{"id":1501,"date":"2022-10-28T17:25:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T17:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartsystems.ece.ufl.edu\/?page_id=1501"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:27:53","slug":"abigail-n-butka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/smartsystems\/people\/abigail-n-butka\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Abigail N. Butka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am currently a Ph.D. Student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Florida, under the supervision of Dr. Bobda. At my prior university, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, I earned my Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Engineering and a Master\u2019s degree in Electrical engineering. My current research focuses on developing metrics to evaluate the security of Systems-on-Chip and their adherence to the requirements of Zero-Trust Architectures, a new security paradigm focused on implementing the concept of &#8220;never trust, always verify&#8221; for all system components and users.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2208\" height=\"2208\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/smartsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/685\/2022\/12\/headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1551\" style=\"width:360px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hardware security, Machine learning, Robotics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coursework<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Path Planning and Navigation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reconfigurable Computing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction to Hardware Security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n<table id=\"gsc_a_t\" style=\"width: 76.6305%\">\n<thead>\n<tr id=\"gsc_a_trh\" style=\"height: 38px\">\n<th class=\"gsc_a_t\" style=\"text-align: center;height: 38px;width: 64.6613%\" scope=\"col\">\n<pre><span id=\"gsc_a_ta\" style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Title<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/th>\n<th class=\"gsc_a_c\" dir=\"rtl\" style=\"text-align: center;height: 38px;width: 8.86625%\" scope=\"col\">\n<pre class=\"gs_nph\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Citations<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/th>\n<th class=\"gsc_a_y\" style=\"text-align: center;height: 38px;width: 10.1823%\" scope=\"col\">\n<pre><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span id=\"gsc_a_ha\" class=\"gsc_a_h\">Year<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"gsc_a_tr\" style=\"height: 87px\">\n<td class=\"gsc_a_t\" style=\"height: 87px;width: 64.6613%\">\n<pre><a class=\"gsc_a_at\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?view_op=view_citation&amp;hl=en&amp;user=RP1txFMAAAAJ&amp;sortby=pubdate&amp;citation_for_view=RP1txFMAAAAJ:7PzlFSSx8tAC\">Semantic Validation and Interpretability of Object Detection<\/a>\n\nS Reynolds, <strong>A Butka<\/strong>, B Butka, 2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC), 88-89<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"gsc_a_c\" style=\"height: 87px;width: 8.86625%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td class=\"gsc_a_y\" style=\"height: 87px;width: 10.1823%;text-align: center\">\n<pre><span class=\"gsc_a_h gsc_a_hc gs_ibl\">2023<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p>Visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/dblp.org\/pid\/343\/6061\">dblp<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abigail-butka-a96a10226\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>6200 Malachowsky Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Email:<\/strong><\/span> butkaa@ufl.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography I am currently a Ph.D. Student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Florida, under the supervision of Dr. Bobda. At my prior university, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, I earned my Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Engineering and a Master\u2019s degree in Electrical engineering. 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