Titles and Organizations
									Associate Professor (Teaching), Department of Computer Science
Contact Information
Office: Buchanan D217D
Phone: 703-993-5003
Email: rtikekar@gmu.edu
 
Biography
Rahul Tikekar is associate professor (teaching track) in the Department of Computer Science. Before joining George Mason University, he worked for the research division at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) where he was involved in several initiatives that used advanced technology for solving problems in tax administration. Before that, he was a tenured associate professor of computer science at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. He is a tech enthusiast who, during his spare time, works as a mentor to high school students in their quest to build and program robots.
Degrees
- PhD, Computer Science, Wayne State University
 - MS, Computer Science, Wayne State University
 - BS, Computer Science and Engineering, Bangalore University, India
 
Research Interests
- Databases
 - Graph Analytics