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
FIU at BC Hackathon
Carlos Lahrssen, Andres Valdes, Angelo Saraceno, MJ Ramos, David Castaneda BC hackathon was a great experience. We found it through the hackathon.com website since it is not yet an MLH event. Since our team consisted of MangoHacks and ShellHacks organizers we were...
Tariq King, SCIS Alumni, wins Distinguished Alumni Award
Distinguished Alumni Award is presented to alumni who have brought honor and distinction to the university through their notable record of service and achievement in a particular discipline, organization or cause Tariq M. King Tariq King is the senior director and...
Alumni from #FIUSCIS won at TwitchCon Hackathon
#FIUSCIS alumnus were at TwitchCon Hackathon 2018 on October 27th. The hackathon allowed partnered streamers to provide ideas for new and useful extensions. Selected ideas given to teams to up to four to create prototypes by the end of the hackathon. Jonathan Beltran,...
SCIS Grad Student paper on An Analysis of Chinese Influence on Bitcoin
SCIS graduate student, Mireya Jurado, co-wrote "The Looming Threat of China- An Analysis of Chinese Influence on Bitcoin" which is getting attention by a few major tech media outlets. The paper states that China has both “mature capabilities” and...
SCIS goes to 2018 Grace Hopper Conference
Five faculty members and...
SCIS student, Kerlin Michel intern at Amazon
Kerlin Michel interned at Amazon from February to July 2018 as a software engineer, under Amazon Web Services (AWS) and worked on the AppSync Service. The project Kerlin worked on was a backend-as-a-service. It was a way for users to create server applications while...
ShellHacks 2018 Wrap Up
Shell Hacks, the FIU's School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS), Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) and Microsoft cosponsored fall hackathon took the University by storm on Friday, September 14, when more than 700 university students from around the world descended...
Big Sisters/Little Sisters Mentorship Program
On Saturday, Sept. 8th, Maria 'Cristy' Charters and 26 of the girls that are generously being sponsored by School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) to attend the Grace Hopper Conference in Houston this year. Attended a meeting at FIU's Engineering Center,...
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Sheila Alemany at MIT [Intern Story]
Sheila Alemany is an undergraduate student at the School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS), majoring in Computer Science and Math and will be graduating in Spring 2019. In the past, Sheila has been hired for on-campus jobs as Academic Success Initiative...
The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program
The Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program Office is excited to announce that the SMART application is now open for registration! The application will be open until 12/1/2018. The SMART Program is an opportunity...