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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...

NJIT Reaffirmed As An Elite Research University, Retains R1 Classification

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has reaffirmed its status among the nation’s most elite and productive research institutions by once again achieving an R1 status — the highest designation — by the Carnegie Classification. First published in 1973, the Carnegie Classification of Institution...

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...

College of Computing to Modernize MIPS Online System, Connecting Healthcare Providers with Medicare

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
Over the last few years, Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) has been involved in a number of commercial software development projects, typically outsourced from corporations. By employing the skills of its international students, many of whom have prior experience in software development, the Colle...

Salam Daher Wins Tech Innovator Award for Healthcare Simulation

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
Salam Daher, assistant professor of informatics, this week received the Society for Simulation in Healthcare's Technology Innovator of the Year award in recognition of four projects addressing patient simulation. Daher joined NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing in 2019 to continue her research at t...

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...

NSF Hub, With NJIT as Member, Now Taking Applications to Commercialize Research

Monday, January 10th, 2022
Aiming to propel discoveries made in university labs into everyday life, the new I-Corps Northeast Hub launched this week following its announcement last summer, as applications are now open for its first researcher training program. The 4-week program, in which researchers confront the challenges ...

New Jersey Institute of Technology Names Dr. Teik C. Lim as University's Ninth President

Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
The Board of Trustees of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Teik C. Lim as NJIT’s ninth president following a national search and a unanimous vote of the Board on January 5, 2022. President-elect Lim, who also will be appointed as a Distinguished Pr...