Prabhat Mishra, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Prabhat Mishra’s research explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum computing for diverse application domains. His research area can be broadly characterized as the design and verification of secure and trustworthy electronic systems.
His interests include embedded systems, design automation, hardware security, energy-aware computing, formal verification, system-on-chip validation, machine learning and quantum computing.
Mishra received his bachelor’s degree from Jadavpur University, his master’s from Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Irvine, all in computer science. Before joining UF, he worked with Intel, Motorola, Sasken, Synopsys and Texas Instruments.
Mishra currently serves as the program chair of the International Conference on Hardware-Software Codesign and System Synthesis and the IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust. He is a Distinguished Scientist of the Association for Computing Machinery and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has served on editorial boards and organizing/program committees of several leading journals and conferences.
Mishra is a highly regarded teacher among his students. His core courses—embedded systems, computer architecture and computer organization–have been taken by hundreds of students. Over the past five years, he has supervised two postdoctoral researchers, 10 Ph.D. students and 20 undergraduates.
“Dr. Mishra is a prolific researcher who enjoys working with graduate students and other faculty members within computer science and other disciplines,” said department chair Juan E. Gilbert. “He is playing an important leadership role in applications of computer science to cybersecurity, embedded systems, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.”
Mishra’s research has been supported by 25 grants and $15 million in funding from federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, as well as industry leaders like IBM, Edaptive and Synopsys.
He has published nine books, 35 book chapters and 250 research articles in premier international journals and conferences. He holds 30 patents, and his research has been recognized by several awards, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, IBM Faculty Award and three Best Paper Awards. He has also received awards from UF, including the Invention of the Year Award, the Doctoral Dissertation Mentoring Award and the International Educator of the Year Award.