Ying Wu College of Computing

The Ying Wu College of Computing is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Julie Ancis, as interim chair of the department of Informatics, commencing December 1, 2021. Ancis joined the department this Fall from NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts where she launched the new Cyberpsychology degree program. Her expertise at the intersection of psychology, diversity, computing, and technology will serve her well in her new role leading a department which deals with, among other topics, the interaction between technology and its uses and users. Ancis succeeds Dr. Frank Biocca, who...

Students who developed software for game animation, package delivery, lecture transcription and wildlife sightings were all winners at HackNJIT this month. The event was almost back to normal this year, being in-person for NJIT students — complete with midnight snacks and impromptu 1:00 a.m. karaoke — and online for external entrants, unlike last year's hackathon which was fully virtual because of the COVID pandemic. Hackathon organizers encouraged participants to develop projects with an animal theme. Most participants obliged, including overall winner Andrew Gyakobo, an NJIT freshman...

NJIT's Cybersecurity Research Center recently earned a National Center of Academic Excellence designation, recognizing the university's ability to train students in defending high-value computer networks. This designation, determined by the U.S. National Security Agency, covers 2021-2026 and indicates that the university continued improving its education to meet the new standards. NJIT also received the honor from 2009-2014 and 2015-2020. Each term becomes increasingly stringent so that federal agencies can ensure the nation's top cybersecurity experts are keeping pace with cyber...

E-commerce sites, military planners and streaming media providers all want to analyze multiple sources of live data as quickly as possible, a holy grail of data science which is about to become possible through new software called StreamWare, from researchers at Harvard University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and the University of Southern California. "What we're trying to do is reimagine data science," said David Bader, distinguished professor and director of NJIT's Institute for Data Science. Bader, along with Harvard professor David Brooks and USC Viterbi School of Engineering...