See Story on ABC Austrailia about Syrian refugees selling their organs on the black market to get to Europe: experts featuring Prof. Wijesekera from the Computer Science Department.
Computer Science professor Hassan Gomaa earned a top spot on the AMiner Most Influential Scholar Annual List. The list, which recognizes outstanding technical achievements with lasting contribution and impact to the research community, names the world's top-cited research scholars from the fields of science and engineering. Hassan ranked 38th.
Congratulations to Professor Danny Menasce who will receive a 2017 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV). Professor Menasce is one of 12 recipients (out of 97 nominees) and the 20th from George Mason.
Professor Alex Brodsky is a keynote speaker at the 28th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI) to be held November 6-8, 2016, in San Jose, CA.
Prof. Carlotta Domeniconi is co-chairing the SIAM International Conference in Data Mining (2017) to be held in Houston, TX.