🌱 I am an Associate Professor in Computer Science at George Mason University (GMU). I am also the Director of the Master's Program in Software Engineering at GMU. My research is in Formal Methods and Software Engineering. My current work focuses on the the formal analysis of software and AI systems.
I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque and completed a postdoc at the University of Maryland-College Park. Before joining Mason, I was at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Outside of academia, I have worked at the Naval Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin.
⚡Fun fact: I came to the US as a refugee from Vietnam when I was 11. Initially I was in Hawaii and relocated to Pennsylvania, where I grew up. I met my wife on a Southwest flight. We have three children, all born while I was an assistant prof. in Nebraska. We are now living in the Northern Virginia/DC area.
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