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...
Prof. Naphtali Rishe, together with Profs. Daniel Gann (Biology) and Piero Gardinali (Chemistry), will be leading a subproject of a new Florida Department of Environmental Protection award led by Prof. James Fourqurean at the Institute of Environment. The award,...
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...
The US Department of Transportation has announced the funding of its new National Center for Transportation Cybersecurity and Resiliency (TraCR). This award, made under the USDOT's University Transportation Center (UTC) program, is expected to total $4 million per...
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) awarded a $999,581 grant award entitled, "Development of next-generation autonomous sensing platforms for water quality monitoring and HAB detection" to FIU. The award will be led by Dr. Kevin Boswell of the...
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our Accelerated Degree Program for the Cybersecurity Masters. This innovative program offers undergraduate students the opportunity to take their education to the next level and start working towards a Master's in...
A message from KFSCIS Director, Dr. Jason Liu: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has just announced $28.1M for 204 Humanities Projects nationwide. It is a highly competitive program. I'm happy to announce that Mark Finalson is Co-PI of a new $150,000 grant...
Click here to listen to the interview. Mark Finlayson, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Florida International University Large language models are sophisticated sequence completion machines: Give one a sequence of words (“I would like to eat an …”) and it will...
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...
Professor Kemal Akkaya was recently elevated to a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The rare distinction recognizes exceptional accomplishments in the engineering field. Dr. Akkaya was recognized for his contributions to routing...
