Stories of Innovation, Discovery Highlight UCF Research Top 10 News List of 2023 The annual top 10 research news list is based on UCF Today page views and coverage UCF research received by global, national, state and local media.
UCF Receives 3 Minority Serving Institution Awards to Promote Collaborations with NASA The funding is designed to foster long-term partnerships between NASA and MSIs and to give eligible research projects the chance to pursue larger grants in the future.
UCF Researchers Are Advancing AI-assisted Drug Discovery The research findings are important since developing life-saving medicines can take billions of dollars and decades of time.
UCF Alums Working on Artemis 2: Why the Space Program is Personal to Us Meet three UCF alums helping to send Artemis 2 astronauts on a round-trip mission to the moon.
Researchers Identify 6 Challenges Humans Face with Artificial Intelligence A UCF professor led a study that identifies six challenges humans must overcome to enhance our relationship with artificial intelligence and to ensure its use is ethical and fair.
AI-based Screening Method Could Boost Speed of New Drug Discovery Using a technique that models drug and target protein interactions using natural language, researchers achieved up to 97% accuracy in identifying promising drug candidates.
VIDEO: A Day in the Life of a Lockheed Martin CWEP Intern Industrial engineering Ph.D. student Christopher Hernandez shares what it’s like interning with the global security and aerospace company.
Study Shows Personalized Fonts Speed Up Reading, Maintain Comprehension Researchers found that changing the font to one better suited to an individual resulted in a 35% increase in reading speed while maintaining comprehension.
UCF’s Virtual Readability Lab Will Present COVID-19 Forecasting Research at International Conference Implications of this work include a better understanding of opportunities and appropriate tools for short-term prediction of future trends when variability is high, as well as replacement strategies for datasets with missing values.
$75K Contribution from Duke Energy Florida Helps Build Future Leaders of Engineering and Computer Science The funds will be used towards priority areas in UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, such as the Engineering Leadership and Innovation Institute (eli2) and Senior Design Boot Camps.