SCIS News
FIU Student Wins Innovation Award at Miami's Got Tech 2013
Frank Hernandez, an SCIS CS PhD student won the $500 Student Innovation Award at the Miami Chamber Event held on Feb. 28th for his app: MTG Doctor. For more information read this Miami Herald post.
IT Industry Cluster Analytics Group Call for Participation
Florida International University and the Haas Center at UWF will host a meeting on March 29th with key communications, software, and modeling, simulation, and training (MST) companies to discuss Florida workforce needs. Learn more and RSVP.
Strong IT industry ties help land jobs for FIU grads, $3.75 million for university
FIU’s strong relationships with the IT industry have helped the university secure $3.75 million in additional funding from the SUS – recognition of its success in computer science and information technology education.
Professor Mark Allen Weiss named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Mark Allen Weiss, professor and associate director of Florida International University’s School of Computing & Information Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
Miami Herald: App Economy Potential Sizzles
Article features FIU Computer Science students developing iOS apps in class COP4655, as senior projects and in the AppDojo community.
Over 250 Alumni and Students attend SCIS 25th Anniversary featuring Distinguished speakers.
On Nov. 9th and 10th FIU SCIS celebrated it's 25th anniversary with a spectacular symposium and open house. For information about the event and visit the Event website for program materials.
The Ideal Storm Tracker
The Storm Surge Simulator uses real-time data feeds to help south Florida residents identify public alerts and active shelters. It is a simple way for residents to compare severe storm surges with objects they can relate to.
Cloud VPS Support FIU on VISA
Dr. Ming Zhao heads the Laboratory for Virtualized Infrastructure, Systems and Applications(VISA). With the help of Cloud VPS the group and him will expand the project for cloud deployments.
Big No No to RoboCop
SourceFed’s Joe Bereta and Lee Newton attempt to describe Discovery Lab’s Man-Machine cob without using the reference RoboCop. How good are they they? Truly…
New Mind Set, New Era
FIU faculty, students and alumni are helping the Miami tech community flourish. Bringing a new approach to the way companies, startup, investors and mentors get involved.
Discovery Lab Impacting the Work Force
Students at FIU engineering department help bring military and police officer vets to the labor force once more. Helping them continue to do what they love without any barriers.
One Step Closer to the Perfect Military Officer.
Lieutenant Commander Jeremy Robins, US Navy Reserves helps FIU’s Discovery Lab decipher the recipe for a robot to do everything a human cop could do.
FIU’s “Hybrid Man-Machine Cops”
FIU’s Discovery Lab and U.S. navy reserves join by bringing to life robots that will patrol the cities. Being remote controlled by veterans, and changing the way they recover.
FIU Students Win First Runners-up at Hack The Bass
First runners-ups were FIU AppDojo students Daniela Cadena(business and Jose Miguel Infante(Computing and Information Sciences) were among sixty participants at the event.
Discovery Lab Telebots Could Help Disabled Officers, Veterans
“With telebots, a disabled police officer will be capable of performing many, if not most, of the functions of a normal patrol officer." Read world wide media coverage
FIU Student Startup using KickStarter to bootstrap game development
Oneironaut Games, the student founded company is being incubated in the Game Developers Guild hosted at the Collaborative Open Innovation Lab in the FIU Engineering Center.
SCIS Student awarded Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Mr. Mario Consuegra, our Ph.D student was awarded the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship starting from this Fall 2012 for research in the area of "Green Computing". Congratulations also to Professor Giri Narasimhan, Mr. Consuegra's advisor.
FIU Alumni and Students win at Miami AT&T Mobile App Hackathon
1st Place: "Social Ball Handling" by Unboxed Labs: Alina Balean, Jason Clary, Raul F. Hernandez, Ricardo Vasquez, Leo Correa and Jesse Domack. "Best use of Sphero SDK": Game Developers Guild by Lazaro Herrera, Frank Hernandez, and Rene Alfonso. Congrats also to all the FIU participants!
Cloud Computing Research Impact
In collaboration with CloudVPS, a leading European cloud provider, Dr. Ming Zhao's VISA research lab's project "dm-cache", a new caching-methodology that works from within the Linux-kernel,now deployed at CloudVPS to provide scalable virtual machine storage. Free Linux VMs are offered to users who are interested in participating the beta test!
State Farm’s Lending Hand
Discovery Lab received $50,000 from State Farm to expand their business and technology education programs. Helping the university impact the community with their innovations.
Naphtali Rishe Impacts Miami Real Estate
Director of FIU’s High Performance Database Research, says “this is bread and butter for reasearchers like me.” Rishe distinguishes himself by attacking the way people search for sales trends.
Two FIU Professors Recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery
The ACM names Mark A. Weiss and Shu-Ching Chen two of the most distinguished members worldwide. For their innovation and economic competitiveness in the computing world.
Storm Surge Simulator for the common John Doe
Miami-Dade County and FIU join to bring valuable and simple information for residents. Helping civilians understand the severity of storms and easily imagine the potential dangers.
Information Security Workshop at the University of Oxford
Associate Professor Geoffrey Smith, passionate about computer security gives talk on “Min-Entropy as a Resource.” Participating with different researchers from all over the world.
FIU Brings Hurricane Safety, Just a Click Away
Residents can now search for storm surges via web, thanks to students here at FIU. They have made it easy to pinpoint storm locations and levels.
FIU Helps Storm Surge Preparation, Not Restoration
Using Google Maps students and faculty at FIU have made it possible for residents in Miami-Dade county to prepare before a storm surge occurs. Helping people feel safe, secured and prepared for anything that comes their way.
Making Hurricane Season Run Smoother
Florida Keys don’t have to suffer from unnecessary evacuations any longer. FIU’s advancement in technology is helping save time and costs. Allowing the Keys to be better prepared for actual hurricane alerts that require their residents and tourist to evacuate the islands.
Que Tan Grave es una Inundacion?
Gracias a FIU y el condado de Miami-Dade, residents aqui en el sur de la Flordia van a tener acceso a una erramienta por internet, que les dira la magnitude de inundaciones en sus areas. Haciendolo facil y amigable para el publico obtener informacion.
Storm Surge Simulator Brings Realistic Threats
Residents of South Florida can now visit a website to educate them on the true threats they are vulnerable in case of a hurricane. FIU and the Miami-Dade county are helping run the hurricane season much smoother.
The S.S.S.
The Storm Surge Simulatorn a simple hurricane severity ranking system. Created by FIU students with the help of the county, this simulator will be helping over half a million residents with evacuation precautions and decisions.
Emergency Management Storm Surge Simulator
Miami-Dade county’s 800 sq. miles prone to evacuation, will no longer have to fear. Thanks to FIU’s simulator, resident’s will have the option to look for themselves the dangers of the hurricane on the county’s website.
No More Unnecessary Evacuations
Miami-Dade residents will now have a tool to inform them of the threat of a storm surge. All by the click of a button, residents can visit the county’s website and receive information regarding how hurricanes will impact their location.
FIU Student Wins Innovation Award at Miami's Got Tech 2013
Frank Hernandez, an SCIS CS PhD student won the $500 Student Innovation Award at the Miami Chamber Event held on Feb. 28th for his app: MTG Doctor. For more information read this Miami Herald post.
IT Industry Cluster Analytics Group Call for Participation
Florida International University and the Haas Center at UWF will host a meeting on March 29th with key communications, software, and modeling, simulation, and training (MST) companies to discuss Florida workforce needs. Learn more and RSVP.
Strong IT industry ties help land jobs for FIU grads, $3.75 million for university
FIU’s strong relationships with the IT industry have helped the university secure $3.75 million in additional funding from the SUS – recognition of its success in computer science and information technology education.
Professor Mark Allen Weiss named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Mark Allen Weiss, professor and associate director of Florida International University’s School of Computing & Information Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
Miami Herald: App Economy Potential Sizzles
Article features FIU Computer Science students developing iOS apps in class COP4655, as senior projects and in the AppDojo community.
Over 250 Alumni and Students attend SCIS 25th Anniversary featuring Distinguished speakers.
On Nov. 9th and 10th FIU SCIS celebrated it's 25th anniversary with a spectacular symposium and open house. For information about the event and visit the Event website for program materials.
FIU Students Win First Runners-up at Hack The Bass
First runners-ups were FIU AppDojo students Daniela Cadena(business and Jose Miguel Infante(Computing and Information Sciences) were among sixty participants at the event.
FIU Student Startup using KickStarter to bootstrap game development
Oneironaut Games, the student founded company is being incubated in the Game Developers Guild hosted at the Collaborative Open Innovation Lab in the FIU Engineering Center.
SCIS Student awarded Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Mr. Mario Consuegra, our Ph.D student was awarded the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship starting from this Fall 2012 for research in the area of "Green Computing". Congratulations also to Professor Giri Narasimhan, Mr. Consuegra's advisor.
FIU Alumni and Students win at Miami AT&T Mobile App Hackathon
1st Place: "Social Ball Handling" by Unboxed Labs: Alina Balean, Jason Clary, Raul F. Hernandez, Ricardo Vasquez, Leo Correa and Jesse Domack. "Best use of Sphero SDK": Game Developers Guild by Lazaro Herrera, Frank Hernandez, and Rene Alfonso. Congrats also to all the FIU participants!
State Farm’s Lending Hand
Discovery Lab received $50,000 from State Farm to expand their business and technology education programs. Helping the university impact the community with their innovations.
Two FIU Professors Recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery
The ACM names Mark A. Weiss and Shu-Ching Chen two of the most distinguished members worldwide. For their innovation and economic competitiveness in the computing world.
Information Security Workshop at the University of Oxford
Associate Professor Geoffrey Smith, passionate about computer security gives talk on “Min-Entropy as a Resource.” Participating with different researchers from all over the world.
The Ideal Storm Tracker
The Storm Surge Simulator uses real-time data feeds to help south Florida residents identify public alerts and active shelters. It is a simple way for residents to compare severe storm surges with objects they can relate to.
New Mind Set, New Era
FIU faculty, students and alumni are helping the Miami tech community flourish. Bringing a new approach to the way companies, startup, investors and mentors get involved.
Discovery Lab Telebots Could Help Disabled Officers, Veterans
“With telebots, a disabled police officer will be capable of performing many, if not most, of the functions of a normal patrol officer." Read world wide media coverage
Naphtali Rishe Impacts Miami Real Estate
Director of FIU’s High Performance Database Research, says “this is bread and butter for reasearchers like me.” Rishe distinguishes himself by attacking the way people search for sales trends.
Storm Surge Simulator for the common John Doe
Miami-Dade County and FIU join to bring valuable and simple information for residents. Helping civilians understand the severity of storms and easily imagine the potential dangers.
FIU Brings Hurricane Safety, Just a Click Away
Residents can now search for storm surges via web, thanks to students here at FIU. They have made it easy to pinpoint storm locations and levels.
FIU Helps Storm Surge Preparation, Not Restoration
Using Google Maps students and faculty at FIU have made it possible for residents in Miami-Dade county to prepare before a storm surge occurs. Helping people feel safe, secured and prepared for anything that comes their way.
Making Hurricane Season Run Smoother
Florida Keys don’t have to suffer from unnecessary evacuations any longer. FIU’s advancement in technology is helping save time and costs. Allowing the Keys to be better prepared for actual hurricane alerts that require their residents and tourist to evacuate the islands.
Que Tan Grave es una Inundacion?
Gracias a FIU y el condado de Miami-Dade, residents aqui en el sur de la Flordia van a tener acceso a una erramienta por internet, que les dira la magnitude de inundaciones en sus areas. Haciendolo facil y amigable para el publico obtener informacion.
Storm Surge Simulator Brings Realistic Threats
Residents of South Florida can now visit a website to educate them on the true threats they are vulnerable in case of a hurricane. FIU and the Miami-Dade county are helping run the hurricane season much smoother.
The S.S.S.
The Storm Surge Simulatorn a simple hurricane severity ranking system. Created by FIU students with the help of the county, this simulator will be helping over half a million residents with evacuation precautions and decisions.
Emergency Management Storm Surge Simulator
Miami-Dade county’s 800 sq. miles prone to evacuation, will no longer have to fear. Thanks to FIU’s simulator, resident’s will have the option to look for themselves the dangers of the hurricane on the county’s website.
No More Unnecessary Evacuations
Miami-Dade residents will now have a tool to inform them of the threat of a storm surge. All by the click of a button, residents can visit the county’s website and receive information regarding how hurricanes will impact their location.
Cloud VPS Support FIU on VISA
Dr. Ming Zhao heads the Laboratory for Virtualized Infrastructure, Systems and Applications(VISA). With the help of Cloud VPS the group and him will expand the project for cloud deployments.
Big No No to RoboCop
SourceFed’s Joe Bereta and Lee Newton attempt to describe Discovery Lab’s Man-Machine cob without using the reference RoboCop. How good are they they? Truly…
Discovery Lab Impacting the Work Force
Students at FIU engineering department help bring military and police officer vets to the labor force once more. Helping them continue to do what they love without any barriers.
One Step Closer to the Perfect Military Officer.
Lieutenant Commander Jeremy Robins, US Navy Reserves helps FIU’s Discovery Lab decipher the recipe for a robot to do everything a human cop could do.
FIU’s “Hybrid Man-Machine Cops”
FIU’s Discovery Lab and U.S. navy reserves join by bringing to life robots that will patrol the cities. Being remote controlled by veterans, and changing the way they recover.
Cloud Computing Research Impact
In collaboration with CloudVPS, a leading European cloud provider, Dr. Ming Zhao's VISA research lab's project "dm-cache", a new caching-methodology that works from within the Linux-kernel,now deployed at CloudVPS to provide scalable virtual machine storage. Free Linux VMs are offered to users who are interested in participating the beta test!
