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High Schoolers Come to NJIT to Learn About Virtual Reality and Research

Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Students from the Hunterdon County Computer Science and Applied Engineering Academy came to NJIT on Nov. 22 to participate in a study of the impact of virtual reality (...

NJIT Gets Chapter of Google Developer Student Club

Monday, December 9, 2019
NJIT now has a chapter of the Google Developer Student Club.

NJIT@JerseyCity Officially Launched with Expectation of Rapid Growth

Friday, December 6, 2019
NJIT welcomed 35 data science students to its newly opened NJIT@JerseyCity location this semester, with a goal of doubling that number in the spring and reaching 500...

A Q&A with David Bader, Director of NJIT's New Institute for Data Science

Monday, December 2, 2019
David Bader, distinguished professor of computer science, is the director of NJIT’s new Institute for Data Science.

NJIT Math Prof. Shang Seeks Proof For Why Machine Learning Works

Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Programmers can tell you what machine learning does and how it works, but they can't really prove why it works. Enter the mathematicians.

Data Science Expert Bader Looks to Fed Funding for Info Analysis

Thursday, November 14, 2019
Data science has reached a point where techniques such as deep learning can beat humans at recognizing objects, although experts are still figuring out how to make explainable predictions from massive data, NJIT distinguished professor...

Save Time and Money, Two Degrees in Five Years with the BS-MS Program

Thursday, November 14, 2019
For Elena Prokhorova, the decision to begin taking master’s level courses while still a computer science undergrad came down to personal interest, as she wanted more...

GirlHacks Winner Aims to Help Students with Hearing Loss

Friday, November 8, 2019
Anupriya Gotkhindi was listening to a lecture in her machine learning graduate class when she noticed a sign language translator having difficulty trying to decipher the...
Facebook engineer-in-residence Noah Cantor (kneeling)

NJIT Collaboration with Facebook Boosts Opportunities for Students

Monday, October 14, 2019
Catarina DeMatos’ experience with Facebook started with a surprise in the fall of 2018. She walked into her CS 114 class and learned her instructor was Miki Friedmann, a Facebook software engineer and a visiting faculty member at NJIT’s...

NJIT Hosts Tech Giants Facebook, Google and Microsoft

Tuesday, October 1, 2019
NJIT students had a chance to connect with tech powerhouses Facebook, Google and Microsoft during information sessions held on campus.