Affiliate Faculty

  • Mason assistant professor Alireza Ermagun wears a gray suit, black glasses, and black hair

    Director of Mobility Observatory and Data Analytics Lab and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

    Research Interests: Using emerging data and technologies, identifying novel solutions, developing practical methods, introducing innovative theories, and formulating policies and plans
  • Photo of Jonathan L. Gifford

    Professor; Director, Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy

    Research Interests: Civil Engineering, Development and Delivery, Federalism/State and Local Government, Fiscal Policy and Budgeting, Infrastructure Finance, Public-Private Partnerships, Regional Development, Transportation Policy, Urban Policy
  • Professor Paul Houser

    Professor, Geography and Geoinformation Science

    Research Interests: Non-stationary studies of water and energy cycling in a changing climate and environment towards developing practical solutions to real-world problems
  • Mason IST professor Aditya Johri

    Professor / Tenured

    Research Interests: Technology Ethics, Technology & Society, Engineering, and Computing Education
  • SEOR assistant professor Shima Mohebbi

    Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research; CEIE and CS Affiliate Faculty

    Research Interests: Cyber-physical systems, game theory, smart cities
  • Mason ECE assistant professor Maryam Parsa

    Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; CEIE Affiliate Faculty

    Research Interests: Neuromorphic learning, bio-inspired robotics, distributed learning, algorithm hardware co-design
  • Mason associate professor Vadim Sokolov wears a blue striped shirt

    Associate Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research; CEIE Affiliate Faculty

    Research Interests: Bayesian statistics, machine learning, deep learning, complex systems and simulation, numerical optimization, intelligent transportation systems
  • GM SEOR professor Ju Xie wears glasses and a light shirt

    Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research; CEIE Affiliate Faculty

    Research Interests: Air Transportation, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber-physical Systems, Data Centers, Digital Twin, Manufacturing Management, Optimization, Power Systems, Simulation