Jul 9, 2021 | Computing and Information Sciences, Knight Foundation SCIS, News, Student Success
A computer whiz at FIU helped turn other students into award winners and earned a $10,000 scholarship and an industry internship in the process. Computer science senior and peer educator Henry Rivas received the scholarship from CodePath and the United Negro College...
Jul 6, 2021 | Computing and Information Sciences, Knight Foundation SCIS, News, Student Success
Cities like New York City, San Francisco and Seattle have long been considered the top tech hubs of the nation. Though Miami’s major industries continue to be tourism and finance, the city is emerging as an international tech hub. Talent cultivated locally sees this...
May 21, 2021 | Computing and Information Sciences, Knight Foundation SCIS, News, Student Success
The Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) Chapter at the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences received the UPE National Board’s Continuing Excellence Award alongside the University of California, Berkeley Chapter. The announcement came during the UPE...
May 14, 2021 | Computing and Information Sciences, Faculty Achievement, Knight Foundation SCIS, News, Worlds Ahead
Naphtali Rishe, professor at the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences, is the recipient of the 2021 IBM Global University Program Academic Award. The award is a recognition of Rishe’s ongoing research in Geospatial Data Analytics for...
Feb 3, 2021 | Computing and Information Sciences, Cybersecurity, New Degree Programs, News
In a data-driven world, security professionals have become essential defenders dedicated to protecting sensitive data, intellectual assets and networks from theft and cyber threats. With top research firms asserting that by 2021, global cybercrime damages will exceed...
Dec 17, 2020 | Computing and Information Sciences, First Job, News
Name: Calvin Mark Hometown: Miami, Florida Degree/major: Bachelor of Science in computer science with a minor in physics Where are you working? Title? Oracle/Oracle Cloud, software engineer How did you get your job? I met a recruiter at the FIU career fair this fall,...
