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USF鈥檚 Bellini College creates dedicated career advising team to support students entering a high-tech workforce

USF鈥檚 Bellini College has a new career advising team to help students navigate the fast-moving tech job market. The new team offers tailored support in resume building, technical interviews, internships and long-term career planning.

December 12, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Computing, Cybersecurity

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USF senior finds her stride helping to build AI tool for campus parking

USF senior Heather Ho helped develop an AI system that estimates parking availability in high-traffic garages, transforming her classroom learning into a real-world solution for students. Once a shy commuter unsure of her path, Ho found confidence, community and direction through hands-on work that strengthened the parking app.

December 11, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Computing

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USF cybersecurity student overcomes surprise cancer diagnosis

USF cybersecurity student Angelin Benny discovered she had thyroid cancer after a back injury led to unexpected scans. Despite months of uncertainty and treatment, she pushed forward, took on leadership roles and found strength in her support system. Now recovered, she鈥檚 preparing to graduate and begin her cybersecurity career.

December 8, 2025Cybersecurity

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Bellini College symposium highlights undergraduate research opportunities

About 75 undergraduate students attended the college's first REU Symposium, an event designed to introduce students to research opportunities early in their collegiate careers.

December 5, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Computing, Cybersecurity, Research

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Lime green tassel to debut at Bellini College鈥檚 inaugural commencement

USF鈥檚 Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing will debut the new lime green tassel at this month鈥檚 fall commencement, marking the graduation of its inaugural class. The new color now represents the college鈥檚 technology-focused disciplines and joins USF鈥檚 long-standing academic regalia tradition.

December 5, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Computing, Cyberherd, Cybersecurity, Research

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Gait Analysis: Doctoral Student鈥檚 Research Helps AI Walk the Walk

What began as a master鈥檚 project evolved into a multi-year research partnership that shaped his academic and professional path. He worked with Sarkar and Pamplona Segundo on research that integrates physics-informed modeling with computer vision to improve the reliability of gait recognition for the DoD IARPA/Kitware-funded project. Together, the team also created SynthGait, a large-scale synthetic 3D dataset that generates lifelike human motion under different clothing, viewpoints and walking styles.

December 1, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research

In this Fox 13 Tampa Bay story about Black Friday shopping, faculty member Karni Chagal-Feferkorn warns people to be mindful of the risks that come with AI-powered toys, pointing out that while many have great educational purposes, some have shown worrisome behavior and parents should exercise caution and monitor their children鈥檚 use of the toys.

December 1, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity

A Florida woman lost $200 after chatting with a fake 鈥渃elebrity,鈥 highlighting how deceptive imposter scams can be. Associate Dean Larry Hall spoke with a WTSP reporter about rising online fraud, urging vigilance and suggesting cues that might help people determine that a video might not be real.

December 1, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity

In August, USF opened the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Computing. USF launches state's first college of artificial intelligence. AI will likely impact most industries, so the 色色研究所 decided to jump in headfirst. 鈥淭his is a new experiment, a new very bold experiment that USF has stepped up to do to address this transition that鈥檚 happening in society because of AI,鈥 said Sarkar.

November 25, 2025Artificial Intelligence

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Cross-discipline research meetings fuel ideas for future collaboration projects

USF鈥檚 Bellini College's cross-disciplinary research connects AI, cybersecurity and computing faculty with partners across campus and Tampa General Hospital. Recent meetings have highlighted research collaborations in virtual reality training, augmented reality design, PTSD assessment tools and medical research that uses AI technology.

November 24, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Computing, Research

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USF doctoral student is creating an AI tool to turn complex cancer reports into clarity

Inspired by a guest speaker to make an impact with research, Rushitha Mamidala is developing an AI tool to support patients and their doctors by making cancer diagnoses more accurate and understandable.

November 18, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Computing, Cybersecurity, Research

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Hao Zheng receives NSF grant, a Best Paper Award for system-on-chip design validation

USF Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing Associate Professor Hao Zheng has received an NSF grant and a Best Paper Award from ISQED 2025 for developing a new framework for System-on-Chip (SoC) design validation with a focus on analyzing cross-block communications within SoC designs to reduce validation complexity.

November 13, 2025Computing, Cybersecurity, Research

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Established in 2024, the Bellini College of AI, Cybersecurity and Computing is the first of its kind in Florida and one of the pioneers in the nation to bring together the disciplines of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and computing into a dedicated college. We aim to position Florida as a global leader and economic engine in AI, cybersecurity and computing education and research. We foster interdisciplinary innovation and ethical technology development through strong industry and government partnerships.

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