Donald T. Gantz

Title: Chair, Department of Applied Information Technology
EMail: dgantz@gmu.edu
Department: Applied Information Technology
Phone: 703-993-3565
Website: http://ait.gmu.edu

Dr. Gantz is the Chair of the Department of Applied Information Technology in the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering of George Mason University. In this position, he directs the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Degree in which more than 900 students are enrolled. He was Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Information Technology and Engineering during the Spring 2003 and Fall 2004 semesters. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Applied and Engineering Statistics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (l974 Present). He has taught Applied Statistics, Probability Theory, Stochastic Systems, Computer Simulation and Control in graduate and undergraduate courses. He has done research in Forensics, Epidemiology, Mathematical Economics, Applied Statistics, Flight Test Analysis, Computer Performance Engineering and Capacity Planning, Computer Simulation, and Management Decision Systems.

Dr. Gantz has developed cutting edge methodologies for the quantification and analysis of handwriting and is applying these methodologies to multi-language document exploitation and biometric identification. He has used statistical and geographic information system methods to analyze the relationship between TB incidence and socioeconomic factors. He has lectured on statistical methods for surveillance systems to detect levels of infection due to a natural epidemic or bioterrorism threat. He has been a researcher and practitioner in the application of geographic information systems, modeling systems and decision support systems to transportation demand management and traffic mitigation. He has done considerable work, research, and lecturing in computer performance evaluation and capacity planning. He has worked since 1982 on the application of estimation and control methods to the analysis of flight test data. Throughout his years as an applied statistician, he has been involved with survey design, analysis and reporting. He has considerable experience in the development of management decision systems and in litigation related analyses.