Principal Investigator

• Amarda Shehu [Curriculum Vitae]

  Professor in the Department of Computer Science Co-Director of Center for Advancing Human-Machine Partnerships (CAHMP) Affiliate Appointments in the Department of Bioengineering and School of Systems Biology Equity Champion email: amarda{AT}gmu.edu

  Bio that can be used for talks:
  Dr. Amarda Shehu is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science in the Volgenau School of Engineering with affiliated appointments in the Department of Bioengineering and School of Systems Biology at George Mason University. She is also Co-Director of the Center for Advancing Human-Machine Partnerships (CAHMP), a Transdisciplinary Center for Advanced Study at George Mason University. Shehu obtained her Ph.D. from Rice University in 2008, where she was an NIH pre-doctoral fellow. Shehu's research focuses on novel algorithms in artificial intelligence and machine learning to bridge between computer and information science, engineering, and the life sciences. Research in her laboratory emphasizes problem solving, search, planning, optimization, and learning for the simulation, analysis, and characterization of complex dynamic systems operating in the presence of constraints. In particular, her laboratory has made many contributions in bioinformatics and computational biology regarding the relationship between macromolecular sequence, structure, dynamics, and function. Shehu has published over 140 technical papers with postdoctoral, graduate, undergraduate, and high-school students. She is currently the chair of the steering committee of the ACM/IEEE Journal on Transactions in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, where she is also an associate editor. Shehu is the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, and her research is regularly supported by various NSF programs, including Information Integration and Informatics, Robust Intelligence, Computing Core Foundations, and Software Infrastructure, as well as various state and private research awards. Shehu is also the recipient of the 2018 Mason University Teaching Excellence Award, the 2014 Mason Emerging Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award, and the 2013 Mason OSCAR Undergraduate Mentor Excellence Award. She is particularly proud of awards recognizing research and scholarship by the undergraduate and high-school students she has mentored over the years. Shehu currently serves as Program Director of III at the National Science Foundation.

Postdoctoral Fellows

We are currently looking for a postdoctoral fellow.

Ph.D. Students

• Ahmed Bin Zaman

  Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science B.S. Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh 2021 Distinguished Academic Achievement Award email: azaman6{AT}gmu.edu web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~azaman6

• Kazi Lutful Kabir

  Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh email: kkabir{AT}gmu.edu web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~kkabir

• Parastoo Kamranfar

  Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science M.S. Azad University, Tehran, Iran B.S. Azad University, Tehran, Iran email: pkamranf{AT}gmu.edu web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~pkamranf Co-advised with David Lattanzi, Civil Engineering

• Manpriya Dua

  Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science M.S. George Mason University (Fall 2016) B.Tech. Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Rajasthan Technical University, India (2014) email: mdua{AT}gmu.edu web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~mdua

• Taseef Rahman

  Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science B.Sc. Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh (2016) email: trahman2{AT}gmu.edu web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~trahman2

• Fardina Alam

  Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science B.Sc. Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh (2015) email: falam5{AT}gmu.edu web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~falam5

• Toki Tahmid Tinan

  Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science B.Sc. Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh (2019) email: tinan{AT}gmu.edu web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~tinan

• Yuanjie Lu

  Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science M.S. Computer Science, George Mason University (2021) Jiangxi Normal School (INTO Program) email: ylu22{AT}gmu.edu web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~ylu22

• Shiva Ghaemi

  Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science M.S. Computer Science, George Mason University (2015) email: sghaemi{AT}gmu.edu web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~sghaemi

• Megan Herceg

  Ph.D. student in the School of Systems Biology, George Mason University B.Sc. Nutrition and Food Science: Dietetics. University of Maryland, College Park. email: mherceg{AT}gmu.edu web: https://binf.gmu.edu/~mherceg/web/mypage.html

• Yiyang Lian

  Ph.D. student in the School of Systems Biology, George Mason University M.S. Statistics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV B.S. Biological Engineering, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China email: ylian{AT}gmu.edu web: https://binf.gmu.edu/~ylian/web/mypage.html

M.S. Students

Undergraduate Students

• Melanie Gipson

  Undergraduate researcher (REU), Summer 2021 Sophomore, Computer Science Georgia State University

• Alex Felleson

  Undergraduate researcher (REU), Summer 2021 Sophomore, Computer Science Kenyon College

• Yuanqi Du

  Undergraduate researcher, Spring 2020 - Fall 2021 Junior, Computer Science George Mason University email: ydu6@gmu.edu

High School Students

• Vedant Vajre

  High-school researcher, Summer 2021 Junior, Stone Bridge High School

• Hai Lun Bin

  High-school researcher, Summer 2021 Junior, Thomas Jefferson High School

• Spencer Huang

  High-school researcher, Spring-Fall 2021 Junior, BASIS Independent McLean email: spencerh724{AT}gmail.com

• Alan Zhang

  High-school researcher, Summer-Fall 2020 Rising senior, Thomas Jefferson High School email: allegrozhang{AT}yahoo.com