Five researchers affiliated with the Center for Language and Speech Processing have been selected for 2025–2026 Faculty Research Awards from the Johns Hopkins University + Amazon Initiative for Artificial Intelligence (AI2AI). Their projects span multimodal speech synthesis, inference-time scaling, retrieval-augmented generation, 3D vision-language reasoning, and structured data understanding. The AI2AI Faculty Research Awards support innovative […]

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By Dino Lencioni A paper authored by Amir Hussein, a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP), as well as a Fellow in the Amazon Initiative for Interactive AI (AI2AI) program, received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Spoken Language […]

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By Dino Lencioni Two Johns Hopkins electrical and computer engineering and CLSP faculty members briefed congressional staff at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center on Aug. 4. Hosted by the Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute, Engineering Lifelong Learning, and the Office of Federal Strategy, the session focused on advances and risks in AI systems that […]

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Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute (DSAI) has welcomed 22 new faculty members university-wide, including several with appointments in the Center for Language and Speech Processing. This cohort expands CLSP’s depth in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, accelerating translation to critical and emerging fields. See the full list here.

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Johns Hopkins researchers show how different “odds” can teach AI models to admit when they’re not confident enough in an answer. By Jaimie Patterson In high-stakes situations like health care—or weeknight Jeopardy!—it can be safer to say “I don’t know” than to answer incorrectly. Doctors, game show contestants, and standardized test-takers understand this, but most artificial […]

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By Dino Lencioni Two papers co-authored by Sanjeev Khudanpur, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) and a member of the Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP), were recognized by IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) as among the most impactful in the conference’s 50-year history.  Originally published in 2015 and 2018, the […]

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By Dino Lencioni Johns Hopkins electrical engineer Mounya Elhilali relies on federal funding to push the boundaries of how technology can enhance human perception With support from the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins electrical and computer engineer Mounya Elhilali is developing a smart digital stethoscope aimed at revolutionizing pulmonary diagnostics—particularly pediatric diagnostics that would help prevent […]

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