In 2023, there are still a wealth of career opportunities in industries for students who demonstrate the right combination of ability, acumen, and soft skills. Such was the case for many Ying Wu College of Computing Students (YWCC) students who attended a fall on-campus recruitment event and subsequently were offered either full-time positions or internships with Bank of America in the next few months. Many students attend career events with the expectation of meeting a representative for a few minutes and providing their resume in the hope that something comes of it. Bank of America,…

Among 13 children in a struggling Ivory Coast family, it would have been understandable if Vincent Oria went into business, apprenticed to a tradesman, or dreamed of the soccer pitch. Instead, long before becoming chairman of NJIT's Department of Computer Science, he followed his schoolteacher father into the world of academics, concentrating on physics as he loved the applied mathematics of science. But there wasn't much opportunity for physicists in the West African nation of beaches and rainforests. A mentor suggested that he switch to computing as a pragmatic career alternative. He was…

NJIT’s Career Development Services hosted its marquee event, again besting attendance and participation numbers over its previous career fair. Taking a page out of the logistics-improvement playbook of participating companies like UPS, Johnson & Johnson, Raytheon and others, CDS implemented changes to improve candidate and employer efficiency and experience. The event included the introduction of Fast Pass, a program which allows for pre-registration sign-in to alleviate initial queuing, a complete redesign of the physical layout to reduce choke points in movement, and extended the event…

Today’s world is driven by data – and data science is what powers the engine in this rapidly expanding global ecosystem. To address the need for talent and knowledge in this emerging field, NJIT’s Departments of Data Science and Mathematical Sciences have launched a new Ph.D. in Data Science program, dedicated to growing the field and generating top-notch data scientists.  The program offers a computing option and statistics option to accommodate different interest profiles, with some overlap between the two. The computing option, offered by the data science department, deals with the…

NJIT's Entrepreneur Society hosts an annual startup job fair, providing students with the opportunity to pursue careers and meet directly with the founders of new local companies. Hundreds of students attend, many looking for the perfect match, while others were there to network or learn about the startup experience from the dozens of companies present. Aravindakshan Sarma, studying for an M.S. in information systems, said he's looking for a full-time job and prefers working at a startup rather than a large company. "I'm trying to see if I fit somewhere … Probably as a data analyst or…

This is an opinion piece by Professor James Geller - Chair of the Department of Data Science The ChatGPT program has been a topic of discussion in every single professional meeting that I have recently attended, and in most cases without being on the agenda. The professional mailing lists of HS teachers and Medical Informatics research leaders that I am on are abuzz with messages about it. Reports about catastrophic failures and amazing successes are balanced by blank fear. Will ChatGPT write the essays and solve the homework problems of our students? How close is ChatGPT to passing the…

Sayyid Ali, a 2017 alumnus of NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing, recalled a job interview at a software company in New York where the only other Black person he saw was the elevator attendant — and now he's on a mission to prevent that from happening to anyone else. Ali and his three co-founders at Pedul Inc., based here in Newark, created a website that helps introduce college students into companies seeking minority applicants for scholarships, internships and jobs. The founders were all awarded Forbes 30-under-30 status for their accomplishment in the education sector. "We diversify…

Accenture, a leader in information consulting services, is collaborating with NJIT’s Institute for Data Science, led by Distinguished Prof. David Bader, to develop methods to mitigate risks arising in the use of open-source components in the software supply chain. Modern cloud-based software is incredibly complex and often uses open-source code, which is cost-free and provides developers with countless libraries of prewritten functions. But that openness is also a risk, because anyone can change the code and it's not always clear who made the changes or what motivated them. A recent…

NJIT’s Department of Data Science in the Ying Wu College of Computing is launching two new graduate programs in artificial intelligence during the 2023 academic year, in support of the increasing demand for qualified AI engineers and analysts to facilitate problem-solving and decision-making in the digital world of the future. The new programs will address the dramatic growth and proliferation of AI technologies into the mainstream, such as the recent debut of the ChatGPT application. The M.S. in Artificial Intelligence is scheduled to launch this summer. The Graduate Certificate in…

New Jersey Institute of Technology is now ranked fourth in the nation for its M.S. in Cybersecurity and online M.S. in Data Science, according to Fortune magazine. Researchers in both fields were quite busy in 2022, working at the Newark main campus and NJIT @JerseyCity, and through Ying Wu College of Computing, Cybersecurity Research Center, Institute for Data Science. There is also collaboration with Israel's Ben Guiron University of the Negev through the mutually operated Institute for Future Technologies. Data science — along with its cousins in artificial intelligence and machine…