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 STEM Teachers Workshop
SCIS hosted the second annual FIU STEM Teachers Workshop in June 2013. The workshop, supported by a grant from Ultimate Software and attended by high school teachers from Broward and Miami-Dade counties, introduced computational thinking concepts, object-oriented...
SCIS hosted the Computer Science for High School
SCIS hosted the Computer Science for High School, a Google sponsored, three-day hands-on workshop for High School educators to promote computer science and computational thinking in high school curriculum. Topics include Embedded Systems and Robotics, Raspberry Pi...
National Robotics Week
We provide an open house to area K-12 students in the FIU Discovery Lab. Undergraduate students demoed their latest projects in a variety of areas such as embedded controllers, mobile apps, robotics, sensor networks, 3D printing and design tools. We featured our...
FIU Annual High School Programming Competition
FIU Annual High School Programming Competition hosted teams from schools throughout Florida. The competition is modeled after the ACM International Programming competitions- the team solving the most problems in the least amount of time with the fewest attempts wins!...
Engineering Expo Day
Over 1,500 Miami-Dade and Broward elementary and middle school students visit our Engineering Center Campus where many participated in robotics demonstrations and activities provided by faculty and students of the FIU Discovery Lab.