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Assistant professors Tariq Kamal and Alejandro Alvarez and Instructor Hussna Azamy started teaching for the Department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University in fall 2024. 

The Virginia Cyber Navigator Internship Program (VA-CNIP) has equipped students with the skills to strengthen the cybersecurity posture of election infrastructures. As an intern last summer, information technology major Duong Thuy Nguyen helped secure a rural county’s technology for the upcoming presidential election alongside two George Mason peers. 

Finding accurate information about disability services presents a challenge in the face of misinformation. Through the Mapping Information Ecology project, Assistant Professor Myeong Lee worked with the Virginia Board of People with Disabilities (VPBD) to study the issue. 

A team of graduate students in information sciences, psychology, and special education aims to create a more integrated understanding of how different populations, such as individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), are affected by cybercrimes and how they can be better protected.

Several faculty members in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology received a planning grant from the National Science Foundation to work on developing effective support mechanisms for low-income students. 

The Fulcrum: Max Albanese (CEC) co-authors an op-ed about the role of Generation Z in securing America’s elections.

With data centers consuming about 2% of the world's electricity, their immense energy consumption and carbon footprint are a pressing concern in the technology sector. Doctoral student Sajad Kargar can help.

An article by Nora MacDonald on teens and social media is featured in The Conversation.

Aditya Johri earned recognition for his book the International Handbook of Engineering Education Research.

Information sciences and technology doctoral students Sajad Kargar, Ashish Hingle, and Julia Hsin-ping Hsu won first, second, and third place awards at George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing Innovation Week 2024 graduate poster contest in February.

IST’s Myeong Lee received a  $150,000 grant from the Virginia Board of People with Disabilities for the Mapping Information Ecology project. “We want to provide information systems strategies, [structural] recommendations, and related policy recommendations to the state. That's our goal," said Lee.  

Students and faculty will present three papers about strategies to help teens navigate the digital ecosystem safely at the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.