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Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Last weekend's Flourish-A-Thon event, sponsored by IAA, @hopkinsdsai.bsky.social, and @bermaninstitute.bsky.social, was a huge success! Five student teams from across Johns Hopkins gathered to develop AI solutions that help people flourish.

Six people sitting around a large table with a TV screen in the background, and most people are using laptops.

People sitting around two large tables looking at a person standing next to a screen giving a presentation. Most people are using laptops.

A man standing at a podium with a microphone and laptop giving a presentation, there is screen to his right.

Thirteen people gathering for a group photo.

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Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Tune in on Monday (3/30) from 2-3 p.m. for IAA Executive Director Jim Bellingham's Reddit AMA!

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JHU Computer Science @jhucompsci.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Featuring JHU CS’ Yinzhi Cao and Qi Sun, this work will be presented at @satml.org later this month:

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Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

"Imagine a robot small enough to enter a collapsed building, smart enough to navigate the space, recognize potential signs of life, and efficient enough to keep running without relying on external power or internet,” says IAA's Tinoosh Mohsenin of her research. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/11/19/h...

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Johns Hopkins robot dogs could help find disaster survivors

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University hope compact robot dogs outfitted with artificial intelligence and radios could get help to where it is needed faster in an emergency.

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Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Please join IAA on Tuesday, November 25 at 10:45 a.m. to hear Dr. Sharon Gannot from Bar-Ilan University present his talk "Socially Pertinent Robots in Gerontological Healthcare: The Audio Pipeline" as part of our seminar series. Details here: iaa.jhu.edu/event/iaa-se...

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JHU Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships @jhu-bdps.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

BDP Jim Bellingham discusses his new book, How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future?, on Shelley Irwin's @wgvupublicmedia.bsky.social show. Listen to the full conversation here: www.wgvunews.org/the-shelley-...

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How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future?

James Bellingham. PhD, shares his work.

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Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

TOMORROW (10/30): Join IAA at 10:45 a.m. to hear Dr. Peter Najjar from @johnshopkins present his talk "Unlocking the Promise of Deployed Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Quality and Safety" as part of IAA's seminar series. Additional details: iaa.jhu.edu/event/iaa-se...

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Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

"If something catastrophic happens, it should be because it wasn’t preventable," says IAA's Jim Bellingham, discussing the Titan submersible, including systemic failures and how oversight and engineering standards could have averted the disaster. Story: iaa.jhu.edu/iaas-jim-bel...

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IAA’s Jim Bellingham breaks down Coast Guard’s Titan report - Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy

Expert in underwater autonomous vehicles weighs in on a preventable tragedy In June 2023, the Titan submersible with five people on...

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Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Graduate students working with IAA recently gathered for some networking over dinner!

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Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Check out IAA's YouTube channel to watch past seminar recordings, including Dr. James Hendler's talk "Knowing what AI Systems Don’t Know and Why it Matters." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogyI...

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Jim Hendler, "Knowing what AI Systems Don’t Know and Why it Matters" | Johns Hopkins IAA

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Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The Johns Hopkins Blue Jay Racing team recently placed third out of nearly 70 teams at the Baja SAE Arizona competition. Behind the scenes, a subgroup of team members has been exploring how autonomy might someday allow the vehicle to go it alone: iaa.jhu.edu/hopkins-stud...

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Hopkins students race to the podium and into autonomous future - Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy

Blue Jay Racing achieves a breakthrough third-place finish while developing self-driving technology for their off-road competition vehicle The Johns Hopkins Blue...

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Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

IAA's Challenge Grant teams tackled existential challenges related to assurance and autonomy. Learn more: iaa.jhu.edu/iaa-challeng...

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JHU Computer Science @jhucompsci.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

“Our work brings us closer to equipping medical robots with the intelligence needed to assist in complex surgical tasks, significantly reducing surgeons’ workload and enhancing their surgical efficiency,” says JHU CS’ Anqi Liu.

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AI’s stitch in time

Johns Hopkins researchers successfully taught an AI simulation to close incisions by breaking the complicated suturing process down into simpler subtasks.

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JHU Computer Science @jhucompsci.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

New #deeplearning seminar coming up! Learn more here: www.cs.jhu.edu/event/cs-sem...

Computer Science Seminar Series: Deep Learning Theory in the Age of Generative AI. February 18, 2025, 228 Malone Hall. Refreshments available 10:30 a.m. Seminar begins 10:45 a.m. Sadhika Malladi, Princeton University.

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JHU Computer Science @jhucompsci.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

New #HRI seminar with ECE & LCSR coming up! Learn more: www.cs.jhu.edu/event/cs-ece...

CS, ECE, & LCSR Seminar Series. From Gambits to Assurances: Game-Theoretic Integration of Safety and Learning for Human-Centered Robotics. February 19, 2025, 12 p.m., B-17 Hackerman Hall. Haimin Hu, Princeton University.

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JHU Computer Science @jhucompsci.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Seminar with @ritwikgupta.bsky.social coming up! Learn more here: www.cs.jhu.edu/event/cs-sem...

Computer Science Seminar Series. Making AI Work in the Crucible: Perception and Reasoning in Chaotic Environments. February 25, 2025, 228 Malone Hall. Refreshments available 10:30 a.m. Seminar begins 10:45 a.m. Ritwik Gupta, University of California, Berkeley.

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Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

IAA's Anton Dahbura spoke with The National Desk about developing safe AI technologies. "It's definitely an arms race of sorts," he said. "Because AI can be transformative." t.co/NRkDkrRKeG

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