Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) is pleased to formally announce the appointments of four new assistant professors who will lead research and education initiatives in the departments of Data Science and Informatics during the 2024-2025 academic year.
Assistant Professor Pan Xu in the Department of Computer Science has been honored with having two of his papers selected by the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), one of three primary conferences of high impact in machine learning and artificial intelligence.
In a remarkable achievement, Khiem Ton's paper on SGCode has been accepted for presentation at the prestigious 2024 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS '24), only one week into his Ph.D. program.
NJIT researchers, including Jason Wang from YWCC, have been awarded a $593,864 National Science Foundation grant to develop a new AI system for more quickly and accurately predicting when explosive space weather events on the Sun will strike, from solar flares to coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
Distinguished Professor Guiling (Grace) Wang recently co-organized a special event, Finance Day, under the theme of “Finance” as part of KDD 2024 held in Barcelona Spain. Professor Baruch Schieber and Associate Professor Senjuti Basu Roy, along with MD Mouinul Ph.D. ’23, and Ph.D. candidate Soroush Vahidi, also published a paper at the research track of the conference titled Promoting Fairness and Priority in k-Winners Selection Using IRV.
Professor Baruch Schieber and Associate Professor Senjuti Basu Roy from the Ying Wu College of Computing and Assistant Professor Nimrod Talmon from Ben-Gurion University presented a tutorial at the 50th International conference on Very Large databases (VLDB 2024), a flagship data management conference, in Guangzhou, China.
Sophomore computer science major Hari Sah was on the gold medal team at this year’s Project/Problem-Based Learning competition, hosted by National Taipei University of Technology, where students from New Jersey Institute of Technology brandished their skills against peers from around the world.
Distinguished Professor David Bader was interviewed by CNN on potential disruptions in the supply chain for major semiconductor chipmaking due to closures of two quartz mines in the Blue Ridge Mountains after Hurricane Helene.
In Brief
Grace Wang Invited to Serve as Subject Matter Expert in AI by Dept. of Homeland Security
YWCC is proud to announce that Distinguished Professor Grace Wang was invited to serve as a Subject Matter Expert in AI for the SAGE program of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, due to her "comprehensive, diverse, and impressive" experience in Artificial Intelligence. Her term is five years from 2024 to 2029.
Ribbon Cutting Opens New Dept. of Data Science Offices
On September 18th, Dean Jamie Payton led the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new offices of the Department of Data Science, which will accommodate 22 faculty and staff members.
Dr. Geller Goes to Washington
Professor Jim Geller was part of a group of 30 faculty from several universities who met with Congress to encourage more research funding, especially for NSF and the CHIPS and SCIENCE act.
Girlhacks 2024 Draws Highest Participation to Date
GirlHacks 2024 drew record participation this past weekend! Over 290 participants showcased 54 amazing projects, judged by a panel of industry professionals and our very own YWCC faculty.
