UCF Experts Guide

The University of Central Florida’s experts guide helps news reporters connect with faculty members who are leading experts in topics important to our region, state and nation.

From the race to return humankind to the moon to how advances in engineering and computer science will enhance our quality of life – and from the race to cure deadly diseases to emerging trends in the hospitality industry – UCF experts are available to speak with the media.

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20 results found for “data analytics”

Qun Zhou “Q.Z.” Sun

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Energy , Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
batteries

data analytics

energy

HVAC

infrastructure

solar
Sergio Alvarez

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainabiilty , Travel & Tourism

College(s)

Hospitality Management
Research Keywords
conservation

environment

natural disasters

sustainable tourism

tourism economics and management
Samiul Hasan

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
infrastructure

mobile

mobility

pedestrian

social media

traffic

transportation
Dazhong Wu

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
additive manufacturing

health

intelligent systems

product

reliability engineering

risk management
Zhihua Qu

Pegasus Professor, Thomas J. Riordan and Herbert C. Towle Chair, Founding Director of RISES, Founding Director of FEEDER

Area(s) of Expertise

Energy , Engineering

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
autonomous vehicles

microgrid

network

nonlinear controls

power

robotics

systems
Joshua Colwell

Department Chair & Pegasus Professor, Planetary Scientist

Area(s) of Expertise

Space

College(s)

Sciences
Research Keywords
asteroid

cassini

comet

lunar

microgravity

moon

planet

Saturn

solar system

spacecraft
Wei Sun

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Cyber Defense & National Security , Energy

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
cybersecurity

digital grid

infrastructure

power

renewable energy
Cuneyt Akcora

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Business & Economy , Computer Science

College(s)

Business
Research Keywords
AI

artificial intelligence

blockchain

internet of things

network

technology
Christopher Emrich

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Environment & Sustainability , Technology

College(s)

Community Innovation and Education
Research Keywords
coastal

disaster

emergency management

FEMA

flood

hazard

hurricane

recovery

resilience
Marianna Pensky

Pegasus Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Sciences
Research Keywords
biology

math

population

statistics
Mohamed Abdel-Aty

Trustee Chair, Pegasus Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Transportation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
accident

crash

data analytics

modeling

road

safety

simulation

speed limits

traffic

transportation
Reza Abdolvand

Chair and Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Engineering , Engineering: Energy , Modeling & Simulation , Modeling and Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
biofluid

data processing

digital twin

energy

infrared

mechanical

nanomaterial

nanoscience

semiconductor

sensor
Nazanin Rahnavard

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
big data

machine learning

radio

signal processing

telecommunications

wireless
Ivan Garibay

Associate Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

artificial intelligence

big data

information

misinformation

social media

socio-technical systems
Dexter Hadley

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Medicine

College(s)

Medicine
Research Keywords
big data

digital health

disease

genomic

medicine

pathology

pediatric
Chait Renduchintala

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Travel & Tourism

College(s)

Hospitality Management
Research Keywords
AI

artificial intelligence

community

health

modeling

simulation

tourism

travel
Ozlem Garibay

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Health

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

artificial intelligence

big data

cybersecurity

social media

STEM

systems engineering
Carolina Cruz-Neira

Agere Chair Professor, Director of the VARlab

Area(s) of Expertise

Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AR

augmented reality

computer science

digital twin

interactive visualization

virtual reality

VR
Damla Turgut

Professor and Chair

Area(s) of Expertise

Health , Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

artificial intelligence

augmented reality

data analytics

energy

internet of things

machine learning

medical

robotics

smart cities

smart homes

wireless
Amrit Singh Bedi

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence , Computer Science

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

algorithms

language models

machine learning

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