Computer Science Faculty

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

  • A headshot of CS associate professor Shvetha Soundararajan wearing a green collared shirt and black sweater.

    Associate Professor (Teaching) and Associate Chair, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Agile transformation, software metrics, software quality assessment and prediction, user experience research, requirements engineering, educational technology, computer science education, and software architecture
  • A headshot of CS professor Greg Stein wearing a blue, collared shirt and black sweater.

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Reasoning and navigation under uncertainty and unknown environments, perception and learning
  • Mason CS profressor Gheorghe Tecuci

    Professor, Department of Computer Science; Director of the Learning Agents Center

    Research Interests: Data mining, decision support systems, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, data analytics, big data, personalized learning, educational data mining, expert systems
  • A man in a dark sweater with a red stripe stands indoors near a softly lit window

    Associate Professor (Teaching), Department of Computer Science

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

    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Computer networks and systems security
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    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.

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

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

    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.

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Human-AI interaction, NLP, machine learning