Our facilities focus on creating environments that enhance resources for George Mason researchers and opportunities for students.
Labs
- Sun Security Laboratory (SunLab) conducts basic and applied systems and network security research for trustworthy computing, moving target defense, software security, cloud/container security, AI security, and mobile phone security.
- Community Informatics Lab (CIL) researches and designs computing systems that study the dynamics of local communities, technology-enabled groups, and local information inequality, leveraging computational methods and social theories.
- Humanitarian Informatics Lab conducts interdisciplinary research on human-centered information systems and real-time decision support to address crisis management and societal challenges, aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Personalized Learning in AIT (PLAIT) laboratory aims to bring together the efforts of researchers, teaching faculty, instructional designers, and students to stimulate and promote a nourishing learning environment for CEC students.
Centers
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Center for Adaptive Systems of Brain–Body Interactions (CASBBI) is an interdisciplinary research and training center focused on advancing knowledge and technologies at the intersection of the brain, body, behavior, and physical/social environments
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Center for Human-AI Innovation for Society (CHAIS), formally the Center for Advancing Human Machine Partnership (CAHMP), focuses on to how to structure and optimize reciprocal relationships between humans and assistive computing systems.
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Institute for Digital InnovAtion (IDIA) engages researchers, innovators, and scholars across George Mason in cutting-edge work to shape the future of our digital society, promoting equality, well-being, security, and prosperity.
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Center for Secure Information Systems (CSIS) is a cybersecurity research center focused on advancing knowledge in network defense, system security, and threat mitigation through interdisciplinary research and education.
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Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities (C‑RASC) brings together engineering, social sciences, public policy, and community partners to co-design bottom‑up solutions for sustainability and resilience in the face of environmental, social, and infrastructure challenges.
- Learning Agents Center researches cognitive assistants that learn from experts, aid decision-making, and teach problem-solving. Focus areas include machine learning, reasoning, knowledge representation, NLP, and intelligent tutoring.