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...
Accomplishments
Congratulations to WiCyS at FIU for winning the Student Chapter Leadership Award
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...
Congratulations to Prof. Mark Finlayson on receiving an NEH grant
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 new $150,000 grant...
Computer Science program ascending in national and world rankings
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 at FIU...
Alumnus earns national award for work in blockchain, game theory in cyber security
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...
KFSCIS Fall 2021 Awards Ceremony
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! Winners: Students Overall Outstanding Graduate...
Professor receives prestigious IBM Global Academic Award
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...
NSF funded project helps dozens of engineering students pursue careers in STEM
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...
FIU Engineering Students Awarded Prestigious NSF Research Fellowships
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...
FIU receives grant to help increase representation in undergraduate computing
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...










