#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,...
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SCIS Bachelor’s Degrees in Information Technology & Bachelor’s Degrees in Computer Science Rankings
Florida International University made the ranking at 13th for Bachelor's Degrees in Information Technology and 4th for Bachelor's Degrees in Computer Science. The 2019 Best Online Colleges rankings are based on two important factors: salary potential, and tuition...
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...
Dr. Peter Clarke was presented with the Excellence in Advising and Mentorship Award
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Peter Clarke for being selected as a recipient of Excellence in Advising and Mentorship Award. FIU's Faculty Senate Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee recognizes Dr. Peter Clarke excellence in distinguished contributions in...
RDF Robotics Lab Grand Opening
RDF Lab is a collaborative effort between Florida International University's departments. These departments include Architecture, Art + Art History, Computer Science, Music, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Bio-Medical Engineering, Southeast Environmental Research...
SCIS Senior Project “Virtual Roll Call” is Awarded
"Virtual Roll Call" has been awarded the 2018 IACP/Security Industry Association Michael Shanahan Leadership in Public/Private Cooperation Award and has identified them as part of an elite group of leaders in the field of Public/Private Cooperation. This award will be...
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...
DMIS lab students won the third place in the 2018 TRECVID Ad-hoc Video Search competition
The FIU team from Distributed Multimedia Information Systems (DMIS) Laboratory at the School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) won the third place (third highest score) in the 2018 TRECVID Ad-hoc Video Search (AVS) competition (combining both...
SCIS involved with FIU to play key role in India’s energy evolution
In developing countries, there is a growing need for electricity and generating it in creative ways. India is addressing this problem by giving power to the people and turning them into prosumers. A prosumer is someone who not only consumes electricity, but also...