[Air-L] Dean, College of Computing, NJIT (near NY City)

[Bieber, Michael]

Dean, Ying Wu College of Computing

http://ccs.njit.edu/dean-search/


New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) seeks applications and
nominations from the academic and corporate sectors for the position of
Dean of the Ying Wu College of Computing (CCS).


LOCATION: NJIT is located 30 minutes from Silicon Alley and New York City
by train. The area has a high concentration of industry and businesses,
with many opportunities for research collaboration and internships.  The
area offers a variety of living environments from lively urban to quiet
suburbs with excellent school districts, to hills, farmland and the shore.


CONSTITUENCIES AND STRENGTHS: CCS, established in 2001, is comprised of the
Department of Computer Science, the Department of Information Systems (to
be renamed Department of Informatics), and the Information Technology
Program. The College enrolls approximately 2385 students, including 1390
undergraduates, 925 master students, and 70 doctoral students; these
students, representing about 21 percent of NJIT's student body, are taught
by 37 tenured and tenure-track faculty and 23 full-time, non-tenure track
faculty. Undergraduate degree programs in Computer Science, Information
Systems, and Information Technology are ABET accredited. CCS has a strong
research focus, with over 40 active grants and $13m in predominantly
federal agency funding, including but not limited to Cyber Security and
Networking, Data Analytics, Cyber-Human Systems, and Game Design. Based on
the 2015 Shanghai Rankings, TheBestSchools.org released its top 100
Computer Science programs in the world, with NJIT's program ranked 47 in
the United States and 100 globally. The Princeton Review chose NJIT as one
of the top 50 undergraduate schools for Game Design in 2016.