ReliaQuest gifts USF $1.5 million for AI, cybersecurity education
TAMPA — The University of South Florida has announced that a $1.5 million investment from ReliaQuest that will benefit students in the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing. The gift expands AI cybersecurity programming, establishes the new college’s first-ever endowed professorship and creates a study track within the ReliaQuest Labs program focused on AI-supported software engineering.
The gift will establish the ReliaQuest AI and Cybersecurity Professorship and expand the ReliaQuest Labs experiential learning program.
“Cybersecurity is the greatest technical challenge of our generation, and with AI reshaping the threat landscape, it’s only getting more complex. That just creates even more opportunity for talented individuals to enter this industry,” said ReliaQuest founder and CEO Brian Murphy. “Our partnership with USF has always been about making sure students graduate ready to seize that opportunity, and this investment helps do that on a broader scale.”
Of the total, $1 million will endow the named professorship, enabling the college to attract and retain world-class faculty who will continue to elevate teaching, advance research and drive the future of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity education.
The remaining $500,000 will support the continuation of the already successful ReliaQuest Labs program and enhance hands-on learning opportunities for students. It will also add a second track in software engineering to the existing cybersecurity operations focus.