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UNSTOPPABLE! FIU Achieves its Highest Ranking Ever in U.S. News 

  • September 25, 2023
  • Accomplishments,In The News,News

FIU continues climbing in the U.S. News and World Report rankings released on Monday, coming in at No. 64 in the nation among public universities. FIU has jumped 64 spots among public universities and 91 spots overall in the past decade. In
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FIU No. 4 best public university, according to Wall Street Journal

  • September 7, 2023
  • Accomplishments,In The News,News

FIU is the No. 29 university in the nation and the fourth-ranked public university, according to the America’s Best Colleges 2024 rankings published today on WSJ.com. The Wall Street Journal also ranks FIU in the top 10 overall, both for
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Dr. S.S. Iyengar elevated with honorary degree in Poland

  • June 14, 2023
  • Accomplishments,Faculty Highlight

Distinguished University Professor Sundararaja Sitharama Iyengar last month received an honorary doctorate of science from Poznan University of Technology in Poland. In a grand ceremony, Iyengar saw his name installed on a list of recipients from past decades and then
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Congratulations to WiCyS at FIU for winning the Student Chapter Leadership Award

  • March 27, 2023
  • Accomplishments,Clubs & organizations

Left to right: Heidys Cabrere, Nava Haim, Analia Camarda, Danay Rumbaut, Zipporah Thomas, Tiana Solis, Lalliet Aberg Cobo, Yessenia Lopez Reyes, Emma Chu WiCyS is committed to bringing outstanding women together to celebrate and grow their passion and drive for
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Congratulations to Prof. Mark Finlayson on receiving an NEH grant

  • January 12, 2023
  • Accomplishments,Faculty Highlight,Grants & Scholarships

A message from KFSCIS Director, Dr. Jason Liu: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has just announced $28.1M for 204 Humanities Projects nationwide. It is a highly competitive program. I’m happy to announce that Mark Finalson is Co-PI of a
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Computer Science program ascending in national and world rankings

  • September 14, 2022
  • Accomplishments

Twelve FIU programs were ranked in the top 50 in their category among public universities in the U.S., according to the 2022 QS World University Rankings. Among these was the Computer Science program ascending in national and world rankings. Read more
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Alumnus earns national award for work in blockchain, game theory in cyber security

  • January 26, 2022
  • Accomplishments,Alumni

Charles Kamhoua M.S. ’08, Ph.D. ’11, an alumnus from FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing, recently won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE-USA) Harry Diamond Memorial Award. The honor recognizes U.S. government individuals “for contribution and leadership
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KFSCIS Fall 2021 Awards Ceremony

  • December 15, 2021
  • Academics,Accomplishments,Research

As the year and the semester come to an end, we held our Annual Awards Ceremony last Thursday to celebrate and honor the hard work of our faculty and staff. Check out the awardees that have been recognize this year!
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Professor receives prestigious IBM Global Academic Award

  • May 14, 2021
  • Accomplishments,Faculty Award,Faculty Highlight,Grants & Scholarships,In The News,News,Research

Naphtali Rishe, professor at the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences, is the recipient of the 2021 IBM Global University Program Academic Award. The award is a recognition of Rishe’s ongoing research in Geospatial Data Analytics for Ecological Observations. Rishe also was recently elected
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NSF funded project helps dozens of engineering students pursue careers in STEM

  • May 13, 2021
  • Academics,Accomplishments,Campus Life,Career development,Clubs & organizations,Community,Education,Grants & Scholarships,News

In its fifth year, the NSF-awarded Florida IT Pathways to Success project (Flit-Path) has provided 127 scholarships to FIU students in computer science, information technology and computer engineering. Ninety of these students have graduated and are working in the STEM
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FIU Engineering Students Awarded Prestigious NSF Research Fellowships

  • April 28, 2021
  • Accomplishments,Career development,Course Highlight,Grants & Scholarships,News,Research,Student Highlight

Two FIU KFSCIS engineering graduate students are recipients of the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (NSFGRF), a distinction shared by numerous Nobel Prize winners, government and public policy leaders, and private industry trailblazers, and awarded from a pool of
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FIU receives grant to help increase representation in undergraduate computing

  • April 28, 2021
  • Accomplishments,Annoucement,Faculty Highlight,Grants & Scholarships,News

The “Best Practice” grant from the Center for Inclusive Computing at Northeastern University will allow the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences to work toward making all students feel included while learning computing. FIU has received a “Best Practice,” $625,000
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