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Fair and Explainable AI (Position Ref No.: oga-olpweose-23)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Industrial Engineering and Management Systems |
|---|---|
| Description: | Graduate student will work on developing novel machine learning models to address algorithmic bias and explainability in machine learning applications. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Ozlem Ozmen Garibay |
| Lab/Group Name: | Human Centered AI Research Lab (Human-CAIR Lab) |
| Keywords: | Fairness in AI, Explainable AI, Responsible AI |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus, Other |
Cyber Security and Privacy (Position Ref No.: oga-mwopeqw-23)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Computer Science |
|---|---|
| Description: | Conduct research in the area of cybersecurity and privacy, especially on networking and communication security and privacy. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Cliff Zou |
| Lab/Group Name: | Data Systems Group |
| Keywords: | Cybersecurity, Privacy, Networking, Performance evaluation |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Inferring and Securing Software Configuration (Position Ref No.: oga-vwerat-23)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant,
Researcher
| Department: | Computer Science |
|---|---|
| Description: | Compounding the problem, a complete computing system may combine hundreds or thousands of software packages whose configuration settings interact unexpectedly. The goal of this project is to automate the creation of valid configurations that are reliable and secure. As the world increasingly depends on smart infrastructure and Internet-of-Things devices to enhance lives, this research will benefit society by improving the reliability and security of the configurable software used in these computing devices. |
| Level: | PhD, Undergrad |
| Advisor: | Paul Gazzillo |
| Lab/Group Name: | APPLeSEEd Lab, Cyber Security and Privacy Cluster |
| Keywords: | configuration, misconfiguration, security, automated reasoning, software engineering |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Corporate Entity Tracking Automation (Position Ref No.: oga-wepser-23)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant,
Researcher
| Department: | Computer Science |
|---|---|
| Description: | This project will develop statistical inference and automated reasoning techniques that provide the foundations for automatically analyzing large sets of corporate and individual entity metadata on a large scale. Using real-world datasets drawn from public and proprietary data, we will evaluate our techniques for several applications, e.g., investigating foreign ownership in US industries via shell corporations, and tracking government subcontractor relationships for foreign influence. |
| Level: | PhD, Undergrad |
| Advisor: | Paul Gazzillo |
| Lab/Group Name: | APPLeSEEd Lab, Cyber Security and Privacy Cluster |
| Keywords: | automated reasoning, data analysis, corporate tracking |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
"Toward Efficient, Adaptive and Robust Deep Learning"(Position Ref No.: oga-947857fffgh-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Computer Science |
|---|---|
| Description: | Students will delve into diverse research areas including deep learning for computer vision, multi-modal learning, foundation models, generative models (AIGC), resource-efficient deep learning for edge computing, federated learning, and medical image computing. We are eager to collaborate with researchers at all levels, whether they are MS, PhD, Undergraduate, Postdoc, or Visiting Faculty. |
| Level: | PhD, MS |
| Advisor: | Chen Chen |
| Lab/Group Name: | CRCV Center |
| Keywords: | adaptive, machine learning, algorithms |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Improving Security/Privacy Transparency of Mobile and IoT Systems, and their Supply Chains (Position Ref No.: oga-jfhudh2948-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant,
Researcher
| Department: | Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Using static/dynamic app analysis, fuzz testing and data-driven techniques. Ultimately the work can help consumers and developers better understand the security and privacy practices of devices and applications. |
| Level: | Postdoc, Undergrad |
| Advisor: | Xueqiang Wang |
| Lab/Group Name: | CyberSP |
| Keywords: | software supply chain security and privacy automation |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Modeling and Optimizing for Human Decision-Making, from Air Transportation to Education (Position Ref No.: oga-932938jfusaeh-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant,
Researcher
| Department: | Industrial Engineering and Management Systems |
|---|---|
| Description: | Improving system performance of stochastic dynamic systems using an operations research paradigm. |
| Level: | PhD, MS, Undergrad |
| Advisor: | Adan Vela |
| Lab/Group Name: | Analytics Decision and Control Lab |
| Keywords: | human-in-the-loop control and decision systems |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Smart Bioelectronic systems for Multiplexed Monitoring and Combination Treatment of Infected Chronic Wounds (Position Ref No.: oga-932545asrsaeh-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Materials Science and Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | My lab research focuses on advanced multifunctional and multimodal biomaterials for human/machine interfaces and regenerative medicine, as well as wearable/implantable technologies for theragnostic applications. Looking for MS/PhD students and postdocs. |
| Level: | Postdoc, PhD, MS |
| Advisor: | Ehsan Shirzaei Sani |
| Keywords: | Wearable and implantable devices for personalized medicine, Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Investigation of structural defects in ferroelectrics/semiconductors using TEM (Position Ref No.: oga-389547fjhfs-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Materials Science and Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | This position, fully funded by UCF, offers an opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking research in the investigation of structural defects in ferroelectrics and semiconductors using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). Your primary objective will be to utilize 4D-STEM (Four-Dimensional Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy) techniques to characterize thin films. Your focus will involve investigating the structural and polarization properties of these materials through strain engineering methodologies. Key Responsibilities: Conducting in-depth research utilizing advanced TEM techniques to analyze structural defects in ferroelectric and semiconductor materials. Collecting and analyzing data to draw meaningful conclusions and contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field. Communicating research findings through publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at conferences. Position Details: Duration: 4 years Fully funded position with competitive stipend and benefits package. Qualifications: Master's degree in materials science, physics, or a related field (required) Experience with Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) techniques (preferred) Strong background in crystallography, solid-state physics, and materials characterization techniques |
| Level: | Postdoc, PhD, MS |
| Advisor: | Paria Gharavi |
| Lab/Group Name: | Advanced Novel Materials and Electron Microscopy Research Group (Gharavi Lab) |
| Keywords: | |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
AI-enabled Drug Discovery (Position Ref No.: oga-47854675fjfjsd-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Industrial Engineering and Management Systems |
|---|---|
| Description: | Leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate drug discovery processes, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in identifying new therapeutic compounds. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Niloofar Yousefi |
| Lab/Group Name: | Applied Innovative Artificial Intelligence Research (AI-AIR) Lab |
| Keywords: | |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Luminescent Nanomaterials and Devices for Display, Lighting and Photomedicine (Position Ref No.: oga-yeser664-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Materials Science and Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Quantum dots and metal halide perovskite nanocrystals as the key building blocks for photonics and related applications. |
| Level: | Postdoc, PhD, MS |
| Advisor: | Yajie Dong |
| Lab/Group Name: | Dong Research Group |
| Keywords: | quantum dots, metal halide perovskite nanocrystals, key building blocks for photonics |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus, UCF Research Park |
Energy-Efficient p-bit-Based Stochastic Neuromorphic Architectures (Position Ref No.: oga-uq7281ik-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Developing an energy-efficient, biologically inspired long-term memory to short-term memory architecture to mimic biological STM and LTM synaptic connections and timing dependencies of the stimuli, via volatile and nonvolatile hybrid spin-CMOS devices. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Ronald DeMara |
| Lab/Group Name: | ARGIS Lab |
| Keywords: | Reconfigurable Computing, Evolvable Hardware, Emerging Devices, MTJ, STEM Education |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Transactional Lock-free Data Structures (Position Ref No.: oga-pozio87-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Computer Science |
|---|---|
| Description: | TLDS provides a framework for developing transactional containers from lock-free ones. It includes five examples of transactional data structures, lock-free and obstruction-free versions of a linked list, and a skip list, and a lock-free hash map. We are currently working on supporting transactional data structures for non-linked containers and also transactions that are executed on multiple containers. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Damian Dechev |
| Lab/Group Name: | Algorithmic Research for Essential Asynchronous Computing (AREA 67) Lab |
| Keywords: | Programming Techniques and Tools, Multiprocessor Programming, Concurrent Data Structures |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Interdisciplinary, Multi-Faceted Research to Accelerate the Adoption of Solar Energy Technologies (Position Ref No.: oga-8ooqw7-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Materials Science and Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Development of thin films and nanostructured materials that enhance optical absorption and limit the loss of charge carriers within photovoltaic devices; and characterization techniques that help researchers rapidly diagnose problems and develop solutions. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Kristopher Davis |
| Lab/Group Name: | Davis Research Group |
| Keywords: | Photovoltaics, Semiconductors, Optical Materials, Electronic Materials |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Acausal Modeling and Simulation of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (Position Ref No.: oga-ertsu5344-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | FOWTs are governed by aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, rigid-body dynamics and vibration phenomena. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Tuhin Das |
| Lab/Group Name: | Hybrid Sustainable Energy Systems Lab |
| Keywords: | sustainable energy systems, high temperature fuel cells, energy storage, wind energy, distributed energy systems |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Sustainable Soft Materials and Flexible Electronics (Position Ref No.: oga-lkkhios87-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Materials Science and Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Development and characterization of new diol and diacid monomers to form biodegradable polyesters using step-growth polymerization. |
| Level: | PhD, MS, Undergrad |
| Advisor: | Kaitlyn Crawford |
| Lab/Group Name: | Crawford Lab |
| Keywords: | Chemistry, polymers, materials science, soft materials, new polymers, natural materials, flexible electronics, health sustainability |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Developing Smart Assistive Devices to Improve Dynamic Function for People with Disabilities (Position Ref No.: oga-5778ayuy-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Musculoskeletal modeling can be useful for clinical treatments and developing assistive devices, and novel semi-passive assistive devices which can provide optimal support for people with walking disabilities. |
| Level: | PhD, MS, Undergrad |
| Advisor: | Hwan Choi |
| Lab/Group Name: | REAL Lab |
| Keywords: | Prosthetic devices, Exoskeletal devices, Musculoskeletal analysis, Neural control |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Rock, Paper, Scissors: Creating Low-Cost Devices for Environmental Monitoring and Remediation (Position Ref No.: oga-qiw98au7-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Facile fabrication technologies designed for resource-limited regions where sophisticated lab infrastructure is lacking. Without cleanroom fabrication, methods could produce low-cost pollution monitoring and mitigating devices with nano to microscale features on paper, fabric and plastic substrates. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Hyoung Cho |
| Lab/Group Name: | MEMS Lab |
| Keywords: | MEMS, BioMEMS, microfabrication, nanofabrication, sensors, actuators, microfluidics, biosensors, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, magnetic microactuators, electroplating, lithography, nanoimprinting |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
RF Solutions for 5G and Beyond (Position Ref No.: oga-zoajqa98-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Novel front-end architectures offering unlimited bandwidth, high efficiency and intrinsic linearity that radically outperform the state-of-the-art. Advanced and intelligent configurability is incorporated into these RF frontends for achieving strong resilience to antenna impedance fluctuations, crucial to fully unleash the spectral effectiveness of the prevailing massive MIMO system. |
| Level: | PhD, MS, Undergrad |
| Advisor: | Kenle Chen |
| Lab/Group Name: | INSPIRE Lab |
| Keywords: | IC, Microwave, Electromagnetics, and Wireless Communications |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Structural Health Monitoring of Infrastructure: Permanent-Continuous vs Mobile-Intermittent (Position Ref No.: oga-182hauiw-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Research in structural health monitoring and non-destructive evaluation used with novel technologies. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Fikret Necati Catbas |
| Lab/Group Name: | CITRS |
| Keywords: | structural engineering; structural identification; structural health monitoring; dynamics; bridge engineering; field testing |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Doing More with Less Data (Position Ref No.: oga-pq0868q-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Computer Science |
|---|---|
| Description: | Reduce the amount of data needed to accomplish computer vision or robotics tasks. Until now, deep learning successes have been obtained with gigantic data sets encompassing the entire internet, but there are limits to available data. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Ladislau Boloni |
| Lab/Group Name: | AI Things Lab |
| Keywords: | Robotics, AI, Social behavior modeling, Networking and distributed systems. |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
The Fluid Dynamics of Natural Flyers and Swimmers (Position Ref No.: oga-woquq80-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Use of advanced optical measurement systems to investigate fluid mechanics of natural flyers and swimmers across different length scales. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Samik Bhattacharya |
| Lab/Group Name: | Experimental Fluid Mechanics Lab |
| Keywords: | Experimental fluid mechanics Aerodynamics Flow control Unsteady fluid mechanics Fluid-structure interactions |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Assistive Robotics: Challenges and Opportunities (Position Ref No.: oga-qoiqw8q-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Work to advance the technology inside assistive robotic devices, such as advanced sensing/actuation, machine learning, parallel processing, that enable human-robot interaction. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Aman Behal |
| Lab/Group Name: | Computational Neuronal Networks lab |
| Keywords: | assistive robotic devices, advanced sensing/actuation, machine learning, parallel processing |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Integration and Testing of Battery Storage System for Exelon Utilities (Position Ref No.: oga-91iows8-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Overviews the new battery system to be designed, integrated and tested in collaboration with A.F. Mensah, Inc. The project is also supported by FL High Tech Corridor, and will be built at the Florida Solar Energy Center. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Issa Batarseh |
| Lab/Group Name: | ARGIS Lab |
| Keywords: | lithium ion battery, testing and integration |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Mechanics of Biological Materials Including Soft Tissues and Viruses (Position Ref No.: oga-jio8ft-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | He discusses his work exploring hyper-elastic properties of soft tissue and synthesis tissue for determining the best surgical choice. Next he describes his efforts to discover mechanical properties of proteins, with a special focus on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Nonlinear elasticity, resonant frequencies, and fracture of spike protein and viral shell have been studied. This research may lead to a mechanical method to kill certain infectious viruses, for example, using ultrasound. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Yuanli Bai |
| Lab/Group Name: | LSSM Lab |
| Keywords: | |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Scalable and Robust Approaches to Learning, Acquisition and Decision-Making (Position Ref No.: oga-54cuur-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | My research is primarily focused on four main thrusts in information sciences: big data analytics, sparsity-based learning, controlled sensing and verifiable planning. I seek to understand the fundamental limits of learning, data processing and acquisition, and reliable decision-making, as well as design scalable, robust and provable algorithms to extract knowledge from big data, and verifiable control policies in multi-agent and networked systems. I study the fundamental research questions in the context of numerous applications ranging from machine learning and video analytics, and security of cyberphysical systems, to optical imaging and brain signal processing. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | George Atia |
| Lab/Group Name: | Data Science and Machine Learning Lab |
| Keywords: | |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
High-Speed Flows and Advanced Propulsion, from Hypersonics and Energy to Space Rockets and Exploding Stars (Position Ref No.: oga-pwqna91-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | The PERL is focused on investigating multi-phase turbulent reacting flows, clean combustion strategies, and alternative fuels for the next generation advanced propulsion and combustion energy technologies. The lab’s research objective is concentrated on advancing the scientific research through fundamental physics understanding of turbulent reacting flows, combustion dynamics, pressure gain combustion, supersonic compressible flows, fluid mechanics, flow control, flame-fluidics interactions, vortex dynamics, and hydrodynamic instabilities. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Kareem Ahmed |
| Lab/Group Name: | Propulsion and Energy Research Lab |
| Keywords: | |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Synergizing Data-Driven and Model-Driven Approaches for Complex Socio-Cyber-Physical Systems (Position Ref No.:oga-821oauiwq-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a remote sensing method that uses LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) pulses to accurately measure range (variable distance) information by measuring the time for the reflected light beam to return. It finds its applications in many areas including land and structural surveying, powerline inspections, forestry, farming, mining, and quite intuitively in intelligent transportation systems such as intelligent driver aid systems all the way to fully autonomous driving. Recently, URBANITY Lab started research in the LiDAR perception domain with a goal to improve pedestrian and work-zone safety applications. The research focuses on developing real-time 3D object detection and identification algorithms for point-cloud data received from LiDAR devices to maximize real-world applicability. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Shaurya Agarwal |
| Lab/Group Name: | Urbanity Lab |
| Keywords: | |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Thin-Film Piezoelectric Microsystems: Enabling the Smart Future (Position Ref No.: oga-01nsioaw-24)
Position Type:
Researcher
| Department: | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | We utilize the interaction between the mechanical (phonons) and electrical (electrons) domains in the micro scale to create efficient RF components based on the acoustoelectric (AE) phenomena. Taking advantage of high electromechanical coupling piezoelectric-semiconductor thin films we aim to revitalize the historically sought-after AE devices for applications in telecommunication and signal processing. By injecting ultrasonic electrons and exciting Lamb waves in such heterostructures, the acoustic wave, i.e. signal, is modulated by the injected electrons and fascinating features such as ~passive gain and non-reciprocity are attained. We have shown promising results in lithium niobate-on-silicon platform with AE gains above 20 dB and non-reciprocal contrasts of above 30 dB. This would facilitate the realization of the upcoming generations of telecommunications, stay tuned for more groundbreaking demonstrations. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Reza Abdolvand |
| Lab/Group Name: | Dynamic Microsystems Lab |
| Keywords: | acoustoelectric, piezoelectric-semiconductor |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |
Shock tube investigation of reaction kinetics in hypersonic environments (Position Ref No.: oga-wopq2za-24)
Position Type:
Graduate Research Assistant
| Department: | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
|---|---|
| Description: | Supervise graduate students, lead relevant laboratory experiments, and writing for publications and grant proposals. |
| Level: | PhD |
| Advisor: | Farhan Arafin |
| Lab/Group Name: | N/A |
| Keywords: | Combustion, shock tube, hypersonic, laser diagnostics, chemical kinetics. |
| Location(s): | UCF Main Campus |