Where in the world might the next cyberattack between nations take place? A new online database developed by a team of Johns Hopkins University computer scientists and international studies students predicts that there is an “extremely high likelihood” of a Russian cyberattack on Ukraine. The second most likely? The United States against Iran. The Cyber Attack […]
Nov. 3, 2020, is going to test the machinery of our elections as they’ve never been tested before. We are conducting an experiment with our voting process for the most high-stakes election of our time—in the midst of a pandemic. This is a perfect storm. In the past, security experts have worried about weaknesses in […]
Eli Sherman, a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science, has been chosen as a 2020 Google PhD Fellow. He is one of 54 doctoral students from around the globe to receive a fellowship. Sherman’s research in machine learning and healthcare prompted him to apply for the competitive fellowship. He is particularly interested in […]
Nearly 300 students representing 67 colleges and universities from around the country participated in the Department of Computer Science’s first virtual hackathon “HopHacks,” held September 11 through 13. The online competition received 72 project submissions, the most ever received by the hackathon. Held biannually, the 36-hour student-run hackathon is typically held on JHU’s Homewood Campus; […]
Have you ever had to wait for an online application to load for what seemed like an eternity? Why do we sometimes have to wait so long to make a Zoom call or to see the results of a Google search? It’s because the apps run on cloud infrastructure that is experiencing congestion. Facebook is […]
