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Turning Ideas into Algorithms
As one of USF’s first master’s students studying AI, Charitie Martino wants to fuse computer modeling with how the mind works. She wants to take those hard-to-pin-down concepts in psychology – things like memory, attention, and learning – throw them into models that AI computers can test, and measure to see what happens.
September 16, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research

From hurricanes to hidden threats: advanced computing research that can save people and the planet
With more than three decades of experience in academia and industry, including work at NASA in the 1990s, Chandra Kambhamettu believes that deep research and real-world problem solving aren’t mutually exclusive. They’re inseparable.
August 25, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research
Typical X-ray machines, including those found in hospitals and airports, can scan objects from about three feet away. Researchers at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ have achieved 97% accuracy at a mile.
August 20, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Computing, Research

Exploring the limits of AI in detecting deception
Can artificial intelligence detect deception? Should it? And what role does human bias play in how machines learn to "read" us? These questions drove Sayde King’s doctoral research at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, where her work on AI deception led to a job offer before graduation.
August 6, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research

Top scholars, instructors join USF's newest college
The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing will officially launch on Aug. 25, powered by an ambitious mission, a transformational gift and a high-caliber team of researchers and educators. Fourteen newly hired faculty are joining the college, bringing expertise in machine learning, trustworthy artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, hardware systems and biomedical applications.
August 5, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Computing, Cybersecurity, Research

Imaging the impossible: ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏresearcher pushing boundaries of what we can see
With support from NSF and DARPA, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏresearcher John Murray-Bruce is developing new mathematical tools to improve how machines "see" in challenging conditions. The research will lay the foundation for imaging systems that don’t just see better, they see the unseen.
August 4, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research

How a ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏstudent’s personal battle with dengue helped develop mosquito-fighting AI
Farhat Azam is using artificial intelligence to help fight mosquito-borne illnesses. As a doctoral student at USF, she is helping develop a smart mosquito trap that can identify disease-carrying species and alert health officials in real time. Her work aims to protect communities from future outbreaks and save lives.
July 31, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research

Award-winning professor uses artificial intelligence to track world’s deadliest animal
Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏfaculty are developing a trap that uses artificial intelligence to identify the disease-carrying insects.
July 31, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research

How AI is revolutionizing travel planning
Artificial intelligence is transforming how people plan travel with personalized, instant itineraries that once took hours to build.
July 31, 2025Artificial Intelligence

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏequipping K-12 teachers with tools for an AI-powered future
As artificial intelligence continues to transform industries and reshape the future of work, educators are redefining their roles, skills and strategies to keep pace. Rising to meet this challenge, the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ has partnered with Hillsborough County Public Schools to prepare its K-12 educators to lead in the age of AI.
July 15, 2025Artificial Intelligence
Fox 13 Tampa Bay features work from faculty member Yu Sun that explores how AI can detect silent pain in newborns in real-time.
July 11, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research
Analytics India magazine story features ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏwork related to an AI system that can identify post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children.
July 9, 2025Artificial Intelligence, Research