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NJIT@JerseyCity Officially Launched with Expectation of Rapid Growth

Friday, December 6th, 2019
NJIT welcomed 35 data science students to its newly opened NJIT@JerseyCity location this semester, with a goal of doubling that number in the spring and reaching 500 students in three years, Ying Wu College of Computing Dean Craig Gotsman said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony held December 5 at the ne...

NJIT Students Come in 1st With Election-Inspired Hackathon Project

Friday, October 4th, 2019
It was a timely inspiration that garnered two Honors College students a first-place hackathon win. With the upcoming election season expected to be fraught with doctored videos of famous figures aiming to influence voters — known as deepfakes — Aarati Srikumar and George Aboudiwan, along with two te...

Put Away Your Smartphone to Understand Tech's Impact on Elections

Thursday, September 19th, 2019
Students wishing to understand the chaos of national politics might listen to Cody Buntain, a new assistant professor in the Ying Wu College of Computing informatics department, who said it succinctly: "Look away from the phone." Buntain joined NJIT this year to teach computer ethics and to researc...

NJIT Professor Awarded Prestigious DARPA Fellowship

Wednesday, August 28th, 2019
Kurt Rohloff, a professor of computer science at NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing, has been awarded the prestigious DARPA Director’s Fellowship from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The $500,000 grant that comes with the Fellowship will be used to continue to advance deploy...

NJIT to Establish New Institute for Data Science

Monday, July 8th, 2019
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 bi...

NJIT Unveils New Jersey's First Cyberpsychology Program

Thursday, January 10th, 2019
This year, NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts has announced it will offer students a unique baccalaureate degree option in the emerging field of cyberpsychology. The new program — exploring the dynamics between modern technology and human psychology — is the first of its kind in New Jersey, ...

New Jersey Institute of Technology Partners with Woz U

Wednesday, May 30th, 2018
Technology-based education start-up Woz U, announced today a partnership with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), one of only 32 polytechnic universities in the United States. The partnership will enable NJIT to offer Woz U’s refined Cyber Security and Software Developer programs to compa...

Security Briefing: These 7 NJIT Research Initiatives Take a Bite Out of Cybercrime

Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
  NJIT, home to the largest computer science program among all research universities in the New York metropolitan area, continues to build a critical mass and increase its visibility as a top university for future leaders and research in the field of cybersecurity. “On the educational fro...