Integrated Computer Augmented Virtual Environment (I-CAVE) has a feature case study on Mechdyne, partners to create new innovations to improve collaboration and research, resolve workflow inefficiencies, and fill technology gaps. FIU I-CAVE is an instructional and...
Research
SCIS Ph.D. student Mozhgan Azimpourkivi, custom two-factor authentication (2FA) system
SCIS Ph.D. student Mozhgan Azimpourkivi co-advised by Dr. Umut Tokara, Bloomberg LP and SCIS Associate Professor, Dr.Bogdan Carbunar have created a custom two-factor authentication (2FA) system called Pixie that relies on users taking a photo of a personal object. The...
Dr. Monique Ross receives NSF Grant
PI - Monique Ross, Co-PIs - Peter Clarke, Geoff Potvin Understanding the Implications of Online Learning and Engagement Strategies with Elements of Competition on Women Students' Engagement and Fit with Computer Science The underrepresentation of women in computer...
New Eye Implant Device could Save Glaucoma Patients’ vision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdhhpsQXlIo People with high-risk glaucoma will be able to monitor their disease, anywhere, anytime, thanks to a new device developed by an FIU professor. S.S. Iyengar Glaucoma is an eye disease in which increased intraocular pressure...
Give Your Old Phone a New Purpose
There are many ways to give your old cell phone or mobile device new life. NBC 6 featured a few of our students and Jerry Miller, an FIU Computer Science professor on how they are put old phones to work. "The cameras that are being installed in these are getting...
SCIS Student W. Victor H. Yarlott visits The Heidelberg Laureate Forum
The Heidelberg Laureate Forum is an annual,invitation-only event which brings young Mathematics and CS researchers together with Abel, Fields, and Turing distinguished laureates. FIU CIS Ph.D. Student W. Victor H. Yarlott shares his inspiring experiences at the forum...
Cutting-edge research in Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is one of the hottest topics in research today, involving both privacy and security across the internet. Security risks increase as more cyber-physical systems are interconnected to make our lives easier. Both work and entertainment are ever more...
Poker-Hold ‘Em as a good research tool
Sam Ganzfried, is beginning a stint as assistant professor of computer science at the School of Computing and Information Sciences at FIU, approaches poker as both a player and scientist. Hold 'Em is a good research tool because it requires players, whether human or...
Health Avatar Could Become Modern Version of Doctor’s House Call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qkxEt1b76w This may all seem like something from a far-in-the-future science fiction movie. But a researcher at FIU is close to making it a reality. Professor Christine Lisetti has developed a medical avatar, an interactive...
SCIS Faculty leads research project to authenticate journalists’ cellphone footage
Bogdan Carbunar, a professor in the School of Computing & Information Sciences, used those questions to launch his research into new technology to make fraudulent video easier to detect. The technology is based on something called sensor data, information that...