{"id":503,"date":"2020-08-20T15:07:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dforte.ece.ufl.edu\/?page_id=503"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:28:36","slug":"honors-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/dforte\/honors-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Honors & Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My Honors and Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Distinguished Speaker of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), April 2025 to March 2028<\/td><\/tr>
A. James Clark School of Engineering Early Career Distinguished Alumni (ECDA) Society, 2024<\/td><\/tr>
2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), nominated by Department of Defense, 2019<\/td><\/tr>
Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (ECASE-Army) by Army Research Office, 2019<\/td><\/tr>
NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award, 2017<\/td><\/tr>
Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Award, 2016<\/td><\/tr>
Schloss Dagstuhl – NSF Support Grant for Junior Researchers, 2016<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Internal Faculty Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
ECE Faculty of the Year (Student Choice), University of Florida, 2025-2026<\/td><\/tr>
Excellence in Research Award, University of Florida ECE Department, 2023<\/td><\/tr>
HWCOE Doctoral Dissertation Advisor\/Mentoring Award (2021-2022), 2021<\/td><\/tr>
Steven A. Yatauro Faculty Fellow, 2021<\/td><\/tr>
Pramod P. Khargonekar Junior Faculty Award for Excellence, 2019<\/td><\/tr>
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Florida ECE Graduate Student Organization, 2019<\/td><\/tr>
Provost Awards UF Term Professorship 2019<\/td><\/tr>
UF Provost’s Excellence Award for Assistant Professors, 2018<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other Research Honors and Distinctions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
World\u2019s Top 2% Scientists, 2020 \u2013 2024<\/td><\/tr>
#43 in “Reverse Engineering” Specialty, 2024 ScholarGPS Top Scholar – Lifetime<\/td><\/tr>
#231 in \u201cIntegrated Circuit\u201d Specialty, 2024 ScholarGPS Top Scholar \u2013 Lifetime<\/td><\/tr>
#65 in \u201cIntegrated Circuit\u201d Specialty, 2024 ScholarGPS Top Scholar \u2013 Prior Five Years<\/td><\/tr>
#128 in \u201cLogic\u201d Specialty, 2024 ScholarGPS Top Scholar \u2013 Prior Five Years<\/td><\/tr>
#2,475 in \u201cElectrical and Computer Engineering\u201d Specialty, 2024 ScholarGPS Top Scholar \u2013 Prior Five Years<\/td><\/tr>
#9,308 in \u201cEngineering and Computer Science\u201d Specialty, 2024 ScholarGPS Top Scholar \u2013 Prior Five Years<\/td><\/tr>
#24,110 in “Overall (All Fields)” Specialty, 2024 ScholarGPS Top Scholar — Prior Five Years<\/td><\/tr>
#1 in \u201cReverse Engineering\u201d Specialty, 2022 ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar \u2013 Prior Five Years<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Best Paper Awards and Nominations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
International Conference on Information Technology – New Generations (ITNG) Best Student Paper Award, 2025<\/td><\/tr>
EDFAS Virtual Workshop (ISTFA 2020) Outstanding Paper Award, 2021<\/td><\/tr>
ACM TODAES Best Paper Award, 2018<\/td><\/tr>
International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis (ISTFA) 2017 Outstanding Paper Award, 2018<\/td><\/tr>
International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB) Best Student Paper Award, 2017<\/td><\/tr>
ACM Computing Reviews Notable Computing Books and Articles 2016, Hardware Category<\/b><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) Best Paper Award, 2016<\/td><\/tr>
IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) Best Paper Nomination (x2), 2016<\/td><\/tr>
IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) Best Paper Award, 2015<\/td><\/tr>
Design Automation Conference (DAC) Best Paper Nomination, 2012<\/td><\/tr>
NASA\/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS) Best Student Paper Award, 2011<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

External Service Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Springer Nature Editor of Distinction `Author Service’ Award, May 2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Graduate School Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, 2013<\/td><\/tr>
Northrop Grumman Fellowship, 2012-2013 (Awarded to a top student in ECE)<\/td><\/tr>
TA Teaching and Development (TATD) Fellow, University of Maryland, 2010-2011, 2011-2012<\/td><\/tr>
George Corcoran Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Maryland, 2008 (Presented to two ECE graduate teaching assistants in 2008)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Co-recipient of medal for Electrical Engineering, Manhattan College, 2006 (Awarded at graduation to top two EE students in 2006)<\/td><\/tr>
Next in Merit: Draddy Medal for General Excellence in Engineering, 2006<\/td><\/tr>
Society of Military Engineers (SAME) Scholarship, 2005<\/td><\/tr>
Manhattan College Presidential Scholarship, 2002<\/td><\/tr>
NY State Academic Excellence Scholarship, 2002<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Awards Received by Student Advisees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fellowships & Scholarships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
David Koblah<\/td>Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship, 2022<\/td><\/tr>
Ulbert (Joey) Botero<\/td>NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), 2018<\/td><\/tr>
Sreeja Chowdury<\/td>ISC2<\/sup> Graduate Cybersecurity Scholarship, 2018<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ana Covic<\/td>Received the ECE Graduate Student Excellence in Service Award, 2021<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mentee Best Paper, Demo, & Poster Competition Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Uthra Madhavan<\/td>Received Outstanding Gator Engineering M.S. Student Award, 2026<\/td><\/tr>
Uthra Madhavan<\/td>Received UFIC International Student Achievement Award, 2026<\/td><\/tr>
Matheus Kunzler Maldaner, James Woelke, and Stephen Wormald<\/td>Awarded 1st Place at UF AI Days\u2019 “Gator Hack”, 2025<\/td><\/tr>
Landon Amaba<\/td>Awarded 2nd Place in presentation competition at IEEE SoutheastCon, 2025<\/td><\/tr>
Carson Sobolewski<\/td>Awarded ECE Undergraduate Student Research Excellence Award, 2024<\/td><\/tr>
Pallabi Ghosh<\/td>Received IJCB 2023 Doctoral Consortium Travel Scholarship, 2023<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Tasnuva Farheen<\/td>Awarded Annette Cornwell Bauer Scholarship to attend Inspiring Women Leaders <\/span>Conference, 2022<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Tasnuva Farheen<\/td>Awarded honorable mention in poster competition at the Fifth Workshop for Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE), 2022<\/td><\/tr>
Rabin Acharya<\/td>Received Best Poster Award in “AI Architectures and Algorithms” track at IBM-IEEE AI Compute Symposium (AICS), 2021<\/td><\/tr>
Ulbert (Joey) Botero<\/td>Received Outstanding Paper Award from EDFAS Virtual Workshop, 2020<\/td><\/tr>
Sumaiya (Jyoti) Shomaji<\/td>Awarded first place for poster in “IoT Technology” category at the Warren B. Nelms Annual IoT Conference, 2019<\/td><\/tr>
Sumaiya (Jyoti) Shomaji<\/td>Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Finalist and People’s Choice Award Winner at the University of Florida, 2019<\/td><\/tr>
Sumaiya (Jyoti) Shomaji<\/td>Received best oral presentation award at UF Diversity Graduate Research Symposium, 2019<\/td><\/tr>
Sreeja Chowdury<\/td>Awarded first place in poster competition at the Third Workshop for Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE), 2019<\/td><\/tr>
Sumaiya (Jyoti) Shomaji<\/td>Awarded honorable mention in poster competition at the Third Workshop for Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE), 2019<\/td><\/tr>
Ulbert (Joey) Botero<\/td>Awarded best poster in “Hardware Verification and Authentication” category at FICS Research Annual Conference on Cybersecurity, 2019<\/td><\/tr>
Mahbub Alam<\/td>Awarded best poster in “Physical Attacks and Countermeasures” category at FICS Research Annual Conference on Cybersecurity, 2019<\/td><\/tr>
Sreeja Chowdury<\/td>Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Finalist at the University of Florida, 2018<\/td><\/tr>
Sreeja Chowdury<\/td>Awarded second place in poster competition at the Second Workshop for Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE), 2018<\/td><\/tr>
Ulbert (Joey) Botero<\/td>Awarded best poster at FICS Research Annual Conference on Cybersecurity 2018<\/td><\/tr>
Nima Karimian<\/td>Awarded best student paper at International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB) 2017<\/td><\/tr>
Zimu Guo<\/td>Awarded best demo at FICS Research Annual Conference on Cybersecurity 2017<\/td><\/tr>
Sreeja Chowdury<\/td>Awarded best hardware primitive poster at FICS Research Annual Conference on Cybersecurity 2017<\/td><\/tr>
Zimu Guo and Nima Karimian<\/td>Awarded best hardware security poster at FICS Research Annual Conference on Cybersecurity 2016<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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