Dr. S.S. Iyengar has been inducted as a College of Fellows in the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). For outstanding contributions to development of distributed computational algorithms with applications in biomedical sciences and...
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New Eye Implant Device could Save Glaucoma Patients’ vision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdhhpsQXlIo People with high-risk glaucoma will be able to monitor their disease, anywhere, anytime, thanks to a new device developed by an FIU professor. S.S. Iyengar Glaucoma is an eye disease in which increased intraocular pressure...
Professor Sam Ganzfried featured on Miami Herald as the FIU prof who beat Poker Pros
Sam Ganzfried a Professor of FIU's School of Computing and Information Sciences was featured on March 9th, 2017 edition of Miami Herald's Tropical Life. The Meet the FIU prof who beat Poker Pros by Nick Sortal goes into how Ganzfried helped devise a computer that...
Dr. Mark Weiss is Recognized with IEEE Computer Society 2017 Taylor L. Booth Award
Dr. Mark Weiss has been named the 2017 recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award, “For outstanding books, contributions to the Advanced Placement program, and their impact in the teaching of data structures and programming.” Professor...
Mark Weiss Torch Awards Recipient for Outstanding Faculty
In April of 2017, the FIU Alumni Association will host the Torch Awards Gala at the JW Marriot Marquis Miami. This award ceremony was created in 2000 as the highest honor given to alumni and to a single faculty member by the FIU Alumni Association. Recipients are...
Artificial intelligence sheds new light on classic texts
The system used artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to unearth a trove of surprising insights. For example, they found that evil sorcery often took place close to Catholic monasteries. This made a certain amount of sense since Catholic sites in Denmark were tarred...
Artificial Intelligence Technology, the danger is not machines run amok
Mark Finlayson quoted on Business Intelligence Info The danger is not machines run amok, as suggested by some, like [Elon] Musk or [Stephen] Hawking (who know nothing about Artificial Intelligence (AI)). The danger is, like nuclear weapons, what AI will allow us to do...
Poker-Hold ‘Em as a good research tool
Sam Ganzfried, is beginning a stint as assistant professor of computer science at the School of Computing and Information Sciences at FIU, approaches poker as both a player and scientist. Hold 'Em is a good research tool because it requires players, whether human or...
CU with FIU Strengthening processes & Postgraduate training
Students and professors of the Faculty of Engineering participated in the development at the Coliseum Competence at the University of the Coast. A day filled of socialization of study opportunities and scholarships for postgraduate studies at FIU. The talk was led by...
Professor Research to Help Reduce Radiation in CT Scans
Assistant Professor at Florida International University’s School of Computing and Information Sciences, Ruogu Fang is researching how to reduce radiation from these scans by using math and computer technology. In her research, she takes CT scan images acquired...










