Thirty new Bloomberg Distinguished Professors (BDPs) are being recruited as part of the university’s Data Science and AI Institute, the Whiting School–based hub for data science and artificial intelligence that drives research and teaching at Johns Hopkins.
The Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships program, started by Michael Bloomberg, Engr ’64, was created to fuel impactful research that transcends disciplinary boundaries. Every BDP has appointments in multiple Hopkins divisions, and establishing this new cohort in data science and AI will help ensure the impact of the new institute is felt across the university.
The faculty members will weave data science, data-driven research, and AI even more fully into the fabric and future of the university in areas such as medical diagnosis, foundational machine learning, natural intelligence, neuroscience, genomics, cancer research, and the computational social sciences.
“The BDP program has fueled impactful research in areas as diverse as machine learning, health equity, and cancer immunology by harnessing powerful insights that transcend disciplinary boundaries,” says Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels. “The Data Science and AI Institute and its embedded BDPs will bring this tested approach to cross-disciplinary and cross-divisional collaboration, allowing us to harness the power and potential of AI to open new and powerful avenues of research that drive solutions to daunting societal challenges and aid human flourishing.”