Artificial Intelligence

George Mason University officially opened its Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center, a collaborative space where students will perform research on a variety of emerging fields related to artificial intelligence and autonomous devices.

Research led by PhD doctoral candidate Kevin Cevasco suggests patient engagement with chatbots isn’t necessarily better than human interactions in improving health intervention uptake and adherence.

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.

Civil engineering professor David Lattanzi teams up with colleagues in the College of Public Health to help build a new tool that will help clinicians identify bruises and injuries from domestic violence in a new way.

George Mason lands gift to further research into detecting bruises, injuries.

Are we meta yet? A book about AI is cowritten by AI, along with Schar School associate professor Alan R. Shark, who teaches technology policy in government. AI created that intimidating cover, too.

Expertise by Schar School faculty and students is in demand. Here are some recent news items about how they are contributing to conversations throughout the region.

George Mason University today announced an anonymous $4.85 million gift to advance groundbreaking research on bruise and injury detection for individuals who experience interpersonal violence. The funding will help develop new tools in imaging technology using a light source that is five times better than white light for identifying and visualizing bruising across all skin tones for use by forensic nurses, social service providers, and law enforcement.

Xuan Wang, an assistant professor in George Mason University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, is trying to ensure safety in human-computer autonomous systems.

Mason's Department of Mechanical Engineering is offering a new certificate in responsible AI.