This has been a very remarkable year for all of us in the School of Computing and Information Sciences in terms of making an impact on Florida International University (FIU) and the College of Engineering and Computing. We attracted outstanding new faculty who are...
Faculty Highlight
SCIS Researchers from solid lab Received the Best Paper Award at the 2019 IEEE Conference on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence
Congratulations to Computer Science Ph.D. student Ahmed Imteaj and his advisor M. Hadi Amini, assistant professor, who was awarded the Best Paper Award during the Annual Conference on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence. As members of...
Dr. Mark A. Finlayson wins Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
Recently, Dr. Mark A. Finlayson won the Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities. This award recognizes excellence in scholarly achievement or artistic/literary accomplishment. Six awards will be given, each award carries a $5,000 stipend. ...
A reimagined internet may be closer than you think
It’s hard to imagine a world without the internet. But with the rise of machine learning and the Internet of Things (IoT), today’s internet faces serious challenges. Through a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a collaborative project...
FIU to help infuse artificial intelligence into the building design, construction industries with $1 million NSF grant
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Convergence Accelerator program has awarded a $1 million grant to a team of FIU researchers to evaluate the automation needs of the architecture, engineering and construction industries and develop a training program in...
Dr. S.S. Iyengar to be Honored with IEEE “Test of Time” Research Award
Dr. S.S. Iyengar is the Distinguished University Professor, Ryder Professor and Director of Computer Science and Director of the School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University, Miami. He is being honored by the Institute of Electrical...
SCIS Professor, Mark Finlayson selected by USPTO for Edison Fellow for AI
We would like to congratulate Assistant Professor, Dr. Mark Finlayson for being selected as the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Edison Fellow for AI. His work with artificial intelligence focuses on better understanding the role of narrative within...
Dr. Mark Finlayson featured on FIU News: The future of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence, designed to get machines to do intelligent things, is not new – it’s been around for nearly 70 years. Siri, Alexa and that robot vacuum that sweeps your floors are all examples of AI. Like humans, these machines are undergoing an evolution and...
Dr. S.S. Iyengar receives an award from PUT in Poland
Dr. S.S. Iyengar (center) receives award from PUT in Poland Dr. S.S. Iyengar, director of FIU's School of Computing & Information Sciences in Miami, Florida, recently visited Poland as part of the Fulbright Specialist Program. The program, part of the U.S....
Dr. Monique Ross receives NSF Career Award
Dr. Monique Ross Join us as we congratulate Dr. Monique Ross for being awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award. Under her direction the project, CAREER: Cracking the Diversity Code: Understanding Computing Pathways of those Least Represented, was...










