EDITORIAL: FIU ahead of the curve with two unique degrees
- Jul 19, 2017
- 1 min read
This editorial was originally written on behalf of the PantherNOW e-board and was featured in PantherNOW. The editorial focuses on FIU offering a bachelor’s degree in managing growing networks of smart things.
Check out the editorial's excerpt below and click the link if you want to read the full story!
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Maytinee Kramer/Contributing Writer
From smartwatches to smart phones, everything seems to be “smart” these days. With FIU aiming to be a leading urban public research university focused on things like innovation, the University strives to stay ahead of the curve by offering two unique degrees no other university in the nation has yet to offer.
As the technology market continues to grow, Kemal Akkaya, a computer engineering professor at FIU, proposed a new degree that would train FIU students in all aspects of “the internet of things,” according to The Miami Herald.
Although, similar degrees exist at universities throughout the world, starting Spring 2018, FIU will be the first university in the U.S. to offer a bachelor’s degree in managing growing networks of smart things.
Heading this technological shift is the College of Engineering and Computing, where the new degree will address the four major areas of IoT—hardware, software, communication and cybersecurity.
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