Distinguished Professors David Bader and Guiling “Grace” Wang and Professors Cristian Borcea and Vincent Oria served as part of Governor Phil Murphy’s AI Task Force for the state of New Jersey, a team comprised of industry leaders, academic experts, consumer advocates, and government innovators tasked with establishing programs, trainings and tools that advance the state’s leadership in AI.
Potentially deadly mathematical errors are prevalent among mobile applications used in clinical and emergency room settings, but a team of NJIT researchers, including computer science professor Iulian Neamtiu, have found provable solutions that may save lives.
Associate Professor Hai Phan and Ph.D. candidates Nhi N Nguyen, Mahmoud Nazzal and Khiem Ton recently presented two papers at the 31st ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2024) that could aid future breakthroughs in improving the trustworthiness of Large Language Models (LLMs) when generating code.
The YWCC Programming Club, led by senior computer science major and president Jaden Nguyen and their coach, Assistant Professor Martin Kellogg, scored in the top 20 for two of their four teams among 83 competitors from some of the most prestigious institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region at the 2024 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC).
Coders, more than most people, spend hours upon hours clacking away at their keyboards, so they’re prime candidates for an invention that helps improve your posture — and so TheBackPak won this year’s edition of HackNJIT, earning $1,500 for its student developers.
In Brief
Grace Wang Organizes 5th ACM Conference on AI in Finance
Distinguished Professor Grace Guiling Wang successfully organized the 5th ACM Conference on AI in Finance as the General Chair, along with Dr. Dhagash Mehta, Ph.D., Head of Applied Artificial Intelligence Research at BlackRock. Also in attendance were Prof. Ajim Uddin from the Martin Tuchman School of Management and the professors' students.
Great minds think alike - especially when given the chance to thrive. S-STEM scholarship students from several NJ institutions, including NJIT, recently attended the Great Minds in STEM Conference GMIS 2024 in Fort Worth, TX. The S-STEM scholarship, funded by a grant from the NSF, opens a wealth of opportunities for high-caliber students with financial challenges on the journey to becoming tomorrow's leaders in technology. They make us proud.
Assistant Professor Salam Daher demonstrates a virtual reality simulation that responds to user questions for healthcare training in eldercare facilities. These and other cutting-edge innovations are yours to explore through an NJIT education.
Dean Jamie Payton Welcomes Team Sanskar
Dean Jamie Payton thanks Team Sanskar, led by their president Prahasith Ramanujan Tirunagari, for taking the time to visit her office recently. YWCC very much appreciated the wealth of ideas and forward thinking by this eager group of international South Asian graduate students. Keep up the great work!
Google Welcomes NJIT’s Women in Computing Society
Thanks to Thomas Fu at Google for inviting the Women in Computing Society to tour the NYC headquarters and answer questions!
The YWCC Capstone Showcase is one of the final benchmarks for innovation, real-world problem solving and mastery of invention. Find your next great intern or hire in AI, data science, cybersecurity, and cloud computing and support young minds on the cusp of tomorrow's discoveries.
