology jobs. [...]

FAU 48th Annual Honors Convocation

April 17, 2017

Florida Atlantic University President John Kelly and Provost Gary W. Perry hosted the University’s 48th annual Honors Convocation [...]

FAU to Develop Device to Rapidly, Accurately and Inexpensively Detect the Zika Virus at Airports and Other Sites

Feb. 22, 2017

About the size of a tablet, a portable device that could be used in a host of environments like a busy airport or even a remote location in South America, [...]

FAU Receives Federal Designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution from U.S. Department of Education

Feb. 7, 2017

Florida Atlantic University recently received designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the United States Department of Education. [...]