Thanks to federal funding, the Johns Hopkins Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Aging Research is able to support geriatrics research in 45 states, prompting new breakthroughs in health and artificial intelligence. Read the article on The Hub.
Villar Receives Whiting School Excellence in Mentoring and Advising Award
Soledad Villar, assistant professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics and the Mathematical Institute for Data Science, has received the Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising from the Whiting School of Engineering. The award recognizes faculty members who provide exceptional mentorship and guidance to
Hopkins Engineers Named 2026 Sloan Fellows
MINDS’ faculty members Mateo Díaz and Soledad Villar, with Yayuan Liu, are among 126 scholars selected for prestigious fellowship. Three faculty members from Johns Hopkins University have been named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. These two-year, $75,000 fellowships are awarded to early-career scientists in the U.S. and
CNBC Changemakers Honors Suchi Saria for AI-Powered Sepsis Detection
Johns Hopkins researcher and Bayesian Health founder recognized for scaling an AI clinical platform across 20 Cleveland Clinic hospitals, helping identify sepsis earlier and reduce patient deaths. Read the full story here.
What to expect in AI in 2026
Mark Dredze, a John C. Malone Professor of Computer Science and the director of the Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute, discusses what’s next for AI and what policymakers should keep in mind over the next year. In 2025, artificial intelligence found itself more integrated into everyday life, from self-driving cars to
AI decoder: Unlocking cancer’s hidden patterns
With her expertise in machine learning, Alexis Battle is working to sift through vast amounts of genetic and clinical data, revealing hidden patterns that can inform treatment strategies and improve patient care. To Alexis Battle, artificial intelligence is not the medicine of tomorrow, but a powerful tool already at work today, beginning
Patel Promoted to IEEE Fellow with honors from AAAI and Clarivate
Vishal Patel, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, has been promoted to the rank of IEEE Fellow, one of the highest honors from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, starting January 1, 2026. Patel was recognized for contributions to image processing, computer
A Trailblazing Researcher Describes Her Path to AI and Health Care
A conversation with Johns Hopkins computer scientist Suchi Saria, who is on a mission to augment human care with the latest in AI and machine learning technology Suchi Saria has never met a challenge she walked away from. In fact, she often runs toward it. Her academic and professional career has
MINDS Researchers Receive 2025–2026 JHU + Amazon AI2AI Faculty Research Awards
Three researchers affiliated with the Mathematical Institute for Data Science have been selected for 2025–2026 Faculty Research Awards from the Johns Hopkins University + Amazon Initiative for Artificial Intelligence (AI2AI). Their projects span vision-language reasoning, mathematical foundations for LLM evaluation, and precision AI systems for expert-domain search. Carey Priebe, Professor of
Former Student Awarded Yushan Young Fellowship
Shao-Yuan Lo, a former student of Vishal Patel, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious Yushan Young Fellowship from Taiwan’s Ministry of Education—the highest honor for newly appointed young professors in Taiwan. The fellowship is granted to early-career scholars who demonstrate exceptional research achievements and