NJIT YWCC Graduate Fact Sheet

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Ying Wu College of Computing at NJIT

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stablished in 2001, Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) was one of the first colleges devoted entirely to computing in the country.

Its establishment reflected NJIT’s recognition of the central role of computing

in all facets of the modern world — including science, business, design and culture.

The college features small class sizes, an exceptionally broad curriculum and an array of course offerings, with degree programs in all of the

major domains of computing.

The college has a renowned faculty with funded research in cybersecurity and privacy, big data, bioinformatics and other areas, providing graduate students with many opportunities to combine classroom studies with research. It has extensive ties to industry and government partners in the New York/New Jersey. area, from startups to global enterprises, which enable the development of professional connections.

Students may pursue their studies full time or part time, through online and/or faceto-face instruction.

OUR GRADUATE COMPUTING PROGRAMS • Bioinformatics (M.S.) • Business and Information Systems (M.S.) • Computer Science (M.S. & Ph.D.) • Computing and Business (M.S.) • Cybersecurity and Privacy (M.S.) • Information Systems (M.S. & Ph.D.) • IT Administration and Security (M.S.) • Software Engineering

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ing Wu College of Computing maintains an active scholarly research program that is funded through multiple federal and nonfederal sources. Research focuses on cybersecurity (including android security and advanced cryptography), big data with an emphasis on scientific data, bioinformatics and medical informatics, networking (including vehicular networking and sensor networks) and cloud computing. The importance of cybersecurity, big data and biomedical informatics research is evidenced by daily stories in the popular press, describing yet another

security breach, health data management issue or new data collection that is so big it is hard to manage and make gainful use of with current technology.

Computer networks and cloud facilities provide the essential underlying infrastructure to store and move the big data.

Other actively pursued research areas are machine learning, social media applications and their effects on society, information filtering

and user profiling, Semantic Web search and multimedia data retrieval. The college is also active in researching methods to improve the educational process by providing online teaching tools and materials, and by teaching through the use of computer games. All these research areas have strong practical, commercial, educational and/ or national security applications, with a direct impact on the national economy, security and workforce. The

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college also contributes to the professional literature about hardcore theory areas with practical applications, such as parallel algorithm design, risk management for nuclear power plants as well as investment portfolios, prediction of the spread of oil spills, etc. Another important theoretical area of research deals with scheduling.

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NJIT Fast Facts

Grants and Awards

grant from the National Science Foundation CyberCorps :

• 8,200+ undergraduate and 3,100+ graduate students

Scholarship for Service program to fund the NJIT Secure

• 36 states and 103 countries represented

NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing received a $4 million ®

Computing Initiative (SCI). SCI capitalizes on NJIT’s broad strengths in cybersecurity to recruit, train and place highly successive cohorts of expert cybersecurity professionals in federal, state and local agency jobs. With this grant, NJIT continues to build a critical mass and increase its visibility as a top university for future leaders in the field of cybersecurity.

NJIT signed a $3.5 million contract with the Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to lead the PALISADE project, part of DARPA’s SafeWare program to develop encrypted computing technologies and address software security limitations.

SafeWare aims to protect proprietary software with quantifiable security that not only depends on a complex code structure, but also on the difficulty of the mathematical problems an attacker would have to solve to successfully breach the program. Dr. Kurt Rohloff, former industry scientist and current NJIT computer science professor, leads the funded NJIT team.

NJIT is one of only 15 universities nationwide to participate in the Building Recruiting and Inclusion for Diversity (BRAID) three-year initiative, formed by the Harvey Mudd College and the Anita Borg Institute to help more women advance in computer science by expanding outreach to high school teachers and students, modifying introductory computer science courses, and broadening participation among women and students of color. The university is receiving $30,000 per year to implement programs that offer creative, interdisciplinary approaches to the modern discipline of computer science and provide data for a research study documenting the progress.

The National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security have designated NJIT as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education through the 2020 academic year. The designation helps reaffirm NJIT’s commitment to interdisciplinary education and research in cyber defense, and to the training of more scientists and technologists who can contribute to protecting the national information infrastructure.

• 51 undergraduate programs, more than 59 M.S. programs including online programs, 19 Ph.D. programs and more than 17 certificate programs • 293 tenured/tenure-track faculty, 99 percent hold doctoral or highest degrees • Top 10 colleges nationally with great career services (Money magazine) • A top national university (U.S. News & World Report) • Fourth nationally in alumni midcareer earning potential among public research universities (PayScale.com) • Top 10 percent nationally for Return on Investment (Bloomberg Businessweek) • Top 10 among technological universities in faculty scholarly productivity (Academic Analytics) • Top 50 among colleges without a medical school for research expenditures and top 10 among universities whose main research is in engineering (National Science Foundation) • Research expenditures exceeding $120 million, with 211 U.S. patents and 97 pending U.S. patent applications

Career Outcomes NJIT ranks in the top 1 percent of U.S. colleges and universities for its occupational earning power (Brookings Institution). Employers of NJIT graduates include: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

AT&T Cisco Systems, Inc. Colgate-Palmolive Forbes.com IBM Johnson & Johnson Lockheed Martin L’Oreal USA NJ Transit Qualcomm Schneider Electric Stryker Orthopaedics TATA Consultancy Services UBS Financial Services, Inc.

YWCC graduates frequently land creatively satisfying and intellectually challenging jobs at major companies like IBM, Mercedes-Benz and Pfizer.

Ying Wu College of Computing Graduate Programs Bioinformatics (M.S.) The M.S. in Bioinformatics addresses the growing need for professionals with an educational background that blends biology with computer science for work in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries and biomedical research. Students learn about the design, construction and use of software tools that model living things, as well as the most important tools of the trade for computational analysis of biodata. Graduates acquire an in-depth knowledge of biological, genomic and medical databases.

Business and Information Systems (M.S.) Students in the M.S. in Business and Information Systems program, a STEM degree, take core Information Systems (IS) courses such as business process innovation, enterprise database management systems, systems analysis and design, and data analytics, in addition to business courses. This degree is a perfect combination of business and computing technologies, and it prepares students for careers in business analysis, enterprise resources planning and data analytics.

Computer Science (M.S. & Ph.D.) The Computer Science master’s degree features various areas of concentration: computer networking and security, image processing and pattern recognition, computer algorithms, database and data mining, bioinformatics and software engineering. Online study for the entire M.S. degree is available. The Ph.D. program is designed to produce researchers and academic scholars for advanced domains of the computer-science field, such as networking and security, big data, cloud computing, mobile and wireless computing, image processing and computer vision, and simulation and modeling.

Computing and Business (M.S.) This master’s program is designed for individuals who want to learn advanced topics in computer science that are critical in business, as well as the management fundamentals needed to advance up the corporate ladder. Besides computing topics such as networking and security, databases, data mining and data structures, students study fundamental business concepts such as accounting, finance, financial products, business operations and marketing.

Cybersecurity and Privacy (M.S.) The objective of the M.S. in Cybersecurity and Privacy is to create a strong foundation and detailed technical knowledge in security, privacy/anonymity and cryptography applied to computer systems, networks and web applications. In addition to garnering in-depth knowledge about security mechanisms, standards and state-of-the-art capabilities, students have the opportunity to design new systems and infrastructure-level security solutions.

Information Systems (M.S. & Ph.D.) The M.S. in Information Systems (IS) is a STEM degree that provides solid grounding in four principal areas: enterprise database management systems, systems analysis and design, user eXperience (UX) design and data analytics/mining. The program prepares students to become business and systems analysts, data scientists, systems and application designers and UX designers. The entire M.S. degree is also available online. On the doctoral level, the program is designed to produce scholars with a commanding knowledge of both theory and practice of IS for complex applications and environments. The program encourages an interdisciplinary approach to the exploration of information systems, and the evaluation of its effectiveness and consequences.

IT Administration and Security (M.S.) M.S. in IT Administration and Security students learn the necessary concepts, principles, techniques and practices to administer a modern IT environment and its security. They also gain extensive practical experience in IT administration and security, and become well prepared to assume leadership roles as IT-administration managers, enterprise-application administrators, and database, network, security and Web services administrators.

Software Engineering (M.S.) The M.S. in Software Engineering encompasses all the key aspects of large-scale software development: specifying requirements for and designing, building, testing, enhancing and maintaining software systems and applications. Students also learn project management and obtain hands-on experience working on team projects.

Student Spotlight Eric Smith, an M.S. in Computer Science student, is interning at the Naval Ships Systems Engineering Station in Philadelphia, where he focuses on fluid-control and thermal-management control systems.

Both systems have databases that record vital information about ships. His task is to refine and simplify those databases. In that regard, he is designing, developing and debugging software that simplifies how data from the vessels are recorded. But perhaps most importantly, he’s working alongside some keen engineering minds and absorbing as much knowledge as he can.

ADMISSIONS

STUDENT LIFE AND HOUSING

For M.S. applicants, NJIT requires a four-year undergraduate degree from an accredited program in the United States or its equivalent, and a cumulative GPA no lower than 2.8 on a 4.0 scale (individual departments may impose more stringent requirements). For Ph.D. applicants, NJIT requires an appropriate academic background as described by the individual programs, and a GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale in prior study.

NJIT is a diverse community committed to mutual understanding and respect for others. Our Diversity Programs Office within the Center for Student Involvement initiates and supports activities that promote cultural competency among students. And our Graduate Student Association (GSA) represents the interests of all graduate students in university affairs and offers numerous academic and social events.

Students automatically become members once they are accepted into an NJIT graduate program.

The NJIT campus features state-of-the-art facilities on 45 acres in the University Heights section of Newark, and is only 20 minutes from New York City, with easy access via public transportation. Our ideal location is also at the center of a powerhouse corporate corridor and burgeoning tech hub that includes over 50 Fortune 500 companies, leading financial firms, engineering firms and industry giants — all of which translates to access to and career opportunities with leaders in a variety of industries.

Admission Requirements • GRE for all full-time applicants •T est of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) for all international students not holding a degree from a U.S. post-secondary institution. Minimum scores: Internet-based TOEFL – 79, computer-based TOEFL – 213, paper-based TOEFL – 550, IELTS – 6.5 with no sub-score lower than 6.0.

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Application Checklist q Online application q $75 nonrefundable application fee q O fficial transcripts and proof of degree completion from all colleges and universities attended

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q O fficial GRE/TOEFL results (All test results must be sent directly to the Office of Graduate Admission from ETS using code 2513.) q L etters of recommendation in a sealed envelope (one for M.S. applications, three for Ph.D. applicants) q Statement of purpose for Ph.D. applicants q P hotocopy of visa or permanent-resident card (for non-U.S. citizens residing in the United States only) q Financial statement, if requesting visa eligibility forms

Off-Campus Housing Options Many NJIT graduate students commute from nearby Harrison, Kearny and Jersey City. These towns offer several affordable housing options, with monthly rentals starting at $300. To find an apartment, visit theobserver.com, and also network with student groups on Facebook and through the GSA.

CONTACT US Ying Wu College of Computing New Jersey Institute of Technology University Heights Newark, NJ 07102 973-596-5304 973-596-5236 (fax) Email: computing@njit.edu

Office of University Admissions New Jersey Institute of Technology University Heights Newark, NJ 07102 973-596-3300 973-596-3461 (fax) admissions@njit.edu njit.edu/graduate

Domestic Orientation Questions Clarisa González-Lenahan Associate Director of Graduate Studies 973-596-3462 clarisa.gonzalez-lenahan@njit.edu

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