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Dr. Shu-Ching Chen

Dr. Shu-Ching Chen

Associate Director & Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor

Dr. Shu-Ching Chen is an Associate Director and an Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor in the School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS), Florida International University (FIU), Miami. He has been a Full Professor since August 2009 in SCIS at FIU. Prior to that, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor in SCIS at FIU from 1999. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1998, and Master’s degrees in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Civil Engineering in 1992, 1995, and 1996, respectively, all from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.

Steven Luis

Steven Luis

IT Director

IT Director / Business Relations

Miguel Alonso Jr.

Miguel Alonso Jr.

Assistant Profesor at School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University

Associate Professor of Computer Science (Visiting) at Florida International University. Previously, I was an Associate Professor of Data Science and the Director of Research and Economic Development at Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, as well as the CEO of Slingshot Labs, a Product Development and Startup Consulting Company, providing Software/Hardware Engineering, Lean Startup and Product Development, and Venture Capital consulting services.

Samira Pouyanfar

Samira Pouyanfar

PhD candidate

Samira Pouyanfar is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS), Florida International University (FIU), Miami, USA. She has 8+ years of research and development experiences in computer science. She received the Master degree in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (SUT) in 2012. Her research interests include data science, data mining, machine learning, image, audio, and video processing, big data, healthcare, and information retrieval.

Haiman Tian

Haiman Tian

PhD Candidate

Experienced Researcher Phd Candidate with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Machine Learning, Data Mining, Big Data, Programming, and Multimedia. Strong research professional with a Master of Science - MS focused in Computer Engineering from Florida International University - College of Engineering & Computing.

Maria Presa Reyes

Maria Presa Reyes

PhD Student

Experienced Graduate Research Assistant with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Python, C++, Android, R, and Linux. Strong research professional with a Master’s degree focused in Computer Science from Florida International University.

Hector Cen

Hector Cen

PhD Student

Hector has worked extensively on Big Data projects which involved heavy data analysis, cleaning, and processing.
Proficient in installation, configuration, deployment and maintenance of technology platforms for automation, testing and production environments, network services, databases and free and open-source software applications.

Tianyi Wang

Tianyi Wang

PhD Student

I’m currently a Master student in FIU School of Computing and Information Sciences. My research area is machine learning and data mining.