Faculty

Primary Faculty

Our faculty members instruct students, guide them, and make them partners in advanced research projects. They combine practical experience with in-depth scholarly activities to advance the department's mission.

  • Mason IST Instructor Scott Lewis

    Instructor / Teaching

    Research Interests: AI and ML, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Education Technology, Health Informatics, Human-Centered Computing, Smart Communities
  • Mason IST associate professor Lindi Liao

    Associate Professor / Teaching

    Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, natural language processing, data science, self-driving cars, computer vision, visualization, 3D/VR/AR, and geospatial computing.
  • Mason IST assistant professor Kevin Lybarger

    Assistant Professor / Tenure-track

    Research Interests: AI and ML, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Education Technology, Health Informatics, Human-Centered Computing, Smart Communities
  • Michael Lyons wears a gray suit, tie, and glasses in his faculty profile for the IST department at George Mason University.

    Instructor/Teaching

    Research Interests: Hardware implementations of cryptographic algorithms.
  • Mason IST assistant professor Emanuela Marasco

    Assistant Professor / Tenure-track

    Research Interests: AI and ML, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Education Technology, Health Informatics, Human-Centered Computing, Smart Communities
  • Mason IST assistant professor Nora McDonald

    Assistant Professor/Tenure-track

    Research Interests: Privacy, Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Mason IST instructor John McLaughlin

    Instructor / Teaching

    Research Interests: AI and ML, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Education Technology, Health Informatics, Human-Centered Computing, Smart Communities
  • Mason IST associate professor Riki Morikawa

    Associate Professor / Teaching

    Research Interests: Telecommunications, Wireless networking, Satellites
  • Mason IST assistant professor Vivian Motti

    Associate Professor/Tenured

    Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction, ubiquitous computing, wearable health, and usable privacy.
  • Mason IST associate professor Jianli Pan

    Associate Professor / Tenured

    Research Interests: Internet of Things (IoT), edge/cloud computing, AI/machine learning, and cybersecurity