New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, President Daniel Chamovitz of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and President Joel S. Bloom of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have unveiled a partnership that will create a world-class Institute for Future Technologies in New Jersey. Two powerhouse universities in the fields of cyber technologies and environmental engineering will come together to offer dual degrees and exciting new research opportunities. The Institute looks forward to receiving support and seed funding from the State of New Jersey.
Ying Wu College of Computing
As companies increasingly seek outside help to understand and implement emerging technologies such as data science and artificial intelligence, Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) is playing an increasingly broader role in helping companies achieve this goal.
YWCC does this through its Industrial Affiliates Program (IAP), a platform to nurture corporate partnerships, providing opportunities for companies, students and faculty in employment, training and joint research and development.
Priscilla Maryanski, a first-year computer science major from Jersey City, was always told that learning by doing was the only way to succeed at college — but at NJIT she discovered a different approach of learning by doing good deeds.
Since April 2020, Maryanski has been a volunteer at Erevna, a multinational, student-led organization founded at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that focuses on community service.
Artificial intelligence software used in everything from cancer research to vehicle navigation sometimes relies on unreliable data-sorting algorithms that can lead to serious real-world problems, but an NJIT expert is working on new ways to identify the causes and find possible solutions.
A team of NJIT entrepreneurs was among those recognized by TiE Global, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship around the world, at the organization’s second annual TiE University Pitch Competition this fall, which included 13 teams representing TiE chapters from India, Israel, UAE, Israel, the U.S. and Canada.
Every complex scientific field needs an ontology, and soon the primary one that covers COVID-19 will be easier for medication and vaccination researchers to understand, using new interpretive methods and software developed by experts at NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing.
The Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) at NJIT has published its 2020 Research Report, showcasing the diverse research activities conducted by Ying Wu faculty over the past year.
The year 2020 will be remembered in software circles as the time when video conferencing became mainstream because of health risks associated with COVID-19, so NJIT graduate student Ramon Salvador decided to learn about video conferencing security for his final project, a requirement of Ying Wu College of Computing’s CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program.
As students return to campus this fall, NJIT and universities around the country face the challenge of adhering to COVID-19 preventative measures such as social distancing and mask use, while also maximizing the usage of the available resources and learning spaces on campus. One of the techniques deployed at NJIT is converged learning, where only a fraction of the students enrolled in a course are physically present in a classroom while the remainder participate online.
NJIT welcomed 35 data science students to its newly opened NJIT@JerseyCity location this semester, with a goal of doubling that number in the spring and reaching 500 students in three years, Ying Wu College of Computing Dean Craig Gotsman said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony held December 5 at the new location.
