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
Matchmaking Proteins Using Machine Learning
Professor Giri Narasimhan and Dr. Vitalii Stebliankin created a machine-learning model to predict how protein molecules will bind together, important for designing new medications and vaccines. The AI-based method uses biological and structural information to score...
AI-driven RFID Sensing for Smart Health Applications
Many existing health monitoring systems are expensive, uncomfortable to wear, or can only be administered in a hospital environment. With advances on the Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), it is highly desirable to...
Protecting your self-driving car – and your privacy – from cyberhackers in the age of AI
Imagine driving down the highway when suddenly your brakes slam, your engine turns off and your doors lock. A hacker has remotely taken control of your car. Preventing this hypothetical scenario is a focus of automakers everywhere. As cars become loaded...
Come Join TechTogether Miami, One of the first large gender-focused hackathons in Florida!
Written by: Mareline Ramirez The first-ever TechTogether Miami Hackathon, led by 16 Panthers, is set to happen at Miami Dade College (MDC)! TechTogether Miami will be a 24-hour event, launching on May 5-6, 2023, and will take place in-person. The event is being held...
Congratulations to WiCyS at FIU for winning the Student Chapter Leadership Award
Left to right: Heidys Cabrere, Nava Haim, Analia Camarda, Danay Rumbaut, Zipporah Thomas, Tiana Solis, Lalliet Aberg Cobo, Yessenia Lopez Reyes, Emma Chu WiCyS is committed to bringing outstanding women together to celebrate and grow their passion and drive for...
The Women in Tech Conference (WiTCON) at Florida International University generates overwhelming enthusiasm in the FIU community
The first-ever Women in Tech Conference (WiTCON) at Florida International University (FIU) is set to take place on March 24th, and has already generated overwhelming enthusiasm within the FIU community. The event is being held at FIU's main campus in PG6, and...
FIU hosts the InterCollegiate Programming Competition
On Saturday, February 25, FIU hosted the Southeast regional International Collegiate Programming Competition (ICPC). Twenty-one of the 90 teams that competed yesterday from across the southeast region (Florida, Georgia, S. Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi) came to our...
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...
UPE hosts Shellhacks 2022 – Florida’s largest hackathon
A drowsy college student peels himself out of a sleeping bag as the morning sun illuminates the Kovens Conference Center. Spread out around him, coders sit at round tables, clicking away on their keyboards. A woman in an FIU sweater paces back and forth...
Women can do what with computing? Students learn different ways computing is intertwined with everyday fields at Break Through Tech Miami’s Summer Guild Workshop
Twenty FIU students from diverse majors and backgrounds came together over a five-day workshop with one common interest: to explore how computing can be a career for them. Break Through Tech Miami's inaugural Summer Guild took place at FIU’s PG-6 Tech Station in...