Computer Science Faculty

Our faculty members are experts in the fields of computer science education, artificial intelligence, software engineering, and more.

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    Rahul Tikekar

    Associate Professor (Teaching), Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Databases, graph analytics
  • Mason CS associate professor Xinyuan Wang
    Xinyuan (Frank) Wang

    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Computer networks and systems security
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    Elizabeth White

    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Parallel and distributed systems
  • A headshot of CS assistant professor Xuesu Xiao wearing a white collared shirt and black suit jacket.
    Xuesu Xiao

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Field robotics, motion planning, machine learning
  • Mason CS assistant professor Lishan Yang
    Lishan Yang

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: System reliability, including the reliable operation of GPUs, nonconventional sensors, autonomous driving systems, and neural networks
  • Computer Science assistant professor Shuochao Yao
    Shuochao Yao

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: physical-aware, resource-efficient, reliable, and predictable artificial intelligence systems for future intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
  • A headshot of CS assistant professor Ziyu Yao, wearing glasses, a dark winter coat with a fur-trimmed hood, stands outdoors near a green-tiled wall and brick buildings.
    Ziyu Yao

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Human-AI interaction, NLP, machine learning
  • Mason CS assistant professor Grigory Yaroslatsev
    Grigory Yaroslavtsev

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Machine learning, data science, and private data release
  • A headshot of CS associate professor Jinwei Ye, wearing a grey blazer over a white blouse, facing the camera and smiling slightly against a neutral grey background.
    Jinwei Ye

    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Computer vision, computational imaging, and computer graphics
  • A headshot of CS assistant professor Binqian (Bella) Yin, wearing a red checkered blouse in front of a beige background.
    Binqian (Bella) Yin

    Assistant Professor (Teaching), Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Developing novel machine learning algorithms for geological problems