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Not Quite Laughs, a comedy group founded by a George Mason student, is hosting a free comedy show on Thursday, August 27th, at Mackenzie’s Tunes and Tonics in Fairfax.

Two College of Engineering and Computing Computer Science faculty members received awards through Amazon's Build on Trainium program. George Mason is one of only four universities with multiple recipients in the latest round of awards

George Mason University computer science professor Keren Zhou has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a prestigious Genesis Award, an initiative designed to accelerate scientific discovery through advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing.

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.

George Mason University researchers are developing smart swarm technologies that will allow a small number of human operators to effectively coordinate and control hundreds of autonomous robots for defense missions while using a video game to test and improve swarm strategies.

PhD student Shiwei Hong developed a collaborative multi-agent AI system that mimics a comedy writers’ room, demonstrating that discussion and feedback among agents improve the quality of machine-generated humor.

Aayush Yadav co-authored a paper that received a Distinguished Paper Award from the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, one of the industry’s premier conferences in the security field.

Professor Alex Brodsky keynoted the joint session of the ENASE-2026 and ICEIS-2026 International Conferences, to be held in Benidorm, Spain, in May 2026.

Thema Monroe-White received a an award of more than $1 million to examine how Historically Black Colleges and Universities influence economic mobility for Black entrepreneurs.

Fueled by “the love of the game,” a team of Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center students overcame GPS‑free technical challenges to take first place at the 2026 Raytheon Autonomous Vehicle Competition.

George Mason University’s Department of Computer Science researchers earned widespread recognition with numerous paper acceptances at top-tier international conferences, highlighting impactful research across security, systems, networking, artificial intelligence, and human‑centered computing.

Computer scientist Zhicong Lu explores how technology shapes human relationships, whether through live-streamed cultural practices, online communities, or emerging forms of generative AI.