Nathan Kahl

Thema Monroe-White is helping prepare the next generation not just to use the AI, but to navigate it thoughtfully and responsibly.

Electrical and computer engineering Assistant Professor Ningshi Yao tested the idea that competition drives strong results by designing two very different engineering challenges for local pre-college students: one sending student-built ground vehicles racing across a soccer field and the other taking to the skies.

George Mason will soon offer a doctoral degree in cybersecurity, a milestone reflecting the rapid evolution of the field and the continued growth of the university's Department of Cyber Security Engineering (CYSE).

Giorgio Ascoli is the first George Mason recipient of the Javits Award, reserved for a small number of exceptionally highly rated research proposals, awarded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at NIH.

Computer Science Assistant Professor Ziyu Yao received an NSF CAREER award for $674,100 to peel the layers back on AI, developing new methods for understanding the internal mechanisms of LLMs.

Quentin Sanders is developing a new generation of hand exoskeletons that may help people regain independence after stroke.

Maryam Parsa received a five-year, $655,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop a new framework for brain-inspired AI.

Xuan Wang received a five-year, $640,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to ask: What if a robot could learn from another robot's experience?

Cyber Security Engineering Associate Professor Umit Karabiyik helps law enforcement agencies understand how data from everyday connected devices can provide critical evidence in criminal cases.

Nora McDonald received an NSF CAREER award for $748,000 to understand how adolescents are shaped by personalized digital environments and how they can maintain their sense of self, autonomy, and agency within them.