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What do Girl Scouts and robots have in common? Helping people. Gopika Ajaykumar, a second-year PhD student in computer science and member of the Johns Hopkins Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare, provided examples on how robots are working alongside people at the Maryland Science Center’s inaugural Girls Scouts Robotics Workshop on June 1, 2019.…

Data science is growing at a rapid rate. Companies are now looking for professionals who can examine large amounts of data to execute business decisions quickly. “It is a very useful and applicable set of skills that one can put under their belt in preparation for future careers,” said Anand Malpani PhD ‘17, assistant research…

A team of researchers from the Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare (MCEH) has been awarded a DELTA grant from the JHU’s Office of the Provost to develop an online course about machine learning aimed at those working in the healthcare research field. Machine learning (ML) & artificial intelligence (AI) frameworks are expected to play…

Seymour Baron and his granddaughter—Jennifer, a member of JHU's Class of 2019—graduated with engineering degrees 75 years apart.

The Computer Science (CS) Department kicked off graduation festivities with a breakfast reception honoring the class of 2019 on Thursday, May 23, just a few hours shy of the university wide commencement at Royal Farms Arena. This year, CS conferred 108 degrees, the largest graduating class to date. While some selected computer science as a…

Congratulations to all of the 2019 Whiting School of Engineering Convocation and department awardees. See below for a complete listing of department and school awards and honorees: Department Awards: CS+X Award – Alaleh Azhir, Peiyong (Steven) Zhang Outstanding achievement in combining diverse studies with computer science. Michael J.Muuss Research Award – Xiang (Lisa) Li For…

Congratulations to CS Sr. Academic Program Coordinator Kelly Culotta on receiving the “Rookie of the Year Award.” The award, along with the Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) Staff Excellence awards, was announced at the annual WSE Staff Recognition luncheon, held on April 8, 2019, in the Glass Pavilion on the Homewood Campus of JHU. Culotta…

Public health, nursing, medicine, biomedical engineering maintain top positions in annual 'U.S. News' rankings of the Best Graduate Schools; education, engineering programs move up.

“Students are often intimidated to do the Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Program because of the cost of one undergraduate degree,” said Nirmal Krishnan, a graduate student in the Department of Computer Science. Krishnan obtained a Bachelor’s in Computer Science in May 2018. He will soon obtain his Master’s in Computer Science in December 2018 and is one…

Kelly Culotta joined the CS department as Senior Academic Program Coordinator in October 2018. She will assist the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Joanne Selinski, in supporting the undergraduate program by helping with academic advising, course scheduling, and event logistics. In May of 2018, Kelly received her B.A. in Psychology and French from St. Mary’s College…

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…

At biannual hackathon, many will develop apps aimed at improving urban living.