NJIT Computing Professor Zhi Wei Named Fellow of AAAS, Follows IEEE Honor

Distinguished Professor Zhi Wei, a bioinformaticist, was elected to the 2024 Fellows class of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science. He also became an IEEE Fellow in the same year.

Zhihao 'Zephyr' Yao Recognized Among IEEE Top 30 Early Career Professionals

Assistant Professor Zhihao "Zephyr" Yao has been named among IEEE Computing’s Top Early Career Professionals. This prestigious recognition is awarded to individuals worldwide who have demonstrated exceptional early-career achievements and are actively shaping the future of technology in the fields of artificial intelligence, software engineering and hardware.

YWCC Makes an Impact at AAAI Conference 2025

YWCC was a notable presence at the 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence during the month of March. Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Research and External Relations Guiling “Grace” Wang served as Sponsorship Chair for this year’s event, in addition to co-coordinating YWCC’s sponsorship of the AAAI Student Hackathon with Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Brook Wu and serving as one of 10 Women Mentors for the women mentoring lunch program.

Computing Student Earns Spot in One of the World's Most Competitive Hackathons

Haley Patel, an undergraduate computer science student, recently represented NJIT at Stanford University's TreeHacks 2025, one of the most competitive hackathons globally. Sponsored by tech giants like NVIDIA, Google and OpenAI, TreeHacks received more than 12,000 applications, and selected only 1,000 participants. 

NJIT's Bader, Who Helped Invent Modern Supercomputing, Gets HoF Honor

Distinguished professor David Bader was inducted recently into the Mimms Museum of Technology and Art Hall of Fame, located near Atlanta in recognition for “…groundbreaking innovations that democratized high-performance computing.”

SIGCHI Design Jam Showcases the Fruits of Mixing Computing with Creativity

The annual SIGCHI Design Jam happened during an inspired nine-hour designathon during the weekend of March 8. The event invites students studying human-computer interaction, digital design, web and information systems and cyberpsychology to form teams of four to create an interactive prototype (Figma, front-end code, paper prototype, etc.) that will solve a real user problem.

Vincent Oria Comments on Gov. Murphy’s Legislation to Criminalize “Deepfakes"

Professor Vincent Oria, chair of the Department of Computer Science, comments on Governor Murphy's signing of legislation establishing civil and criminal penalties for deceptive AI "deepfakes." 

Princeton Review Ranks NJIT Among Top Game Design Programs for 2025

Princeton Review's Top 50 Undergraduate Game Design Programs: 2025 Edition ranks YWCC #36 Top Undergraduate Game Design Programs and #10 Top Northeast Game Design Programs: Undergraduate.

Experience Day 2025: “Cool” Classes – Cutting-Edge Research – A Cavalcade of Student Clubs

Students who have been invited to join us as YWCC fall 2025 freshman at NJIT got a taste of the many options that make computing a labor of love - and a bit of fun as well. 

NJIT at Jersey City Holds First Full-Scale Open House

The NJIT at Jersey City open house brought current and aspiring tech professionals eager to learn about our graduate programs in AI, computer science, cybersecurity, data science and the Martin Tuchman School of Management's new Tech MBA. Attendees had the opportunity to meet faculty and distinguished alumni and attend a special presentation by Associate Professor Hai Phan on IP & Data Security in Generative AI.