Scholar
Amarda Shehu
Google Scholar ID: HkB_Gz0AAAAJ
Professor of Computer Science, George Mason University
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,342
H-index
23
i10-index
56
Publications
20
Co-authors
51
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Contact
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Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- 200+ peer-reviewed publications
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
- Member of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (VASEM)
- IEEE Senior Member
- Academic innovations: Virginia’s first M.S. in AI, UNIV 182 “AI for All”, Ethics & AI minor
Research Experience
- Leads enterprise AI strategy and an award-winning lab, translating foundational AI into scalable capabilities across research, education, workforce, and operations
- Creator of PatriotAI—secure campus access to 1,800+ generative-AI models
- Founder of AI² Nexus—a university-wide ecosystem for AI innovation and integration
- Founder of AI-in-Government Council—a national coalition advancing responsible AI
- Co-founded multiple centers: CAIEC, ISEAI, Center of Excellence in Gov Cyber Resilience, Center for Human–Machine Partnerships
Background
- AI & Interdisciplinary Scientist and Technologist
- Vice President & Chief AI Officer at George Mason University
- Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering & Computing
- Professor of Computer Science, School of Computing
- Founder/Co-founder of AI-first ventures; advisor to startups and companies on AI strategy in biotechnology, genomics, and drug discovery
- Research focuses on knowledge-grounded AI, deep generative models for proteins and small molecules, optimization on complex loss landscapes, and large language/multimodal foundation models for NLP, bio/health informatics, and materials discovery
