In Nature Materials: A promising new target for cancer therapy. ChemBE Prof Kostas Konstantopoulos and team discovered that two proteins crucial for cell division—anillin and Ect2—also enable cancer cells to invade tissues and spread. engineering.jhu.edu/news/johns-h...

Faux Polyglots: Although many hope that multilingual AI will further democratize knowledge, @jhucompsci.bsky.social researchers find LLMs actually reinforce language-specific information cocoons, further marginalizing viewpoints from lower-resource languages. engineering.jhu.edu/news/democra...

Tools break in the real world all the time, but not much attention has been given to how well LLMs deal with tool failures. We introduce HOHW, a tool-use benchmark where problems remain solvable even when tools break adversarially.

⏳Time is running out, and Hopkins Engineering is still relying on your support to help us reach our goals this academic year. Make your Hop into Fall gift now and receive your limited-edition Hopkins shirt! givecampus.com/s/g1iodv

High costs motivate efforts to predict spatial transcriptomics from H&E images w/ deep learning. In our recent preprint, we show that noise, sparsity & resolution in ST data impact performance, highlighting the importance of training data quality: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵1/n

Combing 3D X-ray technique, Assoc Prof Ryan Hurley reveals how grains move and stress builds inside rocks. This detailed view of rock mechanics could improve predictions for oil reservoirs, underground storage safety, and earthquake processes: engineering.jhu.edu/news/school-...

Our pioneering partnership with leading cancer centers and tech companies has been recognized by TIME magazine’s #TIME100AI 2025 for groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence and cancer research!

When facial recognition can't see a face, surveillance systems use Person Re-ID to look at the whole body. But new research from Prof Rama Chellappa and team show the AI models lean heavily on BMI—a shortcut that can hurt accuracy and fairness. engineering.jhu.edu/news/ai-puts...

Body-centered cubic (BCC) compositionally complex alloys can not only RESIST radiation damage but may evolve to become MORE resistant over time. The discovery from Prof Mitra Taheri and team working in our MCP facility could transform nuclear reactor design. engineering.jhu.edu/news/what-do...

In the Magazine: This issue's "History Made" spotlights Hopkins engineers' contributions to electronic trading, racetrack betting, iPhone security, and deep-sea robotics. engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/his...

The Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute Fall 2025 Symposium: AI in Daily Life on Tuesday, September 16. The event will explore how #AI is reshaping everyday life. Register to attend: ai.jhu.edu/event/fall-2...

"I want fewer girls to be in the situation I was at 16, not even knowing compsci was an option." Engineering For Professionals online master's grad Becky Selzer, Engr ’15 (MS), is protecting critical systems at United—and opening doors for women in tech. engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/cha...

Advancements in gene therapies are diminishing pain and extending survival times for sickle cell patients. Sickle cell disease expert Dr. Mark Gladwin discusses how revolutionary new treatments work and the challenges to accessing to life-saving care. podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/934-sickle-c...

“Currently, for every 20 defibrillators implanted, only one patient derives benefit." @ntrayanova.bsky.social talks about using AI to transform how we prevent sudden cardiac death on KPCW's Cool Science Radio: www.kpcw.org/show/cool-sc...

In the Magazine: ~90% of federal defendants rely on court-appointed lawyers. @jhucompsci.bsky.social alum Iris Gupta, Engr ’25, built CounselAI to help overburdened attorneys process case files, find evidence, & fight for their clients. It's in beta at 20 firms. engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/inq...

It’s #cybersecurity season! Check out the work being presented this and next week at the upcoming USENIX and @iacrcrypto.bsky.social conferences by JHU CS and Information Security Institute researchers in this thread 🧵 (1/13)

In the Magazine: Students learning how things DON'T work. With his class exploring historical catastrophes like Chernobyl and Apollo 13, Prof Jim Bellingham is teaching future engineers to lead through crises. engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/inq...

BME Asst Prof Annie Kathuria and team have grown a whole-brain organoid with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels. It could usher in a new era of research into neuropsychiatric disorders like autism, Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia. engineering.jhu.edu/news/johns-h...

“We want to empower kids to become change-makers and messengers in their own communities." @johnshopkinsehe.bsky.social's @nataliegexum.bsky.social is working with high school MERIT scholars to supercharge community outreach to address lead pipes in Baltimore. engineering.jhu.edu/news/getting...

ROSETAS – a 10-week summer research program for undergraduate students from across the US interested in sustainable energy that is hosted by ROSEI – recently finished its first year with a well-attended final symposium! #HopkinsEnergy Story: energyinstitute.jhu.edu/rosetas-comp...

Introducing our redesigned and reimagined Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine. On the Cover: Micro Marvels - Inspired by nature, Prof David Gracias builds micromachines that fold, stick, swim, and sense—all inside the human body. engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/?ut...

The huge clouds of lunar dust and debris kicked up by moon landings act like "sandblasting jets"—and pose a threat to future lunar bases. MechE Assoc Prof Rui Ni is working w/ NASA to study and predict these plumes to protect the next generation of moon missions: engineering.jhu.edu/news/dust-in...

“I gotta be honest, the whole thing is pretty nuts,” says JHU CS’ @matthewdgreen.bsky.social. “My best hypothesis is the phones are seeing a Wi-Fi access point that is slightly off from where they are.”

By integrating LLMs, a @jhucompsci.bsky.social team built a conversational robot that handles interruptions like humans do—acknowledging quick agreements, answering clarifying questions, and pushing back when necessary. Uncovering the interrupter’s intent is key. engineering.jhu.edu/news/robot-i...

Optimizing energy use in buildings is one of the best ways to reduce carbon emissions. But HVAC systems are complex. Assoc Prof Uzi (Yury) Dvorkin's new approach combines physics-based & AI models to save energy instead of just aiming for a specific temperature. engineering.jhu.edu/news/ai-mode...

Johns Hopkins Engineering invites undergraduate academic advisors from across the country to join us for a virtual Advisor Open House, an informative and collaborative event designed to support your work in guiding students toward graduate education. Register: engineering.jhu.edu/advisor-open...

Think before you diffuse: DiffPhy from Assoc Prof Vishal Patel and team delivers realistic physics in AI video generation by enlisting LLMs to reason about the physical context. Multimodal LLMs evaluate and fine tune the model. GitHub page: bwgzk-keke.github.io/DiffPhy/

Paired with an off-the shelf sim steering wheel, the "HaptiKart" game from Assoc Prof Jeremy Brown and @kennedykrieger.bsky.social colleagues may serve as a quick, easy way to help therapists and educators tailor interventions for kids with autism. engineering.jhu.edu/news/steerin...

Exciting informational session on AI for congressional staff today at @jhu.edu Bloomberg Center in coordination with #HopkinsDSAI, Johns Hopkins Engineering Lifelong Learning, and Office of Federal Strategy.

Treating 22.5B gallons of sewage a day (in the U.S.) is carbon intensive. @johnshopkinsehe.bsky.social Asst Prof Ruggero Rossi has demonstrated 1st-ever electrochemical CO2 removal from treated wastewater—a major step forward in decarbonizing water infrastructure. engineering.jhu.edu/news/from-se...

Clearing your cookies is not enough! Browser fingerprinting has always been a privacy threat, but now @jhucompsci.bsky.social Assoc Prof Yinzhi Cao and collaborators at Texas A&M have uncovered definitive evidence of websites using it to track your web activity. engineering.jhu.edu/news/website...

Dramatically cutting the cost of fine-tuning AI: By recycling open-source low-rank adapters (LoRAs), PhD candidate Prakhar Kaushik and team are saving compute and energy with EigenLoRAx (named for the eco-minded Seuss character). Read more: engineering.jhu.edu/news/in-the-...

QR code scams are on the rise. Security informatics grad Luis Rivas '24 (MS) combined 4 machine learning models to detect and block malicious QR codes—from fake charity phishing emails to bogus traffic fine texts—before users get fooled. engineering.jhu.edu/news/dont-sc...

Welcome Derek Cummings, who joins @jhu.edu as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics. An esteemed epidemiologist, Cummings is joining the Preparing and Responding to Emerging Pandemics cluster. hub.jhu.edu/2025/07/17/d...

Realistic robotic surgery without human help! Assoc Prof Axel Krieger's SRT-H performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal w/ the expertise of a skilled human surgeon—even during unexpected scenarios that could cause emergencies. engineering.jhu.edu/news/robot-p...

In @natcardiovascres.nature.com: One of cardiology’s hardest problems is IDing which patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are at risk of sudden cardiac death. @ntrayanova.bsky.social's new AI model achieved 89% accuracy, offering a path for prevention. engineering.jhu.edu/news/ai-pred...

Congratulations to Yinzhi Cao on the awards at #IEEESP25!

That expensive probiotic pill you’re taking? The good bacteria are killed by stomach acid before they even reach your intestines. But Asst Prof Sangmoo Jeong in our Institute for NanoBioTechnology has a solution: egg-inspired coating to deliver them alive and well engineering.jhu.edu/news/egg-cel...

Why won't the LLM just admit it doesn't know instead of making stuff up?! @williamjurayj.bsky.social is combining test-time compute with confidence thresholds for better, safer answers—teaching LLMs that it's risky to be wrong. engineering.jhu.edu/news/its-ok-...

Does an actual human even SEE your resume in 2025? Seniors in @jhucompsci.bsky.social Innovation & Entrepreneurship course fight back against Applicant Tracking Systems with Jobiter: AI-powered resume & cover letter optimization, form filling, and recommendations. engineering.jhu.edu/news/its-ai-...

Excited to share a blogpost summarizing challenges, opportunities & reflections from a course @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social co-taught with @alexisbattle.bsky.social (and huge support from Seraj Grimes!) at the intersection of #deeplearning #genetics #genomics 🧪 🧬 💻 stephaniehicks.com/blog/course-...

Seconds count! Teams in @jhucompsci.bsky.social's Innovation & Entrepreneurship course developed an AI-powered training platform for EMTs and a digital system to streamline patient tracking during mass casualty events. engineering.jhu.edu/news/from-cl...

Welcome to our newest Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, internationally recognized economist Domenico Giannone, who joins @jhu.edu as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Economics and Statistics. hub.jhu.edu/2025/07/08/d...

So thrilled! Our paper is out in Nature Cardiovascular Research! We developed #multimodal #AI to predict #cardiacarrest in hyperthrophic #cardiomyopathy. The algorithm significantly outperformed clinical guidelines! @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social rdcu.be/euv0q

Most stroke survivors experience walking issues during recovery. BME master's students created GaitPro to correct post-stroke foot drop. Smart insoles detect pressure changes, triggering a motorized mechanism that lifts the foot to mimic healthy gait. engineering.jhu.edu/news/innovat...

24 states across the country are facing a caregiver crisis. Health law attorney Stacey Lee talks about what led to this tipping point, the impacts of proposed cuts to Medicaid, and how to build a more supportive system for caregivers. podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/915-americas...

Some personal updates: - I've completed my PhD at @unccs.bsky.social! 🎓 - Starting Fall 2026, I'll be joining the CS dept. at Johns Hopkins University @jhucompsci.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor 💙 - Currently exploring options for my gap year (Aug 2025 - Jul 2026), so feel free to reach out! 🔎

Kaitlyn Kumar tore a ligament during a rehearsal for Sleeping Beauty — but powered through. Now a master’s student in robotics, she's part of a team developing PointeSense, a smart toe pad & ankle band designed to help prevent ballet injuries Read/watch! engineering.jhu.edu/news/enginee...

A new course offered by @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social, Medical Device Cybersecurity, is preparing students for the @fda.gov’s revised approval process with its ramped-up requirements for #cybersecurity measures throughout the medical device design process. Read more: