Ensuring the security of the software is of paramount importance to any company, and more so for the companies who develop and supply the software. With opportunities for an infection of malware at each step of the software supply chain, securing the chain has become a key concern in a world controlled by interacting software systems. A collaborative project by researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and New York University (NYU) has developed a system that helps close security gaps and provides companies with certification that their software supply chain remains free of…

Continuing its mission to lead in computing technologies, NJIT announced today that it will establish a new Institute for Data Science, focusing on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and development in all areas pertinent to digital data. The institute will bring existing research centers in big data, medical informatics and cybersecurity together with new research centers in data analytics and artificial intelligence, cutting across all NJIT colleges and schools, and conduct both basic and applied research. The Institute for Data Science will be directed by Distinguished Professor…

NJIT graduate Theresa Wagner knew she wanted to work for the federal government. After switching her major a few times while at NJIT, she found her path as an undergraduate student studying information technology. It was while studying IT that she learned of a program that would help her finish her undergraduate degree, pick up a master’s degree and land her first job out of college at the U.S. Department of State. Wagner is one of a select few students at NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing who participated in CyberCorps, a unique “Scholarship for Service” program funded by the National…

Media giant Hearst Magazines is the latest company to partner with the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) to train its employees in the fast-growing area of data science. Called “Hearst Data University” by the company, Hearst employees are taking part in on-site training led by NJIT professors. The courses are designed specifically for Hearst Magazines to help employees glean insights from Hearst’s proprietary information to develop a deeper connection with its audience and customers. “The amount of data available today is overwhelming. This…

Whether they’ll be soaking up cultures abroad in the coming year or advancing research in science, health care and other fields, all of the NJIT students receiving prominent and highly competitive scholarships and fellowships in 2019 are, in a word, impressive. In fact, two university records were achieved: For the first time, an NJIT student earned the David L. Boren Scholarship, which seeks to build a workforce of national security professionals with critical language skills, and two NJIT students were awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, for undergraduate research, in the same year. “…

Priya Ravi’s bent toward business made itself evident long before she arrived at NJIT. The soon-to-be finance graduate shares a story from her childhood that proved telling. “When my sister and I were children, my father watched a lot of financial news on TV and read the business sections of the newspaper. He would discuss it with my mom after he came home from work,” said Ravi, looking right at home in Martin Tuchman School of Management’s Ray Cassetta Financial Analysis Laboratory, just a few weeks before commencement. “My mom told me that from a young age, I would listen to their…

NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing to offer data science programs in Jersey City Starting fall 2019, New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) will offer part-time and full-time graduate-level programs in data science at a location just steps from the Exchange Place PATH station in the waterfront district of Jersey City. The new location will expand NJIT’s $2.8 billion annual impact on the state’s economy by serving New Jersey residents working in the nearby emerging tech hub of New York City. YWCC Dean Craig Gotsman said the strong demand for data…

Duality Technologies, a startup company co-founded by a NJIT Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) professor, was the first runner up in the Innovation Sandbox Competition at the RSA Conference, the security industry’s leading meeting of the minds. Associate Professor Kurt Rohloff’s startup applies an innovative cryptographic technology called “homomorphic encryption” to enable organizations to collaborate and compute on private encrypted data. Duality Technologies’ CEO and co-founder Alon Kauffman called extracting actionable value out of data the “gold rush of our time.” He said artificial…

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to Deliver 2019 Commencement Address and Receive Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will award more than 3,000 baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees at the 103rd Commencement exercises May 21, 2019, and May 23, 2019, at the Prudential Center and at NJIT’s Wellness and Events Center, respectively, in Newark, New Jersey. The university also will confer honorary degrees on three distinguished individuals May 21, 2019, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will deliver…

Qiang Tang is one of the researchers around the globe receiving this highly competitive award: this year Google received 910 proposals covering 40 countries and more than 320 universities. Tang was recognized for his work in cliptography, an advanced form of cryptography, which preserves the security of cryptographic tools even if they encounter malicious software or hardware implementations containing backdoors.   The battle to keep online data secure and create encoding mechanisms to prevent online theft of currency and intellectual property is never ending. As companies and…