From traditional classroom learning and accelerated programs to online and hybrid (combining online and face-to-face) instruction, graduate students at NJIT have a variety of options to earn advanced degrees. They also have a lot of choice, with 50+ master’s programs (including 15 fully online), 19 doctoral programs and 40 certificate programs representing an array of STEM disciplines. In this second of a two-part series, Sotirios G. Ziavras, vice provost for graduate studies, dean of the graduate faculty and professor of electrical and computer engineering, talks about some of NJIT’s newest…

For its unwavering and ongoing commitment to both first-generation college students and students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, NJIT has been acknowledged in four key areas of distinction: inclusion, affordability, completion and outcomes. The accolade comes from Strive for College, an online mentoring platform that supports aspiring college students and with which NJIT is a success partner. The distinctions represent data-based measures culled from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (more well-known as IPEDS), as well as economic mobility “report cards”…

They represent a sizable segment of NJIT’s student population — about a quarter — and come from around the country and the world to attend the university and acquire advanced skills to secure successful professional careers. Indeed, graduate students are pursuing degrees in a range of academic disciplines through a variety of instructional formats, from traditional classroom or face-to-face learning, to online and hybrid (combines online and face-to-face) learning. Also, many of NJIT’s undergraduate students are enrolled in accelerated programs to take advantage of course double-counting that…

Quantum computing will be offered as a new course for computer science graduate students beginning next fall. This marks the first time the subject is available outside of a special-topics course or independent study in the Ying Wu College of Computing here at NJIT. Such computers process data based on quantum physics, where a particle can be in multiple states at once, as compared to conventional transistors, where a circuit can only be on or off. Today's conventional computers have billions of transistors in their microprocessors, while quantum computers have a few dozen quantum bits,…

NJIT's robotics club just stamped its ticket to the world championships tournament of a top-level league, despite competing as underdogs this season after all of its top members graduated last year. Chief engineer Yichao Zhang and lead programmer Dale Nacianceno — the former a senior, the latter a freshman — are leading the Highlanders to Louisville, Ky. to play in a tournament comprising up to 92 teams, after qualifying with a victory at a College of Southern Maryland tournament in February. The league is operated by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation, which is a…

Chris Wiggins, chief data scientist at The New York Times, presented on his field Feb. 25 at the Jersey City branch of the Ying Wu College of Computing. Technology is important, but to be a good data scientist it's more important to understand communications skills, explained Wiggins, who holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and joined the Times in 2014 on sabbatical from his applied mathematics professorship at Columbia University. "There are extra pains associated with trying to take a real-world problem, reframe it as machine learning, execute the machine learning and then…

Social Security benefits continue to make up a substantial portion of most Americans’ retirement portfolios. With many people depending on this program during their golden years, understanding the associated value and risks of future Social Security payments is of the utmost importance. But just what are the associated risks for recipients based on their health profile and wage history? This is the question an NJIT faculty-student team, led by Assistant Professor of Finance Steve Taylor and Assistant Professor of Accounting Ming Fang Taylor, set out to answer. The students on board…

As a major in architecture or any other field, you absolutely must learn computer programming and other high technology to be a compelling job applicant in the 2020s, implored Sarah Almukhtar, a Hiller College of Architecture and Design alumna ('10, B.Arch.) who spoke here last night about her data visualization work for The New York Times. Almukhtar worked at New York-based Heritage Architecture for two years after graduating from NJIT, discovered her preference for big-picture designs rather than individual buildings and so pursued an M.S. in urban planning from Columbia University where…

Leaders of NJIT's esports team, which is among the most successful collegiate videogame groups in the region and one of the top programs nationwide at games such as Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch, said they see the next few years as a time of critical evolution for their two-year-old club and for their field overall. Their goal mirrors that of college esports teams everywhere — to be accepted on equal standing with traditional sporting programs such as basketball and football. It's not unrealistic, they say, noting that many universities especially on the west coast already provide…

It’s here! Feb. 17-21 marks the annual Student Appreciation Week at NJIT. Dozens of activities, giveaways and events will take place across campus as part of the 2020 celebration. Here, many of NJIT’s schools, centers, offices and programs express their appreciation for the students of NJIT.   "University Admissions appreciates the positive ways our students contribute to the community at NJIT.” — Admissions "We appreciate the many diverse talents, the energy and the enthusiasm of our Honors students. They are wonderful ambassadors for our university, and they are the …