Florida International University graduate Javier Salgueiro, who earned his B.S. in Computer Science from FIU in 2024, has seamlessly transitioned into the FinTech world as a software engineer at American Express. Salgueiro’s journey—from arriving in the U.S. from...
Student Highlight
From classroom to career: FIU student lands internship at World Kinect via new Tech Talent Academy
Harrison Perez, a junior at Florida International University (FIU) majoring in computer science and economics, has secured an internship as a Software Engineer at World Kinect Corporation. Growing up in Miami, Perez has witnessed FIU's growth, including its ranking as...
KFSCIS Students Pitch Transformational Cooking App at eMerge Americas, Get ready to cook!
“[Cheffy] is your personalized pantry guru, crafted for busy souls who crave simplicity in the Kitchen,” said the founder and CEO of Cheffy, Pablo Rivera. Pablo and his team of KFSCIS students Daniel Lawrence, Evelyn Cao, and Giuliana Russi, pitched their new cooking...
KFSCIS Women Join the Way Forward at the Grace Hopper Celebration
A cohort of 50 promising young KFSCIS women joined more than 30,000 attendees at this year’s Grace Hopper Celebration in Orlando. This year's theme, The Way Forward, provided a rallying cry for the tech industry to come together and create a more inclusive...
Will AI take your job? Not if you embrace it
When Goldman Sachs issued a report recently that estimated artificial intelligence could replace 300 million jobs around the world, doomsday headlines quickly appeared. But experts at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing were quick to put the news in...
Engineering student uses data to solve big-picture problems
Today’s world is loaded with information. For someone with the right computer skills, that data can represent tremendous opportunities to help people. College of Engineering and Computing senior Lara Garcia has a passion for using data to solve problems. She is...
Student Spotlight: One Computer Science Major’s Whirlwind Journey—Fueled by Opportunity
"Lately, life’s been fast-tracked for Anthony Peña, a student at Florida International University in Miami. The 23-year-old co-created a receipt management app, won first-place honors in local and national demo day competitions, mentored interns at Facebook University...
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...
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...
SCIS 2020 Awards Recap
The School of Computing and Information Sciences held their SCIS Annual Awards Presentation, honoring the best of the best in the School, the College and Florida International University. Since we could not be together physically, we want you to take advantage of any...