By Kate Anastasia Le | Staff Writer Last semester, Panther Robotics Club and Women in Computer Science (WICS) hosted an “Intro to Linux” workshop for FIU students, offering an introduction to basic Linux concepts in a relaxed learning environment. The event welcomed students from different majors, including those with little to no prior experience using […]
Kelly Ho | Staff Writer On Friday, Mar. 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the GC Ballrooms, Women in Technology Conference (WiTCON), will be showcasing workshops, activities, and empowering panels. “It’s going to be a day full of workshops, networking, and empowering underrepresented local talent in tech,” said Fer Pacheco and Meagan Alfaro […]
Isabel Rivera | Contributing Writer After experiencing a surge in enrollment by more than 1,000 students since 2018, the booming Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences (KFSCIS) has found itself undergoing yet another big change: a newly appointed director. On August 17th, just shy of the 2023 fall semester, Dr. Jason Liu’s acceptance […]
Conor Moore | Staff Writer According to a recent study from Intelligent, nearly one in three college students have used ChatGPT to assist them in writing their essays. Of those students, nearly 60 percent reported that they use the AI software “frequently”. Schools such as FIU have already begun to respond. ChatGPT is a generative […]
By Nicole Stone/Assistant News Director Considering that we hold tiny computers that fit in the palm of our hands and our pockets, technology has progressed in leaps and bounds from the physical media we once heavily relied on according to Cesar Villa Garcia, president of Upsilon Pi Epsilon. “Technology is omnipresent. It’s everywhere nowadays… […]
Leslie Ovalle/ Contributing Writer Two new degree programs were proposed during the last Board of Trustees meeting. The Board proposed a Master of Arts in Disaster Management and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity, two fields that, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, are growing faster than the average for all occupations. The Bureau […]
