CS’ Ayushi Sinha has been awarded the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship. Of 60 applicants from various divisions at Hopkins, only seven candidates were selected to receive the fellowship. Sinha is one of two students selected from the Whiting School of Engineering and the first Department of Computer Science awardee. According to the Office of the Provost, […]
Xin Jin, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, won best paper award at the 15th annual USENIX on Networked Systems Design and Implementation Symposium. The paper, “NetChain: Scale-FreeSub-RTTCoordination” presents NetChain, a new approach that provides scale-free sub-RTT coordination in datacenters. NetChain exploits recent advances in programmable switches to store data and process […]
Reatha began her career at Hopkins over 10 years ago in the Department of Surgery. She will take over many of the tasks and responsibilities formerly handled by Debbie DeFord. Her responsibilities will include seminar scheduling and coordination, faculty and committee meetings planning, Malone Hall conference room scheduling, and front office operations including mail, packages, […]
Using existing smartphone components—including the microphone, touch screen, and accelerometer—app gathers valuable diagnostic data in a non-clinical setting.
Charlotte Darby, a PhD student in the Johns Hopkins Computer Science department, first became interested in teaching when she mentored students as an undergraduate and, later, as a graduate student. In fall 2017, Darby was offered the opportunity to work closely with students again, through the Hopkins Engineering Applications & Research Tutorials (HEART) program. The […]
Scientific American reports on efforts to mine social media to forecast flu outbreaks. CS/CLSP’s Mark Dredze is quoted.
Motherboard reports that the Google Chrome will scan files on your computer to search for malware suspected. CS/JHUISI’s Matthew Green is quoted.
WIRED reports on flaws in Under Armour’s password hashing function on MyFitnessPal. CS/JHUISI’s Matthew Green is quoted.
A smartphone application developed by researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Rochester can help Parkinson’s disease patients track the severity of their symptoms.
WBAL-TV 11 reports that the Baltimore City Council president has introduced a package of resolutions to grant internet access to all city residents. Avi Rubin is quoted.
