Celebrating the Remarkable Career of Dr. Paul Smolensky

Paul Smolensky

As we celebrate the retirement of Professor Paul Smolensky, we reflect upon his extraordinary contributions.  He was a founding member of the PDP Research Group, which during the 1980s launched […]


In the News: AI Can’t Read the Room

Dr. Leyla Isik

Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes met with Prof. Leyla Isik to discuss a study on AI’s ability to read social cues. Researchers tested AI models ability to interpret human interactions in short videos. Dr. Isik shares the findings and their implications for AI development.


Recognizing Excellence: Kwanlada Srijomkwan Wins Glushko Award

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Each year, cognitive science faculty members nominate a graduating cognitive science major with the strongest combination of academic excellence, sustained and outstanding involvement in research, significant contribution to the undergraduate […]


Alum Honored with Glushko Dissertation Prize

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Dr. Emalie McMahon, a recent graduate of our PhD program, received the prestigious Glushko Dissertation Prize from the Cognitive Science Society. This esteemed prize recognizes young researchers who have made significant contributions […]


Dr. Kyle Rawlins Promoted to Full Professor

Kyle Rawlins

It is with great pleasure that we recognize the promotion of Dr. Kyle Rawlins from Associate Professor to Full Professor earlier this spring. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Kyle […]


Dr. Brenda Rapp Honored by UCLouvain

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On April 8, 2025, Dr. Brenda Rapp was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. This prestigious recognition highlights Dr. Rapp’s significant contributions to the […]


The Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award Goes to…

Dr. Leyla Isik

Congratulations, Prof. Leyla Isik for being honored with this year’s Elsevier/Vision Sciences Society Young Investigator Award for your important contributions to the scientific study of social vision!


An AI & Natural Intelligence BDP cluster is selected to advance the research efforts at the DSAI

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The Data Science and AI Institute selected seven Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship research clusters to recruit senior faculty. Among them is an Artificial and Natural Intelligence cluster, led by Profs. Leyla Isik, Kyle Rawlins, and Alan Yuille that includes 3 BDP positions. Recruitment kicks off in 2025.


COLM Outstanding Paper Award

COLM, acronym for Conference on Language Modeling

J. Hu and M. Frank were awarded an Outstanding Paper Award at the inaugural Conference on Language Modeling for their paper on “Auxiliary task demands mask the capabilities of smaller language models.”


Launching OneNeuro: Deciphering the brain’s mysteries

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OneNeuro is a new cross-disciplinary initiative at Hopkins that unifies a community of scientists across all scales of research from “molecules to mind” that includes neuroscientists, engineers, computer scientists, data scientists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, cognitive scientists, psychologists, philosophers, and others.