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Practice makes perfect, and a new system being tested and perfected enables surgical trainees to obtain cutting-edge instruction in real-time through a new artificial intelligence program.

As medical students conduct surgical exercises, the AI software scans a live video feed and provides immediate, personalized feedback.The solution is among the first generation of AI teachers giving real-time feedback and may pioneer the use of similar instructional technology in other industries, including additional areas of healthcare and medicine. 

Professor Jim Geller, chair of the department of Data Science, attended a January conference hosted by the Computing Research Initiative’s (CRA) LEVEL UP program, whose mission is to build a nation-wide consensus of best practices among computing departments to increase diversity through inclusive recruitment and course offerings.

New Jersey Institute of Technology continues to be recognized nationally by U.S. News & World Report for its online master’s offerings in information technology, engineering and business.

For 2024, NJIT earned two rankings inside the top 100: No. 31 for its online master’s in information technology and No. 61 for its online master’s in engineering. In addition, the university saw two other online programs make lists for the best in the U.S.: its master’s in business and its MBA.

Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) and the department of Computer Science are proud to count Fulbright Scholar Fernando Vera Buschmann as a member of its Ph.D. candidate team of researchers, one of a growing number of Fulbright award recipients who have chosen NJIT as an incubator for their professional goals and objectives. He came to NJIT from Osorno, a small town in Patagonia, far south of Santiago, Chile, with a background in physics and pedagogy having obtained his M.Sc. at the University of Chile.

New Jersey Institute of Technology is featured in the premiere season of “The College Tour en Español,” a new series from Emmy-nominated producers, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Hosted by Lorena Segura, “The College Tour en Español” travels the country, showcasing colleges and universities through the unique lens of Spanish-speaking students on today's campuses. Each episode offers an intimate view of college life, allowing the entire Spanish-speaking population worldwide a chance to explore colleges.

Vaisnavi Nemala, a senior data science student in the Ying Wu College of Computing and Albert Dorman Honor’s College, presented a paper on which she served as lead author at the 32^nd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (ACM CIKM) 2023 in Birmingham, England.

NJIT’s spring career fair is right around the corner and registration is now open for students on the Handshake platform.

Career Development Services biannual career fair has become one of the most anticipated events for students. The fall semester fair, held last September, was the largest-ever participation: 3,300 students and alumni and 240 companies packed into the WEC and Naimoli Center. The spring fair, now scheduled for March 4 from 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., is shaping up to be another packed house.

Hrishi Sidhartha ’15, has turned an elective into a career to envy. As a game designer with Grinding Gear Games, he spends his day shaping Path of Exile 2, one of the most anticipated action role-playing games on the market. He had to relocate to the other side of the world — or at least down under — to join the Auckland, New Zealand-based company, but making necessary life adjustments was literally in the name of the game when offered a once-in-lifetime opportunity.

Milad Mirghahari, a social media influencer known publicly as Milad Mirg, has more than six million followers each on TikTok and YouTube and is a first-generation NJIT student, Albert Dorman Honors College member and computer science major.

Professor Cristian Borcea from the Department of Computer Science recently returned from a brief tour of China and Japan where he presented research papers on his continuing work with federated learning for mobile devices as well as a novel approach for improving the revenue of online publishers in real-time Ad auctions.