Ying Wu College of Computing

Come Join NJIT's 2021 Research Institutes, Centers and Laboratories Showcase

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Noise has an outsized impact on quality of life for urban residents, but it can be hard to monitor and regulate. Cities, which have limited resources to enforce noise codes, often chase transient sources that disappear before inspectors arrive hours or days later. In a talk next Tuesday at NJIT’s 2021 Research Institutes, Centers and Laboratories Showcase, Mark Cartwright, an assistant professor of informatics, will describe the development of machine-listening tools to automatically monitor urban noise pollution. They include the collection and annotation of data and the training and...

NJIT Fields Record Number of Applications from First-Year Students for 2nd Straight Year

Friday, March 19, 2021
For the second straight year, New Jersey Institute of Technology has broken its record for first-year student applications with a total of more than 11,250. All five of NJIT’s academic colleges experienced increases, led by a 21% jump from the Martin Tuchman School of Management, which eclipsed 1,000 applicants for the first time. The application surge is a multi-year trend and comes as NJIT gains national recognition for its programs, research capabilities and student outcomes, including the high-paying jobs and coveted graduate school opportunities alumni realize after graduation....

NJIT Makes Global List in QS Subject Rankings

Thursday, March 18, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has been ranked in three subject areas in the 2021 QS World University Rankings By Subject list, marking the third year in a row NJIT has earned a spot on the global ranking. The full 2021 rankings — published by Quacquarelli Symonds, an organization specializing in education — can be found at topuniversities.com. The QS rankings are based on academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper, and a citation impact index calculation. QS analyzed 1453 institutions across 51 subjects in five subject areas, resulting in nearly 17,000 published...

Institute for Data Science Aims to Democratize Supercomputing With NSF Grant

Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Ordinary people could soon have greater ability to analyze massive amounts of information, based on new algorithms and software tools being designed at NJIT, intended to simplify access to a programming interface from data scientists at the Department of Defense. It's relatively straightforward to analyze data sets of up to several hundred gigabytes, as the required software is readily available to students and small businesses, but there's a higher barrier to entry for working with tens of terabytes, which generally requires extensive training on high-performance computers, Institute for...

Grad Student Follows His Passions in Data Science, Dilruba, Hip-Hop Music

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Tejveer "T.J." Singh lives a double life that might be the envy of many other college students. By day, Singh is an unassuming data engineer, armed with an NJIT bachelor's degree in computer science and working from home in Milltown, N.J. for a San Francisco startup company, while also still enrolled at NJIT for an online master's degree in data science. But he rarely tells classmates or faculty that, by night, he's an acclaimed alternative hip-hop artist who played the Indian dilruba at Lincoln Center, shares a producer with mainstream singer Post Malone and plans to release his first...

NJIT and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Launch New Institute for Future Technologies

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, President Daniel Chamovitz of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and President Joel S. Bloom of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have unveiled a partnership that will create a world-class Institute for Future Technologies in New Jersey. Two powerhouse universities in the fields of cyber technologies and environmental engineering will come together to offer dual degrees and exciting new research opportunities. The Institute looks forward to receiving support and seed funding from the State of New Jersey. “NJIT is one of the state's...

Q&A with NJIT Alum Lorraine Nunes: My Journey from Brazil to Community College to NJIT to Accenture

Thursday, March 4, 2021
Just two months after earning a bachelor’s at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Lorraine Nunes '20 landed her first big job, as a software architect analyst at Accenture.  Nunes, who majored in business and information systems, graduated in December after transferring from Hudson County Community College and enriching her studies with real-world experiences, including jobs as a technician and office manager and an internship at a nonprofit. She credits a NJIT counselor and professor for guiding her toward a business-focused major that ultimately helped open the door to Accenture....

Partnerships Flourish in Industrial Affiliates Program

Tuesday, March 2, 2021
As companies increasingly seek outside help to understand and implement emerging technologies such as data science and artificial intelligence, Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) is playing an increasingly broader role in helping companies achieve this goal. YWCC does this through its Industrial Affiliates Program (IAP), a platform to nurture corporate partnerships, providing opportunities for companies, students and faculty in employment, training and joint research and development. As the greater New York region's only dedicated computing college, YWCC "has a wealth of expert faculty...

Engineering Alum's Textbook Teaches Python With Real-World Examples

Monday, March 1, 2021
NJIT alumna Dayrene Martinez, who earned her electrical engineering degree in 2018, recently published a textbook of Python computer programming after mastering the language as a systems engineer for defense contractor Raytheon. Martinez co-authored the 420-page book, Applied computational thinking with Python: Design algorithmic solutions for complex and challenging real-world problems, with Sofía De Jesús. They met through a professional organization called Latinas in STEM Foundation. "This book is written by two Latina women in STEM which is something you don't see too often," Martinez...

Six NJIT Honors College Students Named U.S. Fulbright Semifinalists

Monday, February 22, 2021
NJIT students have broken three university records so far this year in pursuit of Fulbright scholarships, submitting a historic high of 11 applications, followed by another milestone achievement – the elevation of six to the semifinal round, including a first-ever candidate for study in the U.K., one of the most competitive countries. “These six applicants are all incredibly accomplished, having taken advantage of immersive co-curricular experiences – especially research,” noted Lorna Ronald, associate director for prestigious fellowships and Honors advising. “NJIT's focus on research,...

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