Community
Service to the community is an important mission we strive to fulfill. Our school seeks to have both a global scientific impact and an engaged and relevant local impact on technology-related industries in Miami and South Florida. Whether we are providing advanced workshops for teachers, demonstrating the state-of-the-art technology at an event, or providing at-risk students with opportunities to learn about technology, our faculty, staff, and students are committed to sharing our knowledge and talents for the betterment of society
Upsilon Pi Epsilon Announces New Program for Undergraduate Research
Upsilon Pi Epsilon FIU is proud to announce its new program, UPE Discover. This program, created by Adrian Perez, is for students to research topics they are passionate about in the computing and information sciences. All of the projects in the program will be led by...
Miami Herald Op-ed: Nurture Greater Miami’s future as a technology powerhouse
The first is Code/Art, a local nonprofit focused on using the arts to inspire girls throughout Miami-Dade County to learn to code. Our investment will help build the organization’s capacity and advance a train-the-trainer program to support art teachers across...
Great Minds in STEM Scholarship
Great Minds in Stem (GMiS) is offering merit-based scholarships range from $500 – $10,000. Applicants must demonstrate merit through academic achievements, leadership and campus/community activities. Scholarship recipients will receive complimentary registration,...
Join FIU’s Premier Organization for Technology
What is ACM? The Association for Computing Machinery is an international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947, and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a non-profit professional membership group,...
MangoHacks
Florida's Sweetest Hackathon A place for discovery Mangohacks is a 36 hour hackathon that encourages learning, collaboration, growth, innovation, and fun. We will welcome 500+ students from Florida and across the country, amazing mentors, and wonderful sponsors to...
FIUSCIS hosted CodeFest 2018
Marking the end of Computer Science Education Week, FIU's School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) hosted the 5th annual CodeFest Miami, on Sunday, December 9th, 2018. During this "mini-hackathon" event, children from elementary, K-8, and middle...
Cesar Villa-Garcia, #FIUSCIS Student, Named FIU Worlds Ahead Graduate
Worlds Ahead graduates are nominated by faculty members to be personally honored during their commencement ceremony. These graduates exhibit outstanding perseverance, intelligence, personal strength, and fully demonstrate and embrace what it means to be Worlds Ahead....
UPE Elects New Executive Board
Friday, October 12th, was a significant day for members of Upsilon Pi Epsilon; in addition to a General Body Meeting, an InfoTech Workshop, and an Info Session from Google Cloud Platform, the organization held its Executive Board Elections to elect candidates for the...
FIU at Princeton
Traveling all the way to Princeton, New Jersey to participate in Hack Princeton Fall 2018, FIU students MJ Ramos and David Castaneda spent 36 hours hacking away to represent FIU at one of this seasons most prestigious hackathon ! Inspired from working with kids with...
SparkDev Demos Fall 2018 Projects
In this era of rapid technological advancement, new and promising technologies appear seemingly overnight. Upsilon Pi Epsilon’s SparkDev program aims to get students of all skill levels experienced with these new technologies with a nine-week program designed to allow...