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Mark Dredze
John C Malone Professor, Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University

Mark Dredze is the John C Malone Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University, the (Interim) Deputy Director for the JHU Data Science and AI Institute, and the Associate Head of Research and Strategic Initiatives for the Department of Computer Science. He develops Artificial Intelligence Systems based on natural language processing and explores applications to public health and medicine.

Prof. Dredze is affiliated with the Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare, and the Center for Language and Speech Processing, among others. He holds a joint appointment in the Biomedical Informatics & Data Science Section (BIDS), under the Department of Medicine (DOM), Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM) in the School of Medicine. He obtained his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009.

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Prof. Dredze’s research develops statistical models of language with applications to social media analysis, public health and clinical informatics. Within Natural Language Processing he focuses on statistical methods for information extraction but has considered a wide range of NLP tasks, including syntax, semantics, sentiment and spoke language processing. His work in public health includes tobacco control, vaccination, infectious disease surveillance, mental health, drug use, and gun violence prevention. He also develops new methods for clinical NLP on medical records.

Beyond publications in core areas of computer science, Prof. Dredze has pioneered new applications in public health informatics. He has published widely in health journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the American Journal of Preventative Medicine (AJPM), Vaccine, and the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). His work is regularly covered by major media outlets, including NPR, the New York Times and CNN.