George Mason University Department of Computer Science

Welcome to the Department of Computer Science. The department offers BS, MS, and PhD programs in Computer Science; MS programs in Software Engineering, Information Systems, and Information Security and Assurance; and a BS program in Applied Computer Science with various concentrations. The department also offers three concentrations in the PhD Program in Information Technology (in Information Systems, Information Security, and Software Engineering) and several graduate certificates.

Faculty in the department have research interests in networking, architecture, parallel and distributed computing, performance evaluation, software engineering, multimedia, graphics and visualization, databases, software engineering, data mining, security, information systems, artificial intelligence, computer vision, and robotics.

Events (Details) (Calendar)

Seminar: Software Development for the iPhone and iPod Touch: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 1:00-3:00, Jajodia Auditorium, The Long and Kimmy Nguyen Engineering Builing
Steve Hayman
Seminar: Towards High-throughput Phenotyping of Biological Systems: What can bioimage informatics and data mining do for biology: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 11:00AM, Engineering 4201
Fuhui Long, PhD, Janelia Farm Research Campus Howard Hughes Medical Institute, VA (Faculty Candidate - Bioengineering)
SANG Seminar: The Interplay of Dynamic Voltage Scaling and Dynamic Power Management in Real-Time Embedded Applications: Friday, March 05, 2010, 12:00-1:30PM, Engineering 4201
Vinay Devadas

News (Details)

Summer 2010 MS CS Extended Online Offerings (more): Several graduate courses from the MSCS and MSSWE programs will be offered on a limited basis over the Internet in Summer 2010.
Faculty Position in Information Security and Assurance (more): The Department of Computer Science in the Volgenau School of Information Technology & Engineering at George Mason University invites applications for a non-tenure track instructional faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2010.

See http://cs.gmu.edu/recruitment/2010/ for more details.
Professor Xinyuan (Frank) Wang Wins Volgenau School Rising Star Faculty Research Award (more): Congratulations to Prof. Xinyuan (Frank) Wang who has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Volgenau School Rising Star Faculty Research Award. The award is given to a scholar who is a rising star in his/her field and well on the way to gaining national prominence for his/her contributions. Prof. Wang will be honored at the School’s Fall Faculty Meeting and will be awarded $1,000. Prof. Wang is a recipient of an NSF CAREER award.
Prof. Songqing Chen Wins Mason Emerging Researcher Award (more): Congratulations to Professor Songqing Chen who was named a recipient of the 2009 Mason Emerging Researcher, Scholar, and Creator Award. This very competitive award, will be given to Dr. Chen during Mason's Celebration of Achievements event to take place on November 4. 2009. Dr. Chen is a past recipient of the Volgenau School's Rising Star Award.
Computing News newsletter, Fall 2009 (more): The Computer Science Department is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2009 issue of the Computing News newsletter.
Jan Allbeck Joins the Faculty (more): Jan Albeck joins the CS Faculty this Fall as an assistant professor. She received her PhD from the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and was Associate Director of the Center for Human Modeling and Simulation.