Building on South Florida’s momentum around technology and entrepreneurship, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has made a $10 million gift to FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences to develop technical talent at scale to meet the demands of...
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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...
AI for All is for Everybody
As graduating seniors at Florida International University (FIU), Charlie Ramirez and Sephora Jean-Mary headed into their final semester aiming to find a real-life business problem they could solve. Their senior design capstone project was supposed to enable...
NIH Awards FIU $1M To Develop ML Algorithms To Study Proteins
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded FIU researchers a $1 million grant to design and develop machine-learning algorithms that allow biologists to make sense of proteomics, or the large-scale study of proteins. The study of proteins is...
FIU researchers think of a way to speed up a vaccine for COVID-19. Now there’s a $1M grant.
Machine-learning algorithms that work with supercomputers to analyze and understand data in speedy time could hold the key to finding cures for many diseases — including the novel coronavirus. That’s what Florida International University researcher Fahad...
Architecture & SCIS students at Florida International University built a replica of the Hard Rock Stadium for Miami-Dade Police.
https://youtu.be/eMN4QXA6UKw Samuel Morris was featured on Kansas City local KMBC 9 News on January 29th, 2020. He has worked with several students from FIU's School of Architecture on building a 3D replica of Hard Rock Stadium. The project was requested by local law...
NBC 6 visited the Robotics and Fabrication Lab at FIU
National Science Foundation has awarded $1M to FIU to jump-start its Robotics Academy. The awarded team will develop some innovative training tools and educational resources for Architecture, Engineering and Construction industries through next-generation technology...
India FIU, New Academic and Industry Partnership
We had the honor this month to host the Consul General of India along with Indian Consulate officials at the FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus here at FIU to discuss academic and industry partnerships with India. Leading the conversations was Ms. Birgitta “Gitta”...
National Science Foundation awards FIU $1 million to train policy professionals in cyberinfrastructure
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded FIU a $1 million grant to train policy scientists in -infrastructure to help meet the demand for professionals with an in-depth understanding of the latest technologies. This award will jumpstart a new era of public...
Dr. Mark Finlayson featured on FIU News: The future of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence, designed to get machines to do intelligent things, is not new – it’s been around for nearly 70 years. Siri, Alexa and that robot vacuum that sweeps your floors are all examples of AI. Like humans, these machines are undergoing an evolution and...