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
Gulliver Prep School visit to Tech Station
Gulliver Prep School is a private co-educational school right here in Miami. The Computer Science department gave 7 outstanding students the opportunity to present their app at FIU SCIS. Graduate and Undergraduates students welcomed them to FIU and gave the students...
FIU take 2nd place at SwampHacks
Florida International University place top 3 at SwampHacks, a student led hackathon at the University of Florida, with the development of SwampBox. "We wanted to make it easier, cheaper, safer, and more convenient for per to per rental of goods. Swamp Box improves the...
CodeFest Miami 2017 at FIU
CodeFest Miami (go.fiu.edu/codefest) is a computer science education outreach program created in 2014 by FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) with generous assistance from industry partners and the organizing team Cristy Charters, Mario Eraso, and...
Neural gonna give you up – FIU Students place 1st at UHack 2017
UHack is a 24-hour hackathon hosted by the University of Miami. Florida International University students Mark Fajet, Sheila Alemany, and Jonathan Beltran developed a recurrent neural network that accepts a song and will create sounds like Rick Astley's "Never Gonna...
“But I don’t know how to code..”
What does a business major at a Hackathon Organizer Convention have in common with chicken and waffles? At first, it seems odd, but once you give it a try, it might pleasantly surprise you. Someone stop me while we still have the chance.
FIU place top 3 at HackGT New Heights
Team: Angelo Saraceno Maria-Jose Ramos Krista Shuckerow Diana Marsala (UPenn Student) Presenting Cafecito, a transpiler that takes in non-English Java vocabulary and compiles it down to English standard Java. We have a lexicographer within the language tools to take...
SCIS at the 2017 Grace Hopper Conference
FIU SCIS invited 25 young ladies in IT and CS to attend the 2017 Grace Hopper Conference in Orlando, Florida. The girls attended all 3 days of the conference, starting each day with the keynote speeches by some of the most inspiring and leading women in technology,...
Science without Borders Summer Program 2017
Dr. S. S. Iyengar, Jerry Miller and Ph.D. student Thejas Gubbi Sadashiva, a former Assistant Professor at Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), brought five outstanding final year undergraduate students from the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering at SIT...
Dr. Ross, SCIS Faculty, Encourages young Minority Males to pursue STEM through Verizon summer program
The Verizon Innovative Learning program is a popular summer program designed to encourage minority males in middle school to pursue studies in STEM disciplines operated this summer at two historically Black universities—Tennessee State University and Dillard...
SCIS students work with Marino Campus Young adults with developmental disabilities and bond with peers over computers
The Marino Campus, had a 10-month post-secondary educational program to help young adults with autism or other developmental disabilities bridge the gap between high school and employment. Students, who range in age from 18 to 30, may participate in the program at two...