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LoG Conference Brings New York to Jersey City

Thursday, March 14th, 2024
The New York meetup of the Learning on Graphs Conference (LoG NY), an annual conference that covers research broadly related to machine learning on graphs, was hosted on February 29 and March 2 by the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) at their NJIT@JerseyCity location, on the premises of the NJIT-...

NJIT Conference: How Can Artificial Intelligence Work for All of Us?

Thursday, March 14th, 2024
What are the latest innovations around artificial intelligence, how will it change the way we work and what safeguards are needed to address systemic inequities? Data scientists, policy experts and the head of a state commission will examine these issues and more at “Intelligent Uses of Artificial ...

NJIT's David Bader on the Future of AI: Silver Linings, a Touch of Grey

Friday, March 8th, 2024
Artificial intelligence, data science and the emerging field of quantum computing are among the hottest research topics in computing overall. David Bader, a distinguished professor in NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing and director of the university’s Institute for Data Science, shared his thoughts...

Ying Wu College of Computing Professor Has a Mission to LEVEL UP Inclusive Computing Education

Friday, February 9th, 2024
Professor Jim Geller, chair of the department of Data Science, attended a January conference hosted by the Computing Research Initiative’s (CRA) LEVEL UP program, whose mission is to build a nation-wide consensus of best practices among computing departments to increase diversity through inclusive r...

Fernando Vera Buschmann, Fulbright Scholar from Chile, Chose NJIT to Learn from Great Minds

Friday, February 2nd, 2024
Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) and the department of Computer Science are proud to count Fulbright Scholar Fernando Vera Buschmann as a member of its Ph.D. candidate team of researchers, one of a growing number of Fulbright award recipients who have chosen NJIT as an incubator for their profess...

Social Media Star, Milad Mirg, Explains His NJIT Connections and Work Ethic

Thursday, January 18th, 2024
Milad Mirghahari, a social media influencer known publicly as Milad Mirg, has more than six million followers each on TikTok and YouTube and is a first-generation NJIT student, Albert Dorman Honors College member and computer science major. Just like NASA astronaut Wally Schirra and Chicago Cubs pi...

Ying Wu College of Computing Professor Presents Research at Multiple Top Scientific Events in Asia

Monday, January 8th, 2024
Professor Cristian Borcea from the Department of Computer Science recently returned from a brief tour of China and Japan where he presented research papers on his continuing work with federated learning for mobile devices as well as a novel approach for improving the revenue of online publishers in ...

Computer Science Professor Zhi Wei Elevated to IEEE Fellow

Friday, January 5th, 2024
Professor Zhi Wei in Ying Wu College of Computing’s Department of Computer Science has been elevated to IEEE Fellow status effective Jan. 1, 2024. The appointment is in recognition of his significant contributions to knowledge discovery from biological data and in the field of bioinformatics. Follo...

VROOM Brings AMIA 2023 Conference into the Center of Ontologies

Thursday, December 21st, 2023
You are here. This familiar phrase to guide finding a more expedient and less complicated direction can now be applied to the complex world of medical ontologies, thanks to research on a project led by the Ying Wu College of Computing’s Professor Jim Geller and Assistant Professor Margarita Vinnikov...

Grace Wang Joins NJ State Court Artificial Intelligence Committee

Friday, December 15th, 2023
New Jersey court officials are turning to NJIT’s Grace Wang, director of the university’s Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, as their technology expert for a new committee to help judges and lawyers understand AI’s role in the legal system. “Artificial intelligence is a tool that we are s...