Addressing a critical need in today’s data-driven world, the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) at NJIT now offers a training program in Data Science and Analytics, tailored to those developing and using this technology in the corporate world. This fall three YWCC professors delivered a three-course version of the program at the United Parcel Service (UPS) campus in Parsippany, N.J. Each of the courses is a “boot camp” experience - employees learn technological concepts in lecture sessions, then practice their new skills in a series of hands-on exercises using state-of-the-art software. “…

This fall, NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) welcomed two new department chairs: Frank Biocca, chair of the informatics department, and Baruch Schieber, chair of the computer science department. Biocca and Schieber bring a vast array of experience and knowledge to NJIT. “I am delighted to have such accomplished scientists and administrators, with such diverse backgrounds, on the college leadership team,” said YWCC Dean Craig Gotsman. “Both Baruch and Frank will be key players in implementing my vision for the future of the college, growing it to be an important bridge between the…

On a Wednesday afternoon, in a handful of rooms along the second-floor corridor of Albert Dorman Honors College, NJIT students and alumni networked, albeit not in person. The five participating alumni appeared on screen via Webex from the West Coast for the college’s Virtual Silicon Valley Networking event, interacting with and answering questions from small groups of students that rotated from room to room every 15 minutes. Alumni Maria Karim ’05 Honors, a manager at Topcon (also formerly of Intel); Salman Naqvi ’10 Honors, a display exploration engineer with Apple; Phong Pham ’10 Honors, a…

How well do you know your whereabouts? Better yet, how does one get acquainted with a new location when traveling or relocating? A team of researchers at NJIT has created a place-based artificial intelligence project that helps denizens expand their knowledge of the city of Istanbul. “[AI]stanbul has been designed as a curious machine that aims to be a virtual native,” explains the [AI]stanbul team about the installation on display at the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, Sept. 22 – Nov 4.  “By asking questions to people — inhabitants, visitors, tourists — about Istanbul, aims to…

The joint lab will explore wider applications for blockchain JD.com, China’s largest retailer online or offline, has launched a joint research lab for blockchain technologies with the Ying Wu College of Computing at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the Institute of Software at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS).  The joint lab, which was announced at a launch event in Beijing, will focus on solving efficiency and stability challenges that are the most significant bottlenecks restricting the wider application of blockchain, and explore new applications of the…

The MIXRLab in the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) has officially opened. The unique facility is designed for social interaction, application development and state of the art research. With an academic theme on game design and simulation, courses that will utilize the lab focus on virtual, augmented and mixed reality, 2D and 3D app development and game design. "Our faculty are engaged in cutting-edge research in areas ranging from networking and computer security to big data analytics, to bioinformatics, gaming and virtual reality," said YWCC Dean Craig Gotsman.…

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will host a TEDxNJIT event Nov. 8, 2018 in the Jim Wise Theatre on the NJIT campus and via an accompanying live simulcast available to viewers worldwide. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, is themed “ReFraming” and will feature leaders from business, academia and the arts addressing a range of topics. Speakers will explore assumptions that limit solutions to social problems and broadening perspectives to find new opportunities for cross cutting approaches. They will cover a range of disciplines including arts,…

Now in its 39th year, the IEEE Sarnoff Symposium is the premier forum in telecom and related topics for researchers, engineers and business executives in the Northeast.   “It has a long history as a place where industry leaders can share their insights with academia on state-of-the-art research, where the industry is going and the challenges they face,” said Grace (Guiling) Wang, co-chair of this year’s symposium and professor of computer science at NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC). More than 30 speakers participated in the two-day event. Topics discussed…

In the face of both natural and man-made threat to city infrastructure, greater pushes have been made toward the planning and design of “resilient cities” — cities positioned to protect and enhance urban life through development of components necessary to respond to terrorism, earthquakes, coastal flooding, solar flares, as well as infrastructure adoption of sustainable energy. In their upcoming NJIT Technology and Society Forum presentation, two experts who have collaborated for the last 15 years on the topic of city resilience — Hani Nassif, professor at Rutgers University, and Kaan Ozbay…