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Q&A with Jamie Payton, New Dean of Ying Wu College of Computing

Thursday, August 8th, 2024
Jamie Payton is the new dean of NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing. She met with NJIT News for a Q&A session about her views on computing education and questions about current events in computing. The following transcript is lightly edited for clarity. Her Roadmap to NJIT NJIT News: Norther...

NJIT Celebrates Largest Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation Symposium

Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
An independent, flexible, small sensor for breast tumor detection was the winner of the top Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award at the 2024 Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation (URI) Symposium at NJIT. Isabella Frangiosa, a rising senior at Rowan University, said the inspiration of her ...

NJIT Renames College of Science and Liberal Arts, Honoring Historic Gift from Alumnus Jordan Hu

Monday, August 5th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology has announced the renaming of its College of Science and Liberal Arts to the Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts (JHCSLA) in recognition of a historic gift from Jordan Hu ’89, founder and chief executive officer of RiskVal Financial Solutions, LLC and a f...

Personable and Accomplished NJIT Alum Endows Scholarships to Bring Women into STEM

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
The legacy of Kelly O’Connor, who was an active alumna of New Jersey Institute of Technology for 30 years, endures with two new scholarships that will serve female students who are interested in STEM. The Kelly A. O’Connor Pre-College Scholarship will cover the cost of summer programs in science, t...

Hai Phan Authors Book to Provide Insights into Trustworthy Federated Learning

Thursday, July 25th, 2024
Associate Professor Hai Phan in Ying Wu College of Computing’s Department of Data Science, and a pioneer in Trustworthy AI, has recently co-authored a handbook that will guide anyone from expert to beginner who seeks to venture into the realms of trustworthy federated learning. "Handbook of Trustwo...

Researchers Leveraging AI to Train (Robotic) Dogs to Respond to Their Masters

Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
An international collaboration seeks to innovate the future of how a mechanical man’s best friend interacts with its owner, using a combination of AI and edge computing called edge intelligence. The project is sponsored through a one-year seed grant from the Institute for Future Technologies (IFT),...

Sunblock for Solar Panels: NJIT Startup Merges Data, Material Science

Thursday, June 20th, 2024
Materium Technologies, a startup company with deep NJIT roots, is bringing data science innovations into the slowly evolving field of solar energy panels. Startups are always a gamble, but the Materium team has a good hand, with two pair of Highlanders — recent alumni Sheldon Fereira (M.S. ‘23) and...

Fernanda Somohano Ortega '27 Wants to Connect Her Soccer Passion with NJIT Degree

Wednesday, June 19th, 2024
Fernanda Somohano Ortega ‘27 is eyeing cybersecurity jobs in the sports world, or better yet an opportunity to work in Barcelona and support her favorite soccer club. With the help of the Innovation Fellow of The Knowledge House (TKH), the NJIT computer science major is closing in fulfilling her car...

US News & World Report Ranks 2 NJIT Graduate Programs in Top 100 Nationally

Tuesday, June 18th, 2024
The latest graduate studies rankings from U.S. News & World Report continue to boost the national standing of New Jersey Institute of Technology in the fields of engineering and computer science, with both programs ranking in the top 100. NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE) ranks No. 80 ...

Andrew Truong MS '24 Comes Full Circle in Computing

Monday, June 17th, 2024
Andrew Truong ’06, M.S. ’24, first came to NJIT as an undergraduate computer science major but soon changed his program to civil engineering, completing his degree in the subject and working in that field for two years before obtaining a teaching certification in math. During that time, in addition ...
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