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Hopkins student team shines at ETHGlobal Hackathon, receives recognition in two categories for blockchain-based charity app

November 15, 2024

A team of five Johns Hopkins students earned second place in two categories at the ETHGlobal Hackathon, held in San Francisco, California in mid-October. The 36-hour event, hosted by blockchain platform ETHGlobal, brought together industry professionals, students, and more for the largest internationally recognized blockchain hackathon competition. The Hopkins team presented ChainSplash—a charitable donation application that […]

Navigating the Minefield of Election Disinformation

October 31, 2024

Anton “Tony” Dahbura, is executive director of the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy, and associate research scientist in computer science in the Whiting School of Engineering. With the U.S. general election less than a week away, social media platforms and online spaces are saturated with a deluge of campaign […]

Johns Hopkins student team places second in Raymond James cybersecurity competition

October 17, 2024

A team of five Johns Hopkins students finished second in the annual Raymond James “Capture the Flag” cybersecurity competition held on Saturday, Oct. 5 in St. Petersburg, Florida. The event challenged 14 teams of students from universities across North America to solve real-world cybersecurity scenarios. This year’s results mark Johns Hopkins’ best-ever performance in the […]

Artificial intelligence aiding both sides in the battle for personal information, ISI’s Anton Dahbura, WMAR2

October 1, 2024

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Trump campaign hacked; cyberattacks constant danger for modern elections, ISI’s Anton Dahbura, Fox45 News

August 13, 2024

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Provost’s Office announces five DELTA Awards recipients

July 31, 2024

The Johns Hopkins Provost’s Office has announced the five recipients of its 2024 Digital Education and Learning Technology Acceleration (DELTA) Awards, which offer grants of up to $75,000 to JHU educators seeking to enhance student learning through innovative digital technology. “EACH YEAR, I’M THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED AND INSPIRED BY THE NEW IDEAS AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT DELTA […]

Are You an AT&T Customer? Here’s What to Know About the Data Breach, ISI’s Anton Dahbura, The New York Times

July 15, 2024

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Algorithms for a fairer world

July 12, 2024

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. What’s in a name? Sometimes, more than might be expected. Assistant Professor of Computer Science Anjalie Field has shown that something as seemingly innocuous as people’s names can offer insight into how […]

“Godmode” attack exposes troubling security issues around powerful AI assistants

June 24, 2024

Recently, a hacked version of ChatGPT called “Godmode” was released. The rogue LLM, which provided users with instructions on cooking napalm using ingredients found at home and hotwiring a car, only lasted a few hours before being shut down by OpenAI. Yinzhi Cao, an assistant professor of computer science at Whiting School of Engineering and […]

MSSI student selected to attend 2024 RSA Conference

May 23, 2024

Qian Wang, a recent graduate of the Whiting School of Engineering’s Information Security Institute’s Master of Science in Security Informatics program, attended the RSA Conference 2024 in San Francisco in early May. The conference focuses on cybersecurity and related topics. Wang was selected to attend the conference as an RSAC Security Scholar, a program that […]