July 1 marks the first day of Dr. Teik C. Lim’s appointment as president of New Jersey Institute of Technology.
“It was an honor to be selected to lead such an important institution into the future, and a privilege to begin the work of leading NJIT and continuing its amazing trajectory.” said Dr. Lim.
Twitter was a strategic tool for Taliban operations in overthrowing the Afghanistan leadership during the country’s civil war, and some accounts associated with the oppressive group triggered the company's algorithms to promote ads for well-known Western brands, researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Princeton University and University of Regina found.
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) profiles Ying Wu College of Computing Distinguished Professor David Bader and his pioneering contributions to high-performance computing and real-world applications to cybersecurity, massive scale analytics, and computational genomics. Bader was recently elected a Fellow of ACM for his industry defining work.
Recent computer science graduate Caitlin Mooney’s knowledge of COBOL, a 40 year-old software solution, is still essential technology at big banks, insurance companies, government agencies and other large institutions. Some may consider such “musty” technology as problematic and no longer worth teaching. But the reality is that it still powers many of our existing systems – and she is grateful for the experience. Read her New York Times Interview here.
Mark Cartwright develops machine listening technologies for Sounds of New York City, a research initiative to monitor, analyze and mitigate urban noise pollution.
In Brief
Senior Student Wins 2022 Anne Wiley Scholarship
Congratulations to Talaar Rastguelenian, a senior B.S. in Information Technology student, on winning the highly competitive 2022 Anne Wiley Scholarship awarded through NJIT's Murray Center for Women in Technology. Established in honor of the Center's late co-director, Anne Wiley, the winner is selected by NJIT department chairs and deans.
Spring CodePath Course Leads to Summer Opportunities for 43 YWCC Students
Five YWCC students were admitted into a paid pre-internship program hosted by CodePath known as Summer Internship for Tech Excellence or Futureforce Tech Launchpad. These competitive pre-internships are geared towards computer science sophomores and sponsored by Course Hero, Salesforce, Schmidt Futures, and Workday. Thirty-eight students were also admitted into CodePath’s Summer Software Engineering Course.
NJIT@JerseyCity To Welcome International Students in Fall 2022
Ying Wu College of Computing at NJIT is proud to announce that as of the Fall 2022 semester, international (F1) students (enrolled at NJIT's Newark campus) are welcome to attend classes at its ultra-modern new facility at Jersey City, a stone’s throw from New York City’s financial district. Details will be available soon on the NJIT course schedule for the Fall 2022 semester and at jerseycity.njit.edu
Julie Ancis and Grace Wang Promoted to Distinguished Professor
Ying Wu College of Computing congratulates Associate Dean Grace Wang and Interim Chair of Informatics Julie Ancis on their promotion to the rank of Distinguished Professor.
Their valuable contributions have played a significant role in advancing the mission of the College and we look forward to many great things to come from each of them.
