![Dave Clader](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20190916_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 16, 2019
Tough Errors Are No Match for APL Team Exploring Quantum Science
Johns Hopkins APL has been tapped by the Department of Energy to develop advanced quantum computing and networking technologies.
![Ken Dyer and Ralph Semmel](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20190823_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 23, 2019
The Homecoming of a Century
It had been 45 years since Ken Dyer walked the halls at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, yet time hadn’t dimmed the centenarian’s memories of the place.
![Members of the Operation D.O.M.E. team](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20190822_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 22, 2019
Johns Hopkins APL Teams Up with United Way for STEM Kit Challenge
The Air and Missile Defense Sector’s Evolve team, which aims to inspire staff members to lead no matter their position, hosted a Future Innovators STEM Kit Demo day on July 19 at APL’s Laurel, Maryland, campus, part of the Laboratory’s ongoing partnership with the United Way of Central Maryland.
![Margaret Dean](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20190819_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 19, 2019
Margaret Dean Begins Tenure as Johns Hopkins APL Chief Government Relations Officer
Strange as it sounds in today’s political climate, Margaret Dean’s favorite part of her recent tenure on Capitol Hill was the teamwork.
![Project Catalyst](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20190805_image1b_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 5, 2019
Johns Hopkins APL Named to Fast Company’s Inaugural Best Workplaces for Innovators List
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has been named to the inaugural Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators list.
![Equations on a chalkboard](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20190724_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 24, 2019
Old Method Leads to New Quantum Processing Possibilities
In 1987, James Spall, a statistician at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, developed the Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation algorithm, which has been widely used to optimize systems with multiple unknown parameters, including aircraft and robotic control systems. Three decades later, APL researchers are proving how Spall’s method can drastically improve the computational accuracy of certain types of today’s quantum processors.
![From left, Ariel Greenberg, Hans Mair and Mark Gabriele](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20190723_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 23, 2019
APL Discovery Projects to Explore Disaster Health, Ethical Robots, School Safety
Three principal investigators from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory were among researchers from across the Johns Hopkins enterprise to earn funding in the fifth round of the JHU Discovery Awards program.
![Gary Whitworth](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_Picture_Perfect.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 19, 2019
Picture Perfect: How APL Helped the World See the First Man on the Moon
It is an indelible moment in American history: “That’s one small step for man,” Neil Armstrong’s voice crackled through television sets worldwide, as he descended from the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, “one giant leap for mankind.”
![Participants in an internal Reconnaissance Chess Challenge at APL observe a player’s moves](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20190719b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 19, 2019
APL to Host AI Challenge for Making Optimal Decisions Under Uncertainty; Register by Aug. 6
Reconnaissance blind chess (RBC), invented by APL researchers, is a powerful twist on chess that incorporates uncertainty and sensing: players cannot see the positions of their opponent’s pieces, except through private sensing actions.
![An engineering test model of the Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS)](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20190628_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jul 2, 2019
Johns Hopkins APL Plasma Instrument for Europa Clipper Passes Critical Design Review
The Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS), built by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, will measure the plasmas, or electrically charged gasses, in Europa’s ionosphere and Jupiter’s magnetosphere.