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UCF IST’s Shawn Burke Recognized as SIOP Fellow for Advancing Team Effectiveness Research

Published On: April 3, 2026

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UCF to Compete in the International Collegiate Programming Contest’s 2026 World Finals After Top 5 Finish

Published On: March 25, 2026

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IEEE 2026 Awardee Carolina Cruz-Neira: Turning a “Plan B” Into a Global Legacy

Published On: March 24, 2026

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IEEE 2026 Awardee Gregory Welch: Strengthening the VR Research Community Through Leadership and Service

Published On: March 24, 2026

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2 UCF Faculty Earn Prestigious IEEE Recognitions in Virtual Reality

Published On: March 24, 2026

Soheil Sabri delivers AI-powered disaster assessment lectures at UCF’s seven-day Advanced Study Institute

Published On: December 8, 2025

Carolina Cruz-Neira opens UCF’s AI for disaster management Advanced Study Institute with keynote on emergency preparedness

Published On: December 8, 2025

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UCF to Showcase 12+ Projects at I/ITSEC 2025, Dec 1-4

Published On: November 26, 2025

UCF IST’s Steve Fiore explores human-AI collaboration at HFES International Annual Meeting

Published On: November 10, 2025

UCF research team earns second place in national threat detection competition

Published On: October 15, 2025

Cruz-Neira Featured on Team Orlando Podcast

Published On: August 28, 2025

Jentsch Named FAA Subject Matter Expert

Published On: August 20, 2025

Fiore to Receive Rod Rose Award for Research Article Excellence

Published On: August 20, 2025

TRACE Lab GRA to Attempt to Row Across the Atlantic

Published On: August 12, 2025

IST Human and Team Performance Research Highlighted at Rotterdam Conference

Published On: August 6, 2025

Metcalf Co-authors New Book “AI Frameworks Enabled by Blockchain”

Published On: August 4, 2025

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