The Department of Cyber Security Engineering (CYSE) is currently forming an Advisory Board to have the guidance and knowledge of a distinguished group of executives working on its board. The CYSE Advisory Board will serve both as the Advisory Board for CYSE as well as the GMU Cyber initiative to leverage all the GMU-cyber related people, programs, and sponsors connected to GMU.

The board’s goal is to create synergy between the school and the professional community by addressing workforce development demands, industry expectations, and employment trends for the benefit of GMU students, faculty, and alumni.

CYSE plans to have three co-chairs representing the university, for profit, and nonprofit cybersecurity organizations.

The Adversary Generation (Team 9) is led by Yousif Boukuhail and includes Alexandre De Barros, Daniel Aliaj, Carlos A Ortiz Collao, Peter Chhoeun, andYousif Abdulhadi

Alexandre Barreto is the mentor for this team.

The Scenario Generation (Team 8) is led by Connor Wadlin and includes Joshua Martin French, Zeinab Jafar Shariff , Faran Yazdani Sarvestani, and Stephen J Antezana.

Alexandre Barreto is the mentor for this team.

Inspire AI: Designing Curriculum for the Future Workforce

George Mason is equipping students with AI skills as a leader in developing AI-ready talent ready to compete and new ideas for critical sectors like cybersecurity, public health, and government.  In the classroom, the university is developing courses and curriculums to better prepare our students for a rapidly changing world.