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Approach promises to improve accuracy of celestial object matching.

A PhD student in the department has been granted CPAL's Rising Star award, recognizing promising doctoral students, new faculty, and young industry researchers.

Whiting School of Engineering graduates Mike Snyder '19 and Ashwin Pasupathy '23 have applied their math and analytics backgrounds behind the scenes for the playoff-bound Baltimore Orioles as the organization embraces a data-driven approach to the game.

Innovative new method could make computer calculations more efficient.

Mateo Díaz, new assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Johns Hopkins, discusses his background, research interests, and enthusiasm for joining the university. Originally from Colombia, Díaz's research focuses on the intersection of continuous optimization, geometry, and statistics, with applications in data science and machine learning. In this Q&A, he shares insights into his research, real-world applications, and what drew him to this field.

Caelyn Sobie, a PhD student in applied mathematics and statistics, joins the second cohort of Vivien Thomas Scholars. This month, she and 14 other scholars will begin their PhD studies at the university as part of a $150 million initiative to advance pathways for students from HBCUs and MSIs in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Quanta Magazine features Ben Grimmer's recent study on a traditional assumption in gradient descent, revealing that breaking the rule of small steps can lead to nearly three times faster results on optimization problems.

Post-doctoral fellows share their experiences in the department and discuss their future plans as they transition to tenure-track positions.

Taylor Jones, a new lecturer in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, provides insights into his research interests in fractal geometry and his excitement about joining the university.

Nicolas Loizou has been granted a Cisco Research Gift to create open-source tools aimed at conducting research in federated learning that will have a positive impact on the wider machine-learning community.

Eliza O'Reilly expounds on her research in data science, probability theory, and statistical modeling.

A recent graduate delves into the issue of high-temperature cooking in commercial kitchens, which can result in exposure to harmful pollutants leading to inflammation in the brain and damage to brain cells. For his senior design day project, his team explored the efficiency of different types of masks in minimizing exposure to these pollutants.