Information technology student Sam Itman has long believed that knowledge and passion for technology can open doors as “it presents a world of opportunities to those who are willing to discover them.” For Itman, these opportunities have led to an impactful internship at Optum and a cybersecurity position with the federal government.
Filing a noise complaint is a bit of a gamble. By the time an inspector arrives, the stream of trucks thundering by the night before may be long gone or the construction tools bedeviling the dinner hour turned off. In a dense soundscape, even pinpointing the worst offender can be a challenge. Was it a jackhammer or a tamping machine making that repetitive racket?
Assistant Professor Hua Wei is studying how to build more realistic models for traffic simulation, with the goal of improving predictions by closing the gap between just following traffic laws vs. how people actually drive.
That gap can be significant, so Wei is using the latest in artificial intelligence and reinforcement learning to help his cause, supported by a $175,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation.
NJIT has been ranked the top school in New Jersey for students to study game design, according to Animation Career Review. NJIT also reached No. 20 for schools in the East.
Twitter was a strategic tool for Taliban operations in overthrowing the Afghanistan leadership during the country’s civil war, and some accounts associated with the oppressive group triggered the company's algorithms to promote ads for well-known Western brands, researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Princeton University and University of Regina found.
A new course about the history of information systems will be offered by Ying Wu College of Computing this spring, where students will learn about everything from calculation methods of ancient and medieval times, through early visions of mechanical computer architecture in the Industrial Age, straight through to the pioneers of 20th-century solid-state electronics and digital networks.
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 collectively bring a wealth of experience from as far as Asia and the Middle East to the four corners of the U.S., hailing from institutions and organizations that are recognized leaders in their fields.
This fall, NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) welcomed two new department chairs: Frank Biocca, chair of the informatics department, and Baruch Schieber, chair of the computer science department.
Biocca and Schieber bring a vast array of experience and knowledge to NJIT.
How well do you know your whereabouts? Better yet, how does one get acquainted with a new location when traveling or relocating?
A team of researchers at NJIT has created a place-based artificial intelligence project that helps denizens expand their knowledge of the city of Istanbul.
“[AI]stanbul has been designed as a curious machine that aims to be a virtual native,” explains the [AI]stanbul team about the installation on display at the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, Sept. 22 – Nov 4.
