Swarup Bhunia, Ph.D.
Semmoto Endowed Professor of IoT and Director of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
2024 Awardee
Swarup Bhunia is a world leader in IoT and smart/connected systems. He specializes in hardware and systems security, food and medicine safety, adaptive and energy-efficient computing, and wearable and implantable systems.
Bhunia, the Semmoto Endowed Professor for the Internet of Things (IoT) in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, received his Ph.D. at Purdue University in 2005. After many years at Case Western Reserve University, Bhunia joined UF in 2015. He took the helm as the founding director of the Nelms Institute in 2019.
Bhunia’s research over the past decade has helped advance the field of secure and trustworthy electronics through seminal contributions in two areas: the analysis and modeling of trust, and low-cost solutions. He has played a defining role in the inception and shaping of this field, pioneering the use of machine learning techniques for hardware assurance — a critical concern faced by the semiconductor industry. His research catalyzed successful technology transfer to the aerospace sector; led to the formation of a government research and development program; and has influenced new legislation on the security of printed circuit boards.
“I believe IoT technology and its convergence with artificial intelligence will transform all spheres of our life including agriculture, climate, transportation, energy and education,” Bhunia says.
He was recently elevated to the rank of Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. In doing so, the group cited his contributions to the design of secure and trustworthy microelectronic systems. Bhunia earned an Invention of the Year Award from UF Innovate in 2022 for his novel system for on-the-go, wireless recharging of electric vehicle batteries.
