Biography
Kianoosh G. Boroojeni, Ph.D., is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University. His work spans cybersecurity, generative AI in computer science education, STEM education, and computer networks. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, including books with MIT Press and Springer, and his scholarship has received more than 1,250 citations with an h-index of 18.
At FIU, Boroojeni leads major instructional and curricular initiatives. He chaired the Programming Gateway Committee, coordinating efforts across more than 20 faculty members to align assessment practices in seven gateway programming courses that collectively impact thousands of undergraduate students. As a member of GenAI in CS Consortium, he also leads FIU KFSCIS efforts to integrate generative-AI tools powered by large language models into the CS curriculum. His research in this space examines how generative AI affects student learning, instructor practice, and computer science education nationally.
Boroojeni has taught more than 140 course sections across 20 different topics at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, including core courses such as Programming I and II, Data Structures, Systems Programming, Operating Systems, Theory of Computation, Blockchain Technologies, and Cybersecurity. His online course designs—featuring more than 200 hours of instructional video—have earned Quality Matters certification. He has also mentored undergraduate researchers through NSF-funded programs, advised Ph.D. and M.S. students, and contributed to inclusive teaching efforts through the Center for Inclusive Computing.
His contributions to FIU have been recognized widely. He received the KFSCIS Outstanding Faculty Award (2025). Hi also received FIU Top Scholar Award (2022) for notable gains in student learning and success, the KFSCIS Excellence in Teaching Award (2021), and the NSF Outstanding Research Mentor Award for three consecutive years. Earlier in his career, his dissertation work earned multiple best-paper awards and led to influential publications in smart grids, distributed sensor networks, and privacy-preserving algorithms.
Beyond teaching and research, Boroojeni serves the academic community as a reviewer for leading IEEE and Elsevier journals, and he has held technical program committee roles for international conferences. He has delivered invited talks, including a recent presentation at Google’s Atlanta office on designing undergraduate courses with generative AI.
Boroojeni earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from Florida International University and a B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from the University of Tehran.
Awards & Honors
- -KFSCIS Outstanding Faculty Award (2025)
- -FIU Top Scholar Award (2022)
- -KFSCIS Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)
Education
- B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from the University of Tehran (2012)
- M.Sc. in Computer Science from FIU (2016)
- Ph.D. in Computer Science from FIU (2017)