- October 15, 2026
Imagine sitting at home, listening to music you enjoy, and a secret, malicious audio message—imperceptible to human ears—tells your home assistant to transfer money from your bank account. Computer science associate professor Qiang Zeng is developing a way to fight such silent attacks.
- October 2, 2026
George 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, 2026
Parkeye 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, 2026
More 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, 2026
Computer 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.
- June 8, 2026
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.
- June 2, 2026
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.
- May 13, 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.
- May 4, 2026
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.
- April 6, 2026
A CEC professor's longstanding relationship with NVIDIA is bringing AI leaps to campus.