Ying Wu College of Computing

NJIT’s McNair Scholars have been igniting their research efforts in campus labs this summer, and many are starting to see their career aspirations take shape in the process. NJIT’s Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement program has often been described as life-changing by those selected ever since the first scholar class was announced in 1999. The program provides many underrepresented or disadvantaged students with preparation for doctoral study, as well as a plethora of advanced research and travel opportunities that have a lasting impact on their future. This year’s class...

NJIT Assistant Professor Martin Kellogg is a software exterminator, obsessed with inventing programs that squash bugs in other people's code, and now he's working on the elusive balance between usability vs. perfection. Kellogg recently won a four-year, $450,000 National Science Foundation grant to advance his research, General and Scalable Pluggable Type Inference. His co-principal investigator, Manu Sridharan at University of California - Riverside, won the same amount. They are assisted by students at both institutions. There's even a teenager helping out from Pingry School, in Basking...

Longtime Newark neighbors, Prudential and New Jersey Institute of Technology, have joined forces to help Prudential solve technological challenges while providing exciting opportunities for NJIT students. Like many leading financial organizations, Prudential has introduced cutting-edge digital technologies into its daily operations, increasing internal efficiency and productivity, and improving customer experience and satisfaction. With the obvious benefit comes the organizational challenge of acquiring and maintaining a workforce capable of developing and integrating the relevant...

Suresh U. Kumar, senior university lecturer and director of entrepreneurial programs in NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC), has been elected by the Board of Directors of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) as the next president of the New Jersey chapter, effective July 1, 2023. TiE is one of the world’s largest entrepreneurship support organizations with over 30,000 members in 14 countries helping 25,000 startups with an economic impact of over $1 trillion, according to KPMG. A serial entrepreneur, professor, mentor, angel investor, nonprofit leader, county elected official and author...