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Designing Solutions

More than 600 Whiting School of Engineering students participated in this year’s Design Day, the school’s annual celebration of innovation…

Shoring Up Wind Energy

Researchers from Johns Hopkins’ Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) and Morgan State University are teaming up with the State…

Awards and Honors

Johns Hopkins University’s faculty achievements shine with Muyinatu “Bisi” Bell winning the 2024 Alan T. Waterman Award for her groundbreaking work in biomedical imaging and more.

Impact View All

Bright Ideas in Cellular Dynamics

Scientists have long known that the cell membrane—the thin layer surrounding each cell—plays a crucial role in cell activities and…

Turning Manure Into Fuel

Chemicals—from antibiotics used to keep livestock healthy to pesticides that shield crops from insects—play an important role in modern agriculture….

Pitch-Perfect Vocals

Diff-Pitcher seamlessly corrects out-of-tune singing while maintaining the original vocal timbre and naturalness.

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Algorithms for a Fairer World

Machine learning technologies hold the potential to revolutionize decision-making. But how can we ensure AI systems are free of bias? Our experts weigh in.

In AI We Trust?

We increasingly rely on AI models in our daily lives—from traffic navigation and shopping apps to AI-informed care decisions made by our doctors. Given their ubiquity and influence, how and why should we trust these decisions? Can we be certain the models’ predictions are free of biases or errors?

Students View All

Acoustic Aviary

Using sensory systems, embedded processing, and machine learning, Hopkins undergrads are learning about avian life on campus.

Trauma Response

Doctoral student Lidia Al-Zogbi created an autonomous system that can alert doctors to a hemorrhage via ultrasound and initiate diagnostics.

Alumni View All

3 Questions: Filling Gaps, Augmenting Care

As the North America head of digital health at Siemens Healthineers, a health care solutions company, Peter Shen regularly engages with major health providers and technology partners on issues around adopting innovative technologies in health care. A Johns Hopkins Leadership Fellow for the Whiting School of Engineering, he recently testified before Congress about artificial intelligence in health care.

Advancing Innovation

Alok Aggarwal, PhD ’84, is CEO and chief data scientist of ScryAI, an analytics firm that develops AI software solutions for the financial, technology, and health care industries.

Overcoming ‘Ethical Debt’

Cathy Petrozzino ’80 sees the integrity and reliability of data used in AI as a defining limitation, describing the challenge as a form of “ethical debt.”

My Other Life View All

Good Vibrations

A pioneer in the field of organic electronics and photonics, Howard Katz occasionally turns to his trusty cello to provide his engineering students with an object lesson in wave vibration.

From The Dean

From the Dean: Spring 2024

Overall survey results suggest that the members of our community feel satisfied and supported by the school.

Contributors View All