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Prof. Eric Nersesian discussing the mixed-reality laboratory

Virtual and Augmented Reality Tech Get Real-World Use At NJIT MIXR Lab

Monday, September 23, 2019
An augmented and virtual reality educational game developed by the NJIT MIXR Laboratory, which is a dual project of the Ying Wu College of Computing and Hillier College of Architecture and Design, is being showcased at an important conference in...
Prof. Cody Buntain studies the impact of social media on elections. He's testing a theory about the inevitability of users finding conspiracy theories if they exclusively follow single points of view long enough.

Put Away Your Smartphone to Understand Tech's Impact on Elections

Thursday, September 19, 2019
Students wishing to understand the chaos of national politics might listen to Cody Buntain, a new assistant professor in the Ying Wu College of Computing informatics department, who said it succinctly: "Look away from the phone."
Social media moderation diagram

NJIT Experts Lead $1.5M NSF Grant to Study Social Media Moderation

Friday, September 13, 2019
NJIT researchers received an $849,024 National Science Foundation grant to help invent ways of taming the wilderness that is online content moderation.

NJIT@JerseyCity Launches with Data Science Graduate Programs

Thursday, September 12, 2019
NJIT @JerseyCity welcomed its first students on September 3, 2019.

NJIT Professor Awarded Prestigious DARPA Fellowship

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Kurt Rohloff, a professor of computer science at NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing, has been awarded the prestigious DARPA Director’s Fellowship from the Defense...

Program started by NJIT Professor Spreading Entrepreneurial Spirit Around the World

Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Three times a year, NJIT’s Osama Eljabiri makes the trip to Medellin, Colombia, as part of his Real World Connections (RWC) program.

NJIT Professor Receives Facebook Research Award for Data Science

Tuesday, August 13, 2019
The director of NJIT’s new Institute for Data Science has received an award from Facebook to support real-world analytics research.

How Using Virtual Reality Helps to Make Real-World Roads Safer

Friday, August 2, 2019
Making changes to roadways can be a controversial issue. Seemingly a simple matter, adding a traffic light or changing a traffic pattern can raise many questions in the impacted community.

Using Data Analytics to Track and Treat Drug Abuse

Thursday, July 25, 2019
The underground culture of hardcore drug abuse is dynamic and evolves rapidly. Street names for drugs, hot spots where users go for their fix, and new, dangerous strains laced with different substances change frequently and regularly. 

Securing the Software Supply Chain, One Step at a Time

Friday, July 12, 2019
Ensuring the security of the software is of paramount importance to any company, and more so for the companies who develop and supply the software.