Cities like New York City, San Francisco and Seattle have long been considered the top tech hubs of the nation. Though Miami’s major industries continue to be tourism and finance, the city is emerging as an international tech hub. Talent cultivated locally sees this...
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FIU’s computing and information honor society wins national Continuing Excellence Award
The Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) Chapter at the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences received the UPE National Board’s Continuing Excellence Award alongside the University of California, Berkeley Chapter. The announcement came during the UPE...
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...
REAL Panthers Making a REAL Impact: Meet Cesar Villa Garcia ’18 and Jose Maldonado ’17
On February 24, the College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) announced its newly named Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences (KFSCIS), in recognition of a $10 million gift from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to enhance FIU’s...
Dean John Volakis and Dr. Jason Liu discuss impact of Knight Foundation’s recent investment in computing and information sciences education at FIU
Last week, the College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) announced its newly named Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences (KFSCIS), in recognition of a $10 million investment by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in the school and...
Knight Foundation, FIU to accelerate growth of Miami’s tech ecosystem, name School of Computing and Information Sciences
Building on South Florida’s momentum around technology and entrepreneurship, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has made a $10 million gift to FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences to develop technical talent at scale to meet the demands of...
Got my first job! Working as a software engineer at Oracle Cloud
Name: Calvin Mark Hometown: Miami, FL Degree/major: Bachelor of Science in computer science with a minor in physics Where are you working? Title? Oracle/Oracle Cloud, software engineer How did you get your job? I met a recruiter at the FIU career fair this fall, and...










