September 8, 2026EagleBank Arena buzzed with high-tech aerial excitement on August 15 as George Mason University hosted the culmination of the 2nd Annual Airborne Robotics Cup, a STEM outreach competition culminating in an intense 12-hour tournament featuring dynamic, lighter-than-air autonomous blimp “soccer” matches.
September 3, 2026Two George Mason faculty members are developing new approaches to protect AI data centers from threats ranging from insiders stealing valuable AI models to cyberattacks against the systems controlling a facility’s power and cooling.
August 31, 2026Thema Monroe-White is helping prepare the next generation not just to use the AI, but to navigate it thoughtfully and responsibly.
August 19, 2026Electrical 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.
August 17, 2026George 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).
July 23, 2026Giorgio 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.
July 20, 2026Computer 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.
July 14, 2026Quentin Sanders is developing a new generation of hand exoskeletons that may help people regain independence after stroke.
July 7, 2026Maryam Parsa received a five-year, $655,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop a new framework for brain-inspired AI.
July 6, 2026Xuan 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?
