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SparkDev Demos Fall 2018 Projects
In this era of rapid technological advancement, new and promising technologies appear seemingly overnight. Upsilon Pi Epsilon’s SparkDev program aims to get students of all skill levels experienced with these new technologies with a nine-week program designed to allow...
UPE Super Smash Bros Tournament
Sometimes, after months of exams and resume-building, the best way for the university community to unwind is to come together and enjoy some friendly competition. This past Friday, November 9th, Upsilon Pi Epsilon held a sprawling Super Smash Bros. for Wii U...
UPE & WiCS at Dolphins STEM Day
The advancement of STEM fields in South Florida depends heavily on reaching out to the next generation and getting them excited about solving the problems of tomorrow. This past Monday, October 27th, the Dolphins STEM Day event helped to further that cause by...
FIU Places in NBC Hackathon
The brand-new Telemundo Center has officially been inaugurated with its very first official hackathon! This past weekend of November 2nd, Comcast NBCUniversal held a hackathon to encourage students to develop their skills, network, and compete for a $10,000 grand...
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...