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The Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group (IMG) focuses on micro- and nano-systems for healthcare, energy, security, aerospace, transportation, consumer electronics, and other industries.

Hardware security made news in the worst way possible last month with the announcement that two CPU bugs, nicknamed Spectre and Meltdown, leave virtually every modern computer, smartphone, tablet and PC vulnerable to malicious attack. FICS members are actively working on initiatives related to Spectre and Meltown, showing their global expertise in the field.

Guoliang Xing is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University. He presents “A Cyber-Physical Approach to Internet of Things: Experience with Mobile Health, Green Home, and Environmental Monitoring,” Thurs. April 5 at 11:45 in Larsen 310.

Dr. Martin Uman recently delivered the invited conference keynote speech at the 2018 ILDC/ILMC and was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding leadership and significant contributions to the lightning community.

Madeline (Maddie) Sciullo is a 4th year Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. She presents “Fundamental Modeling and Simulation of a GaN-based HEMT pH sensor,” Thursday. March 29, 11:45 a.m., Larsen 310.

Andrew S. Lan is a postdoctoral research associate in the EDGE lab at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. He presents “Machine Learning for Human Learning” on Monday, March 19 at 11:45 am, Larsen 234.

UF spin out company IC² has announced the availability of its DirectShear™ Sensors, used in conjunction with aviation test equipment to measure wall shear stress.

The nation’s top cybersecurity experts convened at the University of Florida to discuss the latest developments in network, software and hardware security. The core message? Collaboration is key.

The push to share new ideas, emerging solutions – and even, potential threats – with the cybersecurity community echoed throughout the two-day conference, hosted by the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research (FICS Research) at UF.

Santiago Segarra, post-doctoral research associate with the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, MIT, will present “Data Science for Networks: a Graph Signal Processing Perspective” on Wednesday, March 14 at 11:45 a.m., Larsen 234.

Tommaso Melodia is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston. He presents “The Internet of Medical Things: Toward Implantable Ultrasonic Sensor Networks,” Tuesday, March 13, 11:45 a.m. Larsen 234.