NBC 6 News spoke with Dr. Iyengar on how the FCC can help end cell phone use in prisons. “When the FCC gets into the larger picture it certainly can bring a robust system of jamming.” “Now if the inmate is a very smart person and he's able to circumvent that, then...
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FIU STARS: Extrava-Java-Ganza Winners
FIU STARS: Extrava-Java-Ganza has come to its end on Sunday evening but not without a few winners. With the grand prize being RC Quadcopter Drone the competition was fierce. Let congratulate the following winners. 1st Place Grand Prize - Juan Grajales Winning...
Dr. Iyengar is recognized at FIU’s Book Authors’ Recognition Reception
In April, FIU held the Book Authors' Recognition Reception and presented awards to the faculty with books that are highly regarded in their industry. SCIS own Dr. Iyengar was awarded for his book "Smart Grids: Security and Privacy Issues". The book provides the...
Skill Court Highlighted at Miami Maker Faire
The Miami Maker Faire was held on April 8th and 9th at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus. At the event attended by thousands, FIU featured several exhibits including ICAVE VR experience, Hardware Lab, Coding Fun, and the very popular Soldering Workshop where over 300...
FIU Girls Who Code Club Parents and Community Night
At the event, the FIU Girls Who Code (GWC) Club members presented on the lives of pioneering women in computer science, explained coding concepts to the audience and played their own game creations in Scratch. The Club is made up of middle school girls who meet once a...
Dr. Iyengar inducted into AIMBE
Dr. S.S. Iyengar has been inducted as a College of Fellows in the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). For outstanding contributions to development of distributed computational algorithms with applications in biomedical sciences and...
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...
IT student Ricardo Salafia, talks about the future of Gaming & Computing
Information technology student, Ricardo Salafia, who is a member of the Panther Esports team that competes in Overwatch tournaments as part of a national network of collegiate gaming clubs. Is featured in FIU News series, Introduced. Watch the video...
Professor Sam Ganzfried featured on Miami Herald as the FIU prof who beat Poker Pros
Sam Ganzfried a Professor of FIU's School of Computing and Information Sciences was featured on March 9th, 2017 edition of Miami Herald's Tropical Life. The Meet the FIU prof who beat Poker Pros by Nick Sortal goes into how Ganzfried helped devise a computer that...
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...