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New Methods Can Protect Data Privacy Against Quantum Computing

Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
NJIT Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Joerg Kliewer is looking to help preserve privacy by busting conventional wisdom about the future of computer security, which states that today's data protection measures, especially in Internet-of-things devices, stand absolutely no chance against ...

Ying Wu College of Computing Welcomes New Faculty for 2021-2022 Academic Year

Tuesday, October 12th, 2021
Top Row: Fuad Hamidli, Huong Le, Yao Ma, Kamlesh Naik Bottom Row: Shantanu Sharma,Julie Ancis, Hua Wei Seven new faculty members – researchers and instructors – joined the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) in Fall 2021, embracing the opportunity to contribute to the NJIT academic mission. They ...

Experts at NJIT's New AI Research Center to Study Theory and Applications

Friday, October 1st, 2021
Members of NJIT's new Center for Artificial Intelligence Research will look to expand knowledge of the theory, data and applications of their field, which director Grace Wang said is quickly evolving from experimental to practical status. The center will rely heavily on external grants, such as from...

Computing Professor Explores Mixed-Reality Cure for Zoom Fatigue

Wednesday, September 29th, 2021
Looking to reduce the stress that confronts people who videoconference too much — widely known as Zoom fatigue, following the work-from-home trend of the COVID pandemic — one expert from NJIT is working on new approaches to augmented and virtual reality systems. Associate Professor Jacob Chakareski ...

Ying Wu College of Computing Achieves Record Incoming Class and Enrollment for Fall 2021

Monday, September 27th, 2021
Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) is proud to welcome a record-breaking 1,150 new students at all levels of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral study for the fall 2021 semester, a new high at 11% greater than the previous year, and representing 31% of the total NJIT student body. “It is not sur...

NJIT Grads Land Jobs from Internships They Found at Career Fair

Thursday, September 23rd, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s next career fair will connect students with more than 165 employers offering some 1,000 jobs, internships and cooperative educational experiences. Participating employers include GE, Verizon, Moody’s, Merck, UPS, New York Life, the FBI and the U.S. Patent and Tra...

NJIT's David Bader Selected to Receive the 2021 IEEE Computer Society Sidney Fernbach Award

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021
The IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) has named David Bader as the recipient of the 2021 Sidney Fernbach Award. Bader is a distinguished professor and founder of the Department of Data Science, and inaugural Director of the Institute for Data Science, at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Established...

NJIT Tops NJ Public Universities for Early-Career Salaries, Ranks 14 Nationwide

Thursday, September 16th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology ranked No. 1 in New Jersey and 14th nationally among public schools for early-career salaries, with young alumni bringing home just under $125,000 on average against just $7,600 in average debt, according to Forbes 2021 Top Colleges ranking. Statewide, only private...

NJIT Climbs the Rankings of U.S. News & World Report, A Top 50 Public University

Monday, September 13th, 2021
– No. 103 among National Universities, up 15 spots from last year – NJIT Ranks 46th among public universities – Reputation score up for second year in a row; tied for second nationally in reputation growth over the last four years – Top 100 Best Value School New Jersey Institute of Technology has ri...

NJIT Tops National Ranking For Computer Programming

Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology leads U.S. universities in teaching programming languages, according to a new survey by HackerRank, which sells products to help human resources departments evaluate software developers. NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing prepares students to program in Python, Ja...