Big Data Analytics and Intelligent Systems for Cyber Threat Intelligence (PDF)

Dr. Mamoun Alazab is currently an Associate Professor with the College of Engineering, IT and Environment, Charles Darwin University, Australia. He received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Federation University of Australia, School of Science, Information Technology and Engineering. He is a cybersecurity researcher and practitioner with industry and academic experience. Dr Alazab's research is multidisciplinary that focuses on cybersecurity and digital forensics of computer systems including current and emerging issues in the cyber environment like cyber-physical systems and the Internet of Things, by taking into consideration the unique challenges present in these environments, with a focus on cybercrime detection and prevention. He looks into the intersection use of machine learning as an essential tool for cybersecurity, for example, for detecting attacks, analyzing malicious code, or uncovering vulnerabilities in software. He has more than 100 research papers. He is the recipient of short fellowship from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) based on his nomination from the Australian Academy of Science. He delivered many invited and keynote speeches, 27 events in 2019 alone. He convened and chaired more than 50 conferences and workshops. He is the founding chair of the IEEE Northern Territory Subsection (February 2019 to present). He is a senior member of the IEEE, Cybersecurity Academic Ambassador for Oman's Information Technology Authority (ITA), member of the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Security and Privacy (TCSP), and has worked closely with government and industry on many projects, including IBM, Trend Micro, the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the Australian Communications and Authority (ACMA), Westpac, UNODC, and the Attorney General's Department.

Dr. Lo'ai Tawalbeh received the Ph.D. degree in electrical & computer engineering from Oregon State University in 2004, and the M.Sc. in 2002 from the same university with GPA 4/4. Dr. Tawalbeh is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Computing and Cyber Security, Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Before that, he was a Visiting Researcher with the University of California-Santa Barbra. Since 2005, he has been teaching/developing more than 25 courses in different computer engineering disciplines and science with a focus on cybersecurity for the undergraduate/graduate programs at the NewYork Institute of Technology (NYIT), DePaul's University, and Jordan University of Science and Technology. Dr. Tawalbeh won many research grants and awards with over 2 Million USD. He has over 80 research publications in refereed international journals and conferences.

Imed Romdhani has been an Associate Professor in networking with Edinburgh Napier University since June 2005. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Technology of Compiegne (UTC), France, in May 2005. He also holds an engineering and a Master's degree in networking obtained, respectively, in 1998 and 2001 from the National School of Computing (ENSI, Tunisia) and Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg (ULP, France). He worked extensively with Motorola Research Labs in Paris and authored four patents.