College of Engineering and Computing Deans
Dean, College of Engineering and Computing
Kenneth S. Ball, PhD, PE is Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University.
Divisional Dean, School of Computing
Research Interests: Real-time embedded systems, sensor networks, network protocols, distributed computing
Divisional Dean for the Volgenau School of Engineering; Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Ariela Sofer is the Divisional Dean for the Volgenau School of Engineering and a professor in the Systems Engineering and Operations Research department.
Associate Deans in the College of Engineering and Computing
Associate Dean for Diversity, Outreach, and Inclusive Learning, College of Engineering and Computing
Christopher Carr is a leadership and policy wonk in the areas of diversity, higher education, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)
Professor, Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement
Research Interest: Environmental Engineering
Professor, Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, CEC
Research Interest: Geotechnical engineering.
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs in the CEC
Research Interests: STEM education, intelligent sensing, autonomous systems
Associate Dean for Research in the CEC; Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research
At Mason, Art Pyster is a professor of systems engineering, but his primary role is associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC)
Professor, Department of Computer Science; Associate Dean for AI Innovation in the CEC, Associate VP of Research (IDIA)
Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, stochastic optimization, machine learning, deep learning, optimization for deep learning, generative models, language models, bioinformatics, computational biophysics