'iRecommend' wins GfK's NextGen Data Science Hackathon

Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
The idea for a service that would give buyers recommendations for products they cannot live without has won four computer science students in the Ying Wu College of Computing 1st place and a $5,000 grand prize as part of GfK’s annual NextGen Data Science Hackathon Competition. “iRecommend” is a prop...

NJ Society for Information Management Awards YWCC Scholarships

Thursday, June 2nd, 2022
Computer science undergraduates Alfred Simpson and Luis Velasquez each received $5,000 scholarships this spring from the New Jersey chapter of the Society for Information Management. The society is a professional organization for information technology executives. Scholarships are provided by the st...

JerseyCTF Competition Shatters Record for Highest Participation from Around the World

Tuesday, May 31st, 2022
It was a global cyber attack of epic proportions — but only in the best way possible for the student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the NJIT Secure Computing Initiative. The second annual NJIT JerseyCTF competition attracted participants from around the world and exceed...

NJIT's Award-Winning Grads Reflect on Successes, Share Future Plans

Monday, May 23rd, 2022
Alongside the wave of excitement at Commencement 2022, NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts recently decorated their star students at its annual awards ceremony. Here, a diverse group of graduates who shared CSLA’s Outstanding Student Award look back on their NJIT journey and the successes the...

Computing Grad Student Adapts Leading-Edge Tech for Drone and Robot Vision

Monday, May 23rd, 2022
If you can envision a future where robots need eyeglasses to accurately deliver packages and safely perform dangerous missions, then Craig Iaboni would be your local android optician. Until then, Iaboni is pursuing an M.S. in computer science at NJIT by coding new kinds of neural networks and using ...

NJIT Hosts Big Data Alliance Symposium with Focus on Education

Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
NJIT hosted the ninth New Jersey Big Data Alliance Symposium, bringing together nearly 200 experts from academia, government and industry to share ideas about the present state and future trends of their field. Attendees represented a gamut of careers, not just programmers, which the panelists said ...

NJIT's Class of 2022 Urged to Seize the Opportunities Presented by Crises

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
Crisis presents opportunity, and given the pandemic, war in Ukraine, structural racism, climate change and questions around the world’s supply of energy, food and water, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson called on the Class of 2022 at New Jersey Institute of Technology t...

Pradnya Desai Awarded in Startup Competition, Off to Microsoft

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
Pradnya Desai, a senior computer science major, made it her mission to accomplish as much as possible during her four years at NJIT, amassing an impressive resume that includes multiple awards and recognitions for her work combining technological invention with a desire to positively affect society...

Senior Success: Badeti, Student Senate Prez, Working at Bloomberg

Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
Anuja Badeti started interning at Bloomberg in high school, kept working there during summer breaks from college and will accept a full-time role upon her graduation from the joint B.S./M.S. program in computer science this spring. It's a strikingly logical career path, considering her childhood dr...

NJIT to Confer 3,100+ Degrees at its 2022 Commencement Ceremony

Friday, May 6th, 2022
LIVE STREAM LINKS: May 11, 2022, 3 p.m. NJIT, Doctor of Philosophy Hooding Ceremony https://youtu.be/k7gF15btnYk May 13, 2022, 9:30 a.m. NJIT, Newark College of Engineering Convocation Ceremony https://youtu.be/fvaFjMNqZ_U May 13, 2022, 12 p.m. NJIT, College Convocation Ceremony https://youtu...