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
UPE Supports Fellow Student Tech Organizations and Hosts Virtual Tech Workshops
Two months ago, Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), the largest student organization for technology at Florida International University (FIU), collaborated with other tech clubs and began their series of virtual workshops for Spring 2021. UPE’s first event for the new semester...
UPE Prepares for GGJ, the World’s Largest Game Development Hackathon
Two months ago, Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), the largest student organization for technology at Florida International University (FIU), prepared for Global Game Jam (GGJ) with exciting game-related activities and workshops. So, what exactly is Global Game Jam? GGJ is...
Dean John Volakis and Dr. Jason Liu discuss impact of Knight Foundation’s recent investment in computing and information sciences education at FIU
Last week, the College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) announced its newly named Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences (KFSCIS), in recognition of a $10 million investment by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in the school and...
Knight Foundation, FIU to accelerate growth of Miami’s tech ecosystem, name School of Computing and Information Sciences
Building on South Florida’s momentum around technology and entrepreneurship, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has made a $10 million gift to FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences to develop technical talent at scale to meet the demands of...
My virtual internship at Facebook
Name: Azhar Ali Hometown: Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago What is your major: Computer Science and Mathematics Where did you intern? What did you do there? I interned at Facebook as a Facebook University (FBU) Engineering intern. FBU is a freshman/sophomore program...
ShellHacks 2020
The weekend of September 25-27th Upsilon Pi Epsilon virtually held ShellHacks via Hopin, Florida’s largest hackathon. ShellHacks was open to all students with the interest of coming to learn the latest technologies, build innovative projects, and showcase their...
Florida IT Pathways to Success (Flit-Path) Meeting/Social
In its fifth year, this NSF awarded, $5 million, five-year grant - Florida IT Pathways to Success project has provided 112 scholarships to our panthers as well as the development of a sense of community amongst our computer science, information technology, and...
UPE Kickoff Fall 2020
With the beginning of the final semester of 2020, Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), the largest technology organization within FIU, held its 2020 Fall Kickoff General Meeting virtually via Zoom on August 28th. The meeting was open to all students regardless of major or...
My virtual internship at Allstate as a software engineer
Name: Glenda Gonzalez Hometown: Miami, FL What is your major: Computer science Where did you intern? What did you do there? I interned virtually at Allstate as a software engineer within their Allstate Dealer Services (ADS) department. How did you get your...
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab: Internship Experience
Name: Muhammad Haseeb Ph.D. student, SCIS, Parallel Computing & Data Science Research Group (SaeedLab) Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan During Summer 2020, I worked as an intern at the National Energy Research and Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) division of the...