Sanjeev Setia is a Professor and former chair of the Computer Science Department at George Mason University. He joined Mason in 1993 as an Assistant Professor after receiving his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Maryland in College Park. His research interests are in computer systems and networks in general, and in mobile computing and wireless sensor networks in particular. His publications have appeared in the top computer systems and security venues and include an article designated by Google Scholar as a classic paper in the area of computer networks and wireless communications. His research has been funded by NSF, NASA, DARPA, and Google among others.
As interim chair of the CS department from 2006-07, he played a leading role in the merger of the department with the Department of Information and Software Engineering. Subsequently, he served as chair of the department for two terms from 2011-2019, a period that coincided with a nationwide explosion of interest in CS among undergraduates, reflected in a dramatic (four-fold) increase in CS majors at Mason to around 2000 students. After stepping down as chair, he served as the Associate Dean for Computing Programs and Initiatives for the Volgenau School of Engineering before serving as the Interim Divisional Dean of the newly created School of Computing in the College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) from November 2020 to August 2022. As Interim Divisional Dean, he was responsible for laying the groundwork for the new school and played a leading role in guiding CEC’s efforts towards meeting Mason’s commitments to Virginia’s Technology Talent Investment Program (TTIP).