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Annual NJ CS Chairs Meeting Explores Upgrading Education to Match Demands on Accessibility and AI

Monday, August 19th, 2024
Computer Science department chairs from several New Jersey universities and community colleges met at the Ying Wu College of Computing’s (YWCC) NJIT@JerseyCity location to discuss the state of computer science education with a focus on improving access for a broader diversity of students as part of ...

5 from NJIT Earn 'Enterprising Women in Commerce' Accolade

Tuesday, August 13th, 2024
Five professors and administrators from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have been recognized as "Enterprising Women in Commerce" by Commerce Magazine, an honor that highlights outstanding achievements across a range of industries. The honorees are among the select group chosen by the Comme...

Undergrad's Research Informed by Your Mood and Playlist

Monday, August 12th, 2024
Spotifeel is a new computer program to help scientists evaluate the relationship between your mood and your playlist, developed by NJIT rising senior Rain Nutt for her undergraduate summer research. Existing efforts tend to evaluate all listeners by the same set of music, whether they like the songs...

Q&A with Jamie Payton, New Dean of Ying Wu College of Computing

Thursday, August 8th, 2024
Jamie Payton is the new dean of NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing. She met with NJIT News for a Q&A session about her views on computing education and questions about current events in computing. The following transcript is lightly edited for clarity. Her Roadmap to NJIT NJIT News: Northern ...

NJIT Celebrates Largest Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation Symposium

Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
An independent, flexible, small sensor for breast tumor detection was the winner of the top Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award at the 2024 Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation (URI) Symposium at NJIT. Isabella Frangiosa, a rising senior at Rowan University, said the inspiration of her d...

NJIT Hosts Summer STEM Boot Camp for Tech-Minded High Schoolers

Tuesday, August 6th, 2024
Nearly 100 high school rising juniors and seniors spent their July days at New Jersey Institute of Technology, where they’re studying advanced topics such as cybersecurity, engineering, entrepreneurship, neuroscience and robotics. The students came from 64 school districts throughout the Garden Stat...

Rojas-Cessa, Yaramothu Named Senior Members of National Academy of Inventors

Tuesday, July 16th, 2024
NJIT engineering professors Roberto Rojas-Cessa and Chang Yaramothu are among the newest senior members in the National Academy of Inventors and the only two from New Jersey in their class. Rojas-Cessa is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and a leader of NJIT’s Hispanic/Latino Emplo...

Novel Pre-Treatment Process Enhances PFAS Removal from Drinking Water

Tuesday, July 9th, 2024
In a groundbreaking effort to tackle the pervasive issue of PFAS contamination in drinking water, a research team at New Jersey Institute of Technology has received funding from the Bureau of Reclamation's Desalination and Water Purification Research program. This highly competitive grant, awarded t...

AI, Relying on Hardware Support, Could Improve by Thinking for Itself

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
People keep finding novel uses for generative artificial intelligence, the latest being that it can learn to design specialized hardware to make itself work faster. Generative AI applications such as large language models became mainstream when ChatGPT went viral in 2022, but they require copious, c...

Engineers Unveil Survival Mechanisms of a Singularly Durable Life Form, the Spore

Monday, June 24th, 2024
Bacterial spores are some of nature’s most adept survivors. Subject to extreme environments – blazing and freezing temperatures, drought and even the vacuum of space – they coat themselves in a thick husk and lie dormant until conditions improve. In studying the way these single-cell organisms respo...