AI and Data Security

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The Future of Finance Lab explores Artificial Intelligence issues in finance through state of the art research into AI purchasing agents, AI credit agents and their implications for financial security. 

In addition, researchers in our lab study AI as it relates to data security issues in financial transactions amongst other network security issues.  Please find below our most recent research in this area.


Associated Professors

  • Mason IST associate professor Mihai Boicu

    Associate Professor / Tenured

    Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Educational Technology, Human-Centered Computing
  • George Mason University Costello College of Business Faculty Yi Cao

    Assistant Professor, Accounting

    Yi Cao is an assistant professor within the Accounting Area in the Costello College of Business at George Mason University.
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    Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Research Interests: Information fusion, Bayesian networks, distributed sensor networks, decision making under uncertainty, explainable AI
  • Ran Ji wears a black suit, striped-blue tie, and glasses in his profile

    Associate Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research

    Research Interests: Stochastic optimization, distributionally robust optimization, chance-constrained programming, and uncertainty quantification, and data-driven decision-making.
  • George Mason University Costello College of Business Faculty Ashok Margam

    Instructional Assistant Professor, Finance

    Ashok Margam is an instructional assistant professor within the Finance Area in the Costello College of Business at George Mason University.
  • Mason IST associate professor Jianli Pan

    Associate Professor / Tenured

    Research Interests: Internet of Things (IoT), edge/cloud computing, AI/machine learning, and cybersecurity
  • George Mason University Costello College of Business Mariia Petryck Headshot

    Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Operations Management
    Additional Roles: Corporate Partner Faculty Fellow

    Mariia Petryk is an assistant professor within the Information Systems and Operations Management Area and a Corporate Partner Fellow in the Costello College of Business at George Mason University.
  • Mason CS assistant professor Xiaokuan Zhang

    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science

    Research Interests: Computer system security, privacy


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