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NJIT Machine Learning Expert Pan Xu Combats COVID Vaccine Inequity

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
An NJIT computer scientist studied COVID vaccine data from Minnesota to design equitable methods of distributing vital resources during any widespread emergency. The resulting algorithm showed that giving everyone equal access to vital resources isn't necessarily the best approach, depending on the...

New Research Shows How 2D Layouts Can Be Popped Up into 3D Structures

Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
Imagine designing an inexpensive, flat and strong structure that bends perfectly into Spaceship Earth from Disney's EPCOT theme park. NJIT's Przemyslaw Musialski, associate professor of computer science, believes his latest research is a step in the right direction, sitting at the intersection of a...

US News and World Report Ranks NJIT Online Programs Top 100 Nationally, Top 3 Statewide

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022
Three of NJIT's online graduate programs placed among the top 100 in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of American universities, and in the top three for New Jersey institutions. More colleges and universities than ever before began offering distance learning options in response to ...

David Bader Named ACM Fellow for Career in Data Science and Supercomputing

Thursday, January 20th, 2022
The ACM has announced NJIT Distinguished Professor David Bader in its new class of Fellows. Bader received the honor along with 70 peers in the computing industry, representing just 1% of Association for Computing Machinery membership. "The contributions of the 2021 Fellows run the gamut of the co...

Computing Student Logan Reyes Answers the Call Where Help is Needed

Monday, January 10th, 2022
Logan Reyes was named by his parents after James “Logan” Howlett, otherwise known by his codename Wolverine. Perhaps Marvel’s superhero is an apt comparison for a young man who states that he “wakes up every day striving to make an impact.”  People may not recognize him behind today’s civilian...

Computing Student Applied Neural Networks to Sound Waves as AMD Intern

Monday, December 20th, 2021
Bhargav Samineni loves applied math, and there are few better ways to see math in action than working on scientific computing problems with a mentor from a chip company like AMD. Samineni interned last summer at the University of California/Los Angeles - Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, ...

Algorithms Expert is First Woman at NJIT to Become IEEE Fellow

Friday, December 17th, 2021
Guiling (Grace) Wang, professor and associate dean for research in Ying Wu College of Computing, was recently named an IEEE Fellow, one of the electronic technology industry's highest honors. She is the first woman to earn the honor among several male recipients at NJIT and only the second current ...

WiFi and Light-Based Networks Combine for Better Virtual Reality Systems

Thursday, December 9th, 2021
"Why not both?" is a social media meme, but it's also the proposed answer to a problem for the designers of virtual reality systems, who generally must rely on wireless signals that are reliable but not as fast as needed. It's already hard enough to make virtual reality look realistic, without chop...

Computing College Expands Job Options in 'Early Access to Talent' Program

Monday, December 6th, 2021
NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing is matching top tech talent from its student ranks with companies needing to remain ahead of the curve in a competitive marketplace, in a new initiative called Early Access to Talent. The pre-employment program offers companies the opportunity to cultivate a cust...

Julie Ancis Appointed Interim Chair of Dept. of Informatics in Ying Wu College of Computing

Friday, December 3rd, 2021
The Ying Wu College of Computing is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Julie Ancis, as interim chair of the department of Informatics, commencing December 1, 2021. Ancis joined the department this Fall from NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts where she launched the new Cyberpsychology...