Ants. Sure, most are harmless and inconspicuous. Though, there are always exceptions.

Army ants, bulldog ants and fire ants are a few living members of the family Formicidae that nature television viewers might recognize from any number of “World’s Deadliest” countdown shows that populate the airwaves these days. 

As lead engineer of a self-driving car project, you are tasked with teaching the AI to drive. You realize that the AI may have to make a decision between putting the car’s occupants at risk or prioritizing the safety of those outside the car. What do you do? 

The above scenario, adapted from a real-life case, is part of a game called “Apperception”, a smartphone-based educational game developed by a team of ethics researchers led by Britt Holbrook, assistant professor of philosophy at NJIT. 

On May 1, the annual springtime celebration of NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA) kicked off, marking a year of highlights throughout the arts and sciences at the college during the 2019 CSLA Awards Ceremony. 

This week, nearly 50 of the year’s most promising NJIT student-researchers gathered to present their work to the campus community at the university’s annual year-end research competition — the 2019 Dana Knox Showcase “A Glimpse Into the Future.”

Beginning April 15, 2019, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will join a growing citywide initiative introduced to encourage its employees to “live local.”

Each year, ham radio enthusiasts from around the globe make the trek to Ohio’s Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center, where they gather in mass for one of amateur radio’s largest awards and technology conventions — Dayton Hamvention®. This year, the name of NJIT Professor of Physics Nathaniel Frissell will be heard loud and clear throughout the amateur radio world, as Frissell was recently announced winner of the “2019 Hamvention® Amateur of the Year.”

For most, the stark black and white images produced through computed tomography (CT) may not ignite much imagination beyond the routine bone scans that we'd see at the radiologist's lab. However, for NJIT Assistant Professor of Architecture and Design, Mathew Schwartz, the technology has become the creative medium by which he is building a library of digital art, steeped in the niche field of x-ray photography.

This month, the annual celebration for International Women’s Day came with a new campaign theme, “Balance for Better.” That message was in full voice last week at NJIT, as more than 200 young girls from New Jersey’s schools visited campus to learn about and showcase their abilities in all-things science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) for national Pi Day.

“The way we typically think about entrepreneurship is to write a business plan and then take it to a crowdfunding website or to venture capitalists to try to get funding,” said Raja Roy, assistant professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Martin Tuchman School of Management. “But how do you identify the opportunity that will capture value?”

Electronic health records (EHRs) have become the chief tool for documenting a patient’s medical care in today’s changing health care landscape. Still, many physicians are reluctant to use this technology and when they do, they often leave behind an incomplete and incorrect file, primarily because the task of filling in the information is time-consuming and diverts attention from direct patient care.