Computer Science News
- October 2, 2026George Mason researcher Alex Brodsky is developing technology to help organizations make complex decisions about how to manage energy resources and evaluate potential investments.
- September 23, 2026Parkeye is the new parking app developed by George Mason students that will predict parking availability, help users find lots that match their permits, and provide information about parking changes and closures.
- September 22, 2026More than two decades ago, Songqing Chen arrived at a campus where some of today's research buildings were still forest. Since then, he has watched Mason grow, helped build a department that has become a national leader, and mentored countless students. Now he is ready to take on the new responsibilities of department chair for the computer science department.
- September 14, 2026Computer science major and tennis player Shivaani Ganesh chose George Mason University for its strong academics, diverse Northern Virginia community, and competitive athletic opportunities, and has since leveraged her passion for technology to excel.
- 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 25, 2026Not 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.
- August 18, 2026Two 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
- August 4, 2026George 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.
- 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 13, 2026George 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.
- June 8, 2026PhD 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.
- June 2, 2026Aayush 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.