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Math professor helps pioneer automated way to spot threats in large crowds
Engineers at the University of Central Florida are devising a way to use video to detect abnormal behavior in large crowds in an effort to help keep people safe from terrorist attacks. Professor Mubarak Shah heads the team that is using video streams, algorithms and a unique analysis to figure out how crowds behave and […]
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VIDEO: COS Professional Achievement Award Winner
The COS Professional Achievement Award Winner for 2011, Yvette Gordon, is a UCF Math graduate from ’88 and ’93. Learn more about the UCF Math Department and hear Yvette Gordon’s story in the video below.
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Students: Submit your graduate research forum proposals
Graduate Research Forum Proposals are now being accepted. UCF’s Ninth Annual Graduate Research Forum is scheduled for Tuesday, April 3, 2012. The Forum is an opportunity for students to showcase their research and creative projects while receiving valuable feedback. A cash award of $500 is given for best poster in each category and all participants […]
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Students: UCF has scholarships for you
Each year the UCF Alumni Association awards more than $40,000 in scholarships to UCF students demonstrating strong academic ability and significant extracurricular and community involvement. The UCF Alumni Association is pleased to again offer more than a dozen scholarship opportunities. UCF students are encouraged to apply for as many scholarships for which they are eligible. […]
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Math professors win 2011 SIAG/CST Best SICON Paper
UCF Math Professors Mou-Hsiung Chang, Tao Pang and Jiongmin Yong won the 2011 SIAG/CST Best SICON Paper award for their paper titled “Optimal Stopping Problem for Stochastic Differential Equations with Random Coefficients.” You can read the paper here. The paper was published in SICON 48, No. 2 (2009), 941-971. The award committee citation reads, “This paper devises a new […]