The FIU team from Distributed Multimedia Information Systems (DMIS) Laboratory at the School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) won the third place (third highest score) in the 2018 TRECVID Ad-hoc Video Search (AVS) competition (combining both...
Student Highlight
ShellHacks 2018 Wrap Up
Shell Hacks, the FIU's School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS), Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) and Microsoft cosponsored fall hackathon took the University by storm on Friday, September 14, when more than 700 university students from around the world descended...
Big Sisters/Little Sisters Mentorship Program
On Saturday, Sept. 8th, Maria 'Cristy' Charters and 26 of the girls that are generously being sponsored by School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) to attend the Grace Hopper Conference in Houston this year. Attended a meeting at FIU's Engineering Center,...
Sheila Alemany at MIT [Intern Story]
Sheila Alemany is an undergraduate student at the School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS), majoring in Computer Science and Math and will be graduating in Spring 2019. In the past, Sheila has been hired for on-campus jobs as Academic Success Initiative...
Shonda and Shalisha Witherspoon graduates with Master’s degrees and a Job offers
SCIS students, Shonda and Shalisha Witherspoon graduated with master’s in information technology with a concentration in software engineering. Just two years ago, the twins received their bachelor’s degree becoming the first members of their family to graduate...
CEC Engineers and their Senior Design Projects
A solar and electric-powered trolley, a transfer system that moves patients from one hospital bed to another, and a virtual roll call for police officers … what do all these have in common? They were all senior design projects conceptualized and built by engineering...
SCIS students worked with SOP Technologies to help develop a “Smart Stormwater” system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk7qO5NIz3o Leandro Gonzalez and Luis Miguel Herrnsdorf showcased their project in the CEC Senior Design Project, on building a web app to help cities track and analyze data captured by wireless sensors. Stop Ocean Pollution...
CEC Senior Design Project Showcase
This year SCIS Senior Project Showcase will collaborate with College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) to host its 1st Annual Senior Design Project Showcase event on April 20th, 2018 at the FIU Ocean Bank Convocation Center (FIU Arena). The inaugural event will bring...
Mohsen Taheri awarded the UGS Provost Award for Graduate Student Engagement
Empowering Startup Communities and Supporting Local Entrepreneurship Initiatives in Miami and South Florida Mohsen Taheri has been awarded the UGS Provost Award for Graduate Student Engagement at the Provost Awards Recognition Reception, which took place during the...
SCIS PH.D. students awarded University Fellowship
We are happy to report that three of our Ph.D. students, Tauhidul Alam, Samia Tasnim, and Georges Kamhoua Kamto, were awarded the University Graduate School's Dissertation Year Fellowship. Thank you for nominating your students and offering your support!