- August 10, 2026
Newly patented AI technology helps get bruise detection tools into the hands of clinicians, law enforcement, and researchers
- August 4, 2026
George 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 31, 2026
SonoVanta™, a patent-pending contrast agent that improves the precision of cancer margin imaging, is the second technology from George Mason University to be licensed through the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation’s (VIPC) Lab-to-Launch (L2L) Program, which accelerates the commercialization of promising research breakthroughs emerging from Virginia’s universities.
- July 30, 2026
George Mason University researchers are working with an innovative, electricity-free drinking water treatment system in Puerto Rico that could help small rural communities gain reliable access to safe water.
Research Interests: Hydroclimatology, AI/ML applications, Water resources, Large-scale climate/weather data
Research Interests: Quantum system security, quantum computer architecture, and quantum machine learning
- July 20, 2026
Computer 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.
Research Interests: Multivariate, functional, and object data; bootstrap inference; robust statistics; dependent data; causal inference
- July 14, 2026
Quentin Sanders is developing a new generation of hand exoskeletons that may help people regain independence after stroke.
- July 1, 2026
The partnership between George Mason and the Charlotte, N.C., company will accelerate scalable manufacturing of microfluidic devices for bio-innovation, drug discovery, and human-relevant research.