Community
Service to the community is an important mission we strive to fulfill. Our school seeks to have both a global scientific impact and an engaged and relevant local impact on technology-related industries in Miami and South Florida. Whether we are providing advanced workshops for teachers, demonstrating the state-of-the-art technology at an event, or providing at-risk students with opportunities to learn about technology, our faculty, staff, and students are committed to sharing our knowledge and talents for the betterment of society
Neural gonna give you up – FIU Students place 1st at UHack 2017
UHack is a 24-hour hackathon hosted by the University of Miami. Florida International University students Mark Fajet, Sheila Alemany, and Jonathan Beltran developed a recurrent neural network that accepts a song and will create sounds like Rick Astley's "Never Gonna...
“But I don’t know how to code..”
What does a business major at a Hackathon Organizer Convention have in common with chicken and waffles? At first, it seems odd, but once you give it a try, it might pleasantly surprise you. Someone stop me while we still have the chance.
FIU place top 3 at HackGT New Heights
Team: Angelo Saraceno Maria-Jose Ramos Krista Shuckerow Diana Marsala (UPenn Student) Presenting Cafecito, a transpiler that takes in non-English Java vocabulary and compiles it down to English standard Java. We have a lexicographer within the language tools to take...
SCIS at the 2017 Grace Hopper Conference
FIU SCIS invited 25 young ladies in IT and CS to attend the 2017 Grace Hopper Conference in Orlando, Florida. The girls attended all 3 days of the conference, starting each day with the keynote speeches by some of the most inspiring and leading women in technology,...
Science without Borders Summer Program 2017
Dr. S. S. Iyengar, Jerry Miller and Ph.D. student Thejas Gubbi Sadashiva, a former Assistant Professor at Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), brought five outstanding final year undergraduate students from the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering at SIT...
Dr. Ross, SCIS Faculty, Encourages young Minority Males to pursue STEM through Verizon summer program
The Verizon Innovative Learning program is a popular summer program designed to encourage minority males in middle school to pursue studies in STEM disciplines operated this summer at two historically Black universities—Tennessee State University and Dillard...
SCIS students work with Marino Campus Young adults with developmental disabilities and bond with peers over computers
The Marino Campus, had a 10-month post-secondary educational program to help young adults with autism or other developmental disabilities bridge the gap between high school and employment. Students, who range in age from 18 to 30, may participate in the program at two...
Girls who Code Summer Immersion Programs Return to FIU
Girls Who Code, the national nonprofit working to close the gender gap in technology, kicked off its 2017 Summer Immersion Program today in Miami in partnership with Citrix and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Florida International University and the Idea...
Citrix visits the Girls Who Code at SCIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRG4BM_tC-k Citrix has sponsored Girls Who Code, a summer immersion program dedicated to teaching 19 female high school students about the fields of technology and engineering. We brought some of our brightest female Citrix engineers to...
Girls Who Code club inspiring the next generation of women in IT
The Girls Who Code club, a two-hour weekly meeting that occurs every Tuesday on FIU’s MMC TechStation. The program started during the Fall 2016 semester and now offers the second club this spring to middle school students. The objective is to teach the girls coding,...