Each calendar year, the xREAL Lab works with faculty fellows, undergraduate and graduate students, affiliates across disciplines, community partners and other academic institutions to provide a vision for the future of teaching and learning, meaningful mentorship and hands-on experience for the students, and sustainable innovation for the larger campus community.
Essia Hamouda, associate professor of information and decision sciences, is the director of the Master of Science in Business Data Analytics program and the founder of the Women in Cybersecurity Club.
Graduate student Naja Faysal embodies the essence of International Day of Education (Jan. 24) through a deep dedication to learning and innovation. Inspired by his Lebanese parents, both educators and entrepreneurs, he is earning a master’s degree in information systems technology and has founded Parrots Lab, LLC, an innovative AI company.