Department informatics
Ying Wu College of Computing Welcomes New Faculty for 2021-2022 Academic Year
Top Row: Fuad Hamidli, Huong Le, Yao Ma, Kamlesh Naik
Bottom Row: Shantanu Sharma,Julie Ancis, Hua Wei
Seven new faculty members – researchers and instructors – joined the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) in Fall 2021, embracing the opportunity to contribute to the NJIT academic mission. They collectively bring a wealth of experience from as far as Asia and the Middle East to the four corners of the U.S., hailing from institutions and organizations that are recognized leaders in their fields.
Experts at NJIT's New AI Research Center to Study Theory and Applications
Members of NJIT's new Center for Artificial Intelligence Research will look to expand knowledge of the theory, data and applications of their field, which director Grace Wang said is quickly evolving from experimental to practical status.
Computing Professor Explores Mixed-Reality Cure for Zoom Fatigue
Looking to reduce the stress that confronts people who videoconference too much — widely known as Zoom fatigue, following the work-from-home trend of the COVID pandemic — one expert from NJIT is working on new approaches to augmented and virtual reality systems.
NJIT Tops National Ranking For Computer Programming
New Jersey Institute of Technology leads U.S. universities in teaching programming languages, according to a new survey by HackerRank, which sells products to help human resources departments evaluate software developers.
NSF Continues Funding NJIT's Future Defenders of Government Computing
NJIT this month won its second grant from the National Science Foundation's CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program, in which students studying toward master's degrees receive up to three years of free tuition and generous stipends, in exchange for working at government cybersecurity jobs after graduation.
New Diagnosis Tools Will Help Protect Data in Event-Based Applications
Software behaving badly, especially when it corrupts, exposes or loses someone's data, is the motivation for new research from NJIT Prof. Iulian Neamtiu on how event-based applications go astray and what can be done to fix them.
Amazon Buys Wickr, A Secure Messaging App Founded by NJIT Alumni, Faculty
Online commerce giant Amazon recently acquired Wickr, a secure messaging company founded at NJIT in 2011 that's known for its focus on corporate and military customers, and will integrate the technology into its Amazon Web Services portfolio.
NJIT Researchers Evaluate Online Harassment of Marginalized Live-Streamers
Developers of live-streaming software could help block online harassment of women and LGBTQ people, based on new research from NJIT's informatics department where students and faculty studied the common types of harassment and interviewed 25 streamers to understand coping strategies.
Graduate Certificates Enable Easy Transition into Computing M.S. Programs
With computing playing an ever-increasing role in how companies operate, and the high demand for skilled computing professionals, people with no previous college or work experience in computing are applying to Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) to pursue graduate degree in one of the college’s M.S. programs.
Thanks to its several graduate certificate programs, YWCC students new to academic coursework in computing are able to acquire the core skills and experience that they will need to be successful in their chosen M.S. degree program.
Design Professor Embraces AI to Quantify Accessibility of Buildings
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but walkability could be evaluated by algorithms, according to new research from an unconventional professor in NJIT's Hillier College of Architecture and Design.
"Most people assume that architects have some tool to visualize or analyze how people will use the building. It's not true, they don't," explained Assistant Professor Mathew Schwartz.