Ying Wu College of Computing

NJIT Student Earns Top Prize in Statewide Business Pitch Competition

Thursday, April 29, 2021
A computer science major at New Jersey Institute of Technology has earned the top prize in a statewide collegiate competition that judges pitches for innovative business ideas. The student, Yashwee Kothari ’22, pitched a mobile application for tracking the symptoms of people recovering from traumatic brain injuries – an idea she has been developing since high school.  It’s the first time a NJIT student has earned first place in the competition – a partnership of UPitch New Jersey and Nokia Bell Labs that began in 2016. Kothari’s pitch also earned the audience choice award. She...

Researchers Creating Drones with Artificial Intelligence to Help Firefighters

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Human-computer interaction researchers at NJIT and Israel's Ben-Gurion University are exploring how AI-enabled drones could communicate with people at the scene, so that firefighters can save more lives and property. Firefighters already use drones because they can go where people can't, while human controllers are located someplace safe. But if the drones could get a dose of autonomy, through the clever use of artificial intelligence software, then their usefulness could be interactive rather than only serving as flying cameras and heat sensors. Investigations into the feasibility and...

NJIT Student-Research Back in the Spotlight at 2021 Dana Knox Showcase

Sunday, April 25, 2021
After a year layoff, one of NJIT’s standout annual research events returned to the campus community this month — more than 30 of the university’s top student-researchers took to their webcams to present their work for a virtual audience at the 2021 Dana Knox Research Showcase, "A Glimpse Into the Future.”  While the format was dramatically different from the 15 springtime showcases before it, students were just as eager to share research projects they’ve been working on tirelessly, in some cases before the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly curtailed last year’s event. The all-day...

NJIT Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability Impacts Ranked Globally

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has earned global recognition from the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking for the university’s pursuit of and progress toward targets set forth by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), earning No. 90 globally and No. 2 nationally in two key areas. In its third year, the THE Impact Ranking is a global assessment of the commitments universities make in their communities and abroad that align with the U.N.’s SDGs. The 17 different SDGs represent altruistic themes ranging from eliminating poverty and ensuring access to clean and...

NJIT is a Top 50 Best Value College According to The Princeton Review

Tuesday, April 20, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation at an affordable price, according to The Princeton Review, an honor held since 2018. NJIT ranked No. 39 as a Best Value College and No. 10 for Best Career Placement among public colleges and universities. The Princeton Review profiles NJIT in the recently published 2021 edition of its annual guide, The Best Value Colleges. In order to make the list, institutions needed to demonstrate a stellar academic program and affordability, and offer strong...

For NJIT's Sam Carlos, Two Majors Weren't Enough, So He Made it Three

Friday, April 16, 2021
New students often matriculate at NJIT with a handful of college credits, declaring themselves double majors or participating in joint bachelors-masters programs, but Metuchen's Samuel Carlos is raising the bar, having arrived in 2018 with an astonishing 103 college credits and an associate's degree earned in high school, promptly declaring a double major and then adding a third in 2019 because he didn't want to graduate too soon. By doing so, Carlos became the first documented Highlander triple-major in the last 38 years since the Banner registration system began, and probably the...

Student's Web Design Startup Helps Local Businesses in Pandemic

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
When the COVID-19 pandemic put an indefinite pause to how local bricks-and-mortar businesses serve their communities, an NJIT student and his friends stepped in to help small companies take the concept of shopping local online. Franklin Tan said his website development business, Tartan Technologies, formed in 2018 and became much busier as small businesses, many of which never even had a website, needed to quickly catch up to the times with online storefronts because regular customers could no longer shop in person. Tan, a business information systems major from Summit, grew up in...

Applications to Ying Wu College of Computing Increased 50% Since 2019

Monday, April 12, 2021
Applications to study at Ying Wu College of Computing increased by 50% in the last two years. The college received 2,979 applicants this year which is also an increase of 19% from 2020. Computer science, human-computer interaction and web/information systems also experienced large increases as individual majors. There were 43% more applications requesting Albert Dorman Honors College status since 2019. Activity related to the COVID pandemic was paramount in the 2020-2021 academic year. Professors James Geller and Yehoshua Perl, both of the computer science department, helped make the...

NJIT Coding Team Advances for First Time, Divisional Round is April 22

Tuesday, March 30, 2021
A team of NJIT computer science students will compete among some of the nation's best undergraduate coders in the divisional level of the International Collegiate Programming Contest on April 22, where top finishers in the U.S. Eastern division go to the North American championships, en route to the ultimate prize at the World Finals in Moscow. Samuel Carlos, Malachi Dubé and Jacob Haynie will represent the Highlanders in the virtual event. They are the first NJIT team to advance to a higher level since the university initially participated in 2013. "I probably didn't expect to move on...

Hillier College Welcomes New Board Members to Advise on Direction

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Hillier College welcomed new advisory board members Kim Vierheilig ’99 ’00, Robert "Bob" Fritz ’88, and Jordan Hillier Adams.   Each brings new perspectives to the vision and leadership that the advisory board has provided to the college since its inception. Vierheilig, who holds dual degrees in architecture and business, is vice president and regional business line leader at AECOM, an infrastructure consulting firm. Fritz, who holds a Bachelor of Architecture, is senior vice president and built environment practice leader for North America at Mott MacDonald, a global...

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