NJIT hosted the ninth New Jersey Big Data Alliance Symposium, bringing together nearly 200 experts from academia, government and industry to share ideas about the present state and future trends of their field.
It was a global cyber attack of epic proportions — but only in the best way possible for the student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the NJIT Secure Computing Initiative.
Pradnya Desai, a B.S in computer science graduate, made it her mission to accomplish as much as possible during her four years at NJIT, amassing an impressive resume that included multiple awards and recognitions for her work combining technological invention with a desire to positively affect society.
If you can envision a future where robots need eyeglasses to accurately deliver packages and safely perform dangerous missions, then Craig Iaboni would be your local android optician.
The idea for a service that would give buyers recommendations for products they cannot live without has won four computer science students in the Ying Wu College of Computing 1st place and a $5,000 grand prize as part of GfK’s annual NextGen Data Science Hackathon Competition.
Two undergraduates have turned a free Android mobile app development course they took into a teaching moment through CodePath.org, a nonprofit organization that offers free software development courses at colleges and universities who support low-income computer science students.
Computer science undergraduates Alfred Simpson and Luis Velasquez each received $5,000 scholarships this spring from the New Jersey chapter of the Society for Information Management.
In Brief
YWCC Attends ‘Calling All Innovators’ Event at Invitation of Fiserv
Students learned about the organization's plans to build a state-of-the art fintech hub in Berkeley Heights, meet their leadership team and interview onsite for current job and internship opportunities.
Data Science Chair and Ph.D. Student Present Research on COVID ‘Fake News” at FLAIRS Conference
Prof. Jim Geller and Ph.D. student Chih-yuan (Alen) along with Le Soon Ae Chun from the CUNY College of Staten Island presented research on ‘Stemming the Tide of Fake News’ about the COVID-19 Pandemic at the 35th International FLAIRS Conference in FL. Read the journal article here: https://tinyurl.com/4mcdaaxc
B.S. in Computer Science Graduate and President of the Student Senate is Featured Speaker at NJIT’s 106th Commencement
Anuja Badeti advised her class to say “yes” to opportunities, even if they prove fruitless, at the 2022 commencement ceremony held at the Prudential Center in Newark. Badeti will join Bloomberg as a software engineer post-graduation.
YWCC Celebrates 946 Graduates in May Ceremonies
The Ying Wu College of Computing was proud to confer a total of 946 degrees, 30% of NJIT’s graduating class of 2022, at the university commencement ceremonies in May.
