The “Best Practice” grant from the Center for Inclusive Computing at Northeastern University will allow the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences to work toward making all students feel included while learning computing. FIU has...
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FIU Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences Awarded $2.25 Million Army Research Office Grant in Digital Forensics
Florida International University’s Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences was recently awarded a $2.25 million grant over five years in digital forensics research by the Army Research Office and US Army Development Command. The research grant...
SCIS 2020 Awards Recap
The School of Computing and Information Sciences held their SCIS Annual Awards Presentation, honoring the best of the best in the School, the College and Florida International University. Since we could not be together physically, we want you to take advantage of any...
John L. Volakis and Naphtali Rishe elected to the rank of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow
John L. Volakis, dean of the College of Engineering and Computing and professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Naphtali Rishe, professor of the School of Computing and Information Sciences, have been elected to the highly distinguished rank of...
CPSLab receives the Best Paper Award at ACM BuildSys 2020
Dr. Dong Chen and his students at the CPSLab together with Dr. Raju Rangaswami have received the Best Paper Award from ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments (BuildSys 2020). BuildSys is a highly selective, single-track forum...
FIU engineers awarded patent to process and find computer data more efficiently
Computer science professor and doctoral student design novel compression technique that allows a reduction in space needed for high-dimensional proteomics data. Fahad Saeed, associate professor in the School of Computing & Information Sciences within the College...
SCIS Professor Dr. Monique Ross receives new NSF grant
Dr. Monique Ross received a new subcontract as Co-PI of an NSF award led by Penn State University. This is a three year project with a budget total of approximately $41.5k to FIU. Here's a description of the project:In collaboration with Penn State University, we...
US Patent granted to FIU SCIS Professor and PhD Student for compression system and algorithm
US Patent (#10,810,180 B1) entitled "Methods and Systems for Compressing Data" has been granted to Fahad Saeed and his PhD student (Muhammad Haseeb). The innovation of the patent lies in the form of a compression system and algorithm that allows massive reduction in...
$50,000 from the Caplan Foundation and $80,000 from The Children’s Trust to support the development and pilot testing of the “Baby Feed” App and Portals
Dr. Masoud Sadjadi, together with Drs. Cristina Palacios, Jean Hannan, and Marcia Varella from the FIU Colleges of Public Health & Social Work, Nursing & Health Sciences, and Medicine, has been awarded $50,000 from the Caplan Foundation and $80,000 from The...
Robotics Academy gains national recognition for construction industry virtual and augmented reality training tools
FIU’s Robotics Academy has won a Dynamite Award in the “Incubator” category from the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council. Researchers from the College of Communication, Architecture, + The Arts (CARTA) and...