NJIT - Ying Wu College of Computing

06/25/2026

06/24/2026

"Employers are now seeking AI expertise in roughly three times as many job postings as they were just two years ago, while demand for generative AI skills has surged from virtually nonexistent levels in 2021 to thousands of openings today."

AI skills are commanding top salaries and faster hiring cycles as employer demand outpaces supply — and experts say the biggest gap isn't in specialized engineering, but in AI literacy.

06/24/2026

In the age of "fact or fiction," Professor Cristian Borcea is part of a team researching how AI-based Google search results can not only affect accuracy but otherwise trusted publications themselves.

Did Youtuber Jake Paul win over Anthony Joshua or "take it on the chin?" The AI overview and the organic search results tell a different story.

Content creators and ordinary Google users alike are harmed by artificial intelligence summaries of search queries, because the summaries are often inconsistent, presenting disreputable results and withholding information from better sources that restrict Gemini training bots, researchers from New J...

06/23/2026

What roles stay open for six to nine months? Hybrid ones: engineers fluent in AI who can go deep in code and also understand the business. “Three skills, one person, small pool,” says Neal Sample, chief digital and technology officer at Best Buy. “These hybrids are the future of IT — and are hard to find right now.”

Skill demands have shifted toward hybrid, AI-informed roles that IT leaders view as better filled by upskilling insiders than chasing talent in a volatile market.

06/23/2026

Yash Kamlesh Shah M.S. '26 welcomed earning his degree and publicly announcing his company, Avarieux, an AI research platform designed for structural honesty in finance, on the same day. He has some sage advice for international as well as U.S. students seeking success in the tech sector of today.

Two significant milestones happened for Yash Kamlesh Shah on May 20: he officially graduated with his M.S. in Data Science from the Ying Wu College of Computing; and his startup, Avarieux, was publicly announced, with a waitlist that opened once the company came out of stealth.

06/18/2026

Distinguished Professor in the Department of Informatics and former Provost Fadi P. Deek has a story to tell. His journey from a country in conflict to the U.S., where NJIT has been home from his beginnings as a student on to serving in the highest ranks of the institution, is told in his new memoir, "Portrait of an Expatriate: A Lebanese-American Story." The book is an homage to his homeland, and the importance of family, faith, tradition, values and perseverance that shaped his successes in America. He has inspired countless students, faculty and colleagues over four decades with wisdom, empathy and using knowledge as a tool for greater good. He is honored to share his story with you now.

Fadi P. Deek’s new memoir, “Portrait of an Expatriate: A Lebanese-American Story,” begins in Byblos, Lebanon — the modern-day city of Jbeil — with memories of family, faith, tradition, the Mediterranean Sea and the mountains of Mount Lebanon. But it is also a story shaped by civil war, dis...

06/10/2026

Do you have the edge?

While not all are of equal value, a new survey from Coursera found that the vast majority of employers are inclined to offer higher starting salaries to candidates with microcredentials.

06/05/2026

Bank of America Corp. is continuing to hire even as artificial intelligence and other technology tools take over jobs and cut off many traditional career paths.

06/04/2026

The capstone program is required for undergraduates, optional for master’s students, and continues to demonstrate how hands-on, practice-based learning delivers real results that exceed expectations – for competitive industry companies (Merck and Wakefern, among many others), and students themselves, who have an open forum to develop new products, expand creativity, and gain a greater sense of confidence in exploring what’s possible when ingenuity leads to discovery.

The Capstone Showcase is one of the final steps to completing a degree program in the Ying Wu College of Computing. It’s required of undergraduates, optional for master’s students, and continues to demonstrate how hands-on, practice-based learning delivers real results that exceed expectations ....

06/03/2026

We commend Distinguished Professor Julie Ancis on being awarded a fellowship to participate in the prestigious Desert Academic Research Retreat at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel this summer. Her work there will include a presentation on cyberpsychology and social media research through the Center for the Study of Digital Politics and Strategy. She will also meet with BGU faculty to discuss planning for present and future interdisciplinary collaborations.