KFSCIS Associate Professor Leonardo Bobadilla, Principal Investigator, in collaboration with the Institute of Environment, the Division of Information Technology, the International Hurricane Research Center, and the Department of Architecture, has received a new NSF...
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Deep Learning to Measure Dynamic, Complex 5-G Wireless Networks
Dr. Xuyu Wang is developing new methods using deep learning to accurately measure large-scale, heterogeneous, dynamic, and complex 5-G wireless networks, transforming the way we will communicate in the future. Increasingly, the growth of today’s large-scale,...
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...
5 questions with the director of the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences
With some 4,000 enrolled students, the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences turns out critical talent to fill the ever-growing demand in South Florida’s booming tech economy. An expanding faculty roster likewise is increasing the innovation...
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...
Improved Collaboration of Intelligent Autonomous Systems
Dr. Leonardo Bobadilla is leading an Office of Naval Research (ONR) project to improve the collaboration of intelligent underwater autonomous systems to address complex challenges the Navy faces in the future. Intelligent Autonomous Systems, including Unmanned Aerial...
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education for Environmental Robotics
KFSCIS researchers Drs. Agoritza Polyzou, Gregory Reis and Debra Davis will join Professor Shahin Vassigh (FIU Architecture) on a new NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) award. The Augmented Learning for Environmental Robotics Technologies (ALERT) aims...
Detection and Containment of Influence Campaigns
Dr. Bogdan Carbunar is conducting research to study, detect, and contain influence campaigns in social media. The project, supported by NSF, introduces a novel approach to the study of influence campaigns, improving our understanding of the threats they pose, and...
Energy-Efficient Millimeter Wave Wireless Networks
The National Science Foundation recently awarded a research grant to Dr. Farhad Shirani to lead a research project in Energy-Efficient Millimeter Wave Wireless Networks. The project addresses the urgent need for energy-aware solutions to mm-wave transceiver design via...
Will AI take your job? Not if you embrace it
When Goldman Sachs issued a report recently that estimated artificial intelligence could replace 300 million jobs around the world, doomsday headlines quickly appeared. But experts at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing were quick to put the news in...