Professor of cybersecurity
"My ultimate goal is that all of us in these fields can change the future for girls. Tell them they belong, you fit in, you have a place here.”
January 19, 2023 - Sarasota The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of South Florida a highly competitive grant to help prepare cybersecurity students for in-demand, high paying jobs at government and other public sector institutions. The $4,460,826 grant is under the leadership of the Muma College of Business and College of Engineering and
A $3.7 million federal grant and a $1.5 million private donation will help the University of South Florida cement its status as a leader in cybersecurity education and workforce development. A National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, the largest in program history, will establish the Cybersecurity Research and Education for Service in Government (CREST) program. An [...]
Javidi’s research interests cut across several areas including design solutions for secure smart devices, cybersecurity management and analytics, and data analytics applications in business. She directs the Applied Research Collaborative (ARC) lab on the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus where crossdisciplinarity faculty, students and industry partners come together to carry out applied research and on-demand training. Her research has been published in leading computing journals, and she has been awarded a number of prestigious grants from external agencies including NSF, NASA, Google and Microsoft. As a long-time advocate for diversity and inclusion in the technology workforce, she has spearheaded a number of national and international projects in this domain throughout her academic career.