This fall, the Whiting School of Engineering is offering a new kind of course for undergraduates interested in learning fundamental programming concepts and techniques in real-time. Flipping the model of the traditional classroom, the new course, Gateway Computing, requires students to listen to online recorded lectures in advance of class. In-class time is used exclusively […]
Program recognizes scholars who have outstanding academic records and have demonstrated leadership in business and science fields.
Hopkins Engineers Ehsan Azimi and Mohammadjavad Fotouhighazvini are awarded win $35,000 grants for advanced research. To learn more about them and their research, click here.
Students use technology to create solutions for homelessness, crime, medical emergencies
In September 2018, Tushar Jois, a PhD student in the Johns Hopkins Computer Science Department, was awarded a $1,500 Upsilon Pi Epsilon Scholarship. The mission of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) is to recognize academic excellence in the Computing and Information Disciplines, according to the organization’s website. Each year, the Executive Council of UPE evaluates a […]
At biannual hackathon, many will develop apps aimed at improving urban living.
Entrants to HopHacks, Johns Hopkins University’s biannual hackathon, will face a new civic-focused challenge at the upcoming event, set for Friday through Sunday, Sept. 14 to 16, on the school’s Homewood campus. The Civic Hack—sponsored by the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and the Baltimore City IT Department (BCIT)—will challenge entrants to use “Lutèce,” […]
On July 1, 2018, Randal Burns, professor of Computer Science, became the interim chair of the Department. Check out the Q&A to learn about Randal, his latest research, his department goals and more. 1. What brought you to Johns Hopkins? I completed my PhD at the University of California, Santa Cruz; while also working happily […]
The Los Angeles Times reports on recently published findings that a large percentage of tweets devoted to the vaccination issue have been from bots or Russian trolls. Mark Dredze, the John C. Malone Associate Professor of Computer Science and one of the paper’s co-authors, is quoted in the article. Read more at Los Angeles Times […]
How can a self-driving car learn to avoid mistakes? How can researchers spot errors in a malware detection system before they cause problems? These are some of the questions new assistant professor Yinzhi Cao explores in his research. Cao comes to Johns Hopkins from Lehigh University, where he served as an assistant professor for the […]
