Affiliate Faculty

Marcos Zampieri is an assistant professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology, School of Computing, at George Mason University. He received his PhD from Saarland University where he was affiliated with the German Research Center in Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). His research interests are in computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP).

His research focuses on the collection and processing of large datasets of texts from various sources (e.g., social media, newspapers) with the goal of training robust NLP systems. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conference proceedings and co-edited a dozen edited volumes, special issues, and workshop proceedings.

Myeong Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology, School of Computing, at George Mason University. His research focuses on the design, governance, and economic implications of digital platforms and emerging technologies. His work examines how organizations adopt and operationalize advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, while managing issues of trust, incentives, and system-level efficiency. His work is particularly relevant to ISEAI’s mission, as it investigates the interplay between AI-enabled systems, data governance, and organizational decision-making. He studies how platform design and algorithmic mechanisms influence user behavior, system resilience, and the reliability of data-driven processes. This includes work on incentive structures, information asymmetries, and the robustness of digital ecosystems, which are key considerations for secure and trustworthy AI deployment in critical infrastructure contexts.

Sanchari Das is an assistant professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University. Her research integrates principles from security and privacy, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), and human-computer interaction (HCI) to develop resilient, user-centered socio-technical systems. She leads the Center for AI, Privacy, and Security (CAPS Lab) and the Secure Realities Lab, where her work focuses on designing privacy-preserving and explainable technologies. Her research has been published in top-tier conferences such as USENIX Security, NDSS, ACM CCS, CHI, and CSCW. She also brings industry experience from organizations like American Express and Parity Technologies.