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Professor Robert Pless Continues Research with LAS as a 2025 Collaborator

The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences announced that Professor Robert Pless is a 2025 collaborator, continuing his partnership with the lab and advancing national security research.

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Professor Yasemin Acar Receives NSA Recognition for Cybersecurity Research

Research Professor Yasemin Acar’s study on ethical frameworks in computer security earned first honorable mention in the NSA’s 12th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition.

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Collins Munyendo Joins 2024 Rising Stars in Computing and Data Science

Computer science Ph.D. student Collins Munyendo participated in BU’s Rising Stars workshop, building a community with fellow researchers in computing and data science.

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Team Led by Dr. Hurriyet Ok Wins Best Real-World Game Award in Niantic Studio Challenge

A GW, GMU, and CMU team won Niantic’s Best Real-World Game Award for BloomCraft: Garden Guardians, an AR game blending nature education with fun gameplay!

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Bringing Cost-Effective Imaging Solutions to Older Adults

In two new interdisciplinary projects, CS Prof. James Hahn is leading research to overcome the cost and accessibility barriers of traditional clinical diagnoses and monitoring of sarcopenia and...

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Undergraduate Research Accelerates Machine Learning Efficiency

Seth David Kay, a junior at GW, presented his research on accelerating Sparse Matrix-Matrix Multiplication for ML at the IEEE HPEC Conference, enhancing computation efficiency in complex data...

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MITRE Welcomes GW Engineering Alumnus Chris Inglis to Board of Trustees

MITRE names Chris Inglis, former National Cyber Director, to its Board of Trustees. Inglis brings 40+ years of experience in cybersecurity and holds a degree from GW Engineering.

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GW Engineering’s Women in Tech Empowered at Grace Hopper Celebration 2024

The CS Department supported a group of 16 female students in attending the 2024 Grace Hopper Celebration in Philadelphia, fostering connections and career growth in the industry.

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Multidisciplinary Senior Design Team Showcases Remarkable Innovation at RTX Autonomous Vehicle Competition

GW Engineering’s CS-MAE capstone team triumphed at the 2024 AVC at Virginia Tech, earning the Innovation and Engineering on the Fly Award for their creativity and adaptability.

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Professor Aviv Leads TRAILS-Funded Study on Perception Bias and AI Systems

Aviv and collaborators will study user expectations of AI bias and how providers can explain biased data in their systems.