Ying Wu College of Computing

Six exceptional students have been awarded the Avanade STEM Scholarship to further their pursuit of a degree at NJIT. Avanade, in support of its mission to encourage young people — especially women — to study and succeed in STEM disciplines, has partnered with NJIT since 2016 and awarded scholarships annually to advance this cause. Avanade, a recipient of the “Corporate Partner of the Year” at NJIT’s annual Celebration gala, has also selected more than a dozen students to participate in their corporate mentorship program that pairs a student with an Avanade employee throughout the year...

Professor Jim Geller, chair of the department of Data Science, attended a January conference hosted by the Computing Research Initiative’s (CRA) LEVEL UP program, whose mission is to build a nation-wide consensus of best practices among computing departments to increase diversity through inclusive recruitment and course offerings. CRA leads the effort in collaboration with the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), IEEE Computer Society and National Science Foundation (NSF), along with diversity-focused organizations such as the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI),...

Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) and the department of Computer Science are proud to count Fulbright Scholar Fernando Vera Buschmann as a member of its Ph.D. candidate team of researchers, one of a growing number of Fulbright award recipients who have chosen NJIT as an incubator for their professional goals and objectives. He came to NJIT from Osorno, a small town in Patagonia, far south of Santiago, Chile, with a background in physics and pedagogy having obtained his M.Sc. at the University of Chile. His fascination with better understanding the human brain inspired him to pursue...

Vaisnavi Nemala, a senior data science student in the Ying Wu College of Computing and Albert Dorman Honor’s College, presented a paper on which she served as lead author at the 32nd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (ACM CIKM) 2023 in Birmingham, England. The achievement is especially noteworthy, as she is one of very few undergraduate students to present as a lead principal investigator at a conference considered among the most prestigious in the field of technology. Nemala, furthermore, introduced herself to the project during the very first week of...