{"id":4805,"date":"2020-11-09T15:42:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/staff-members\/alex-mbaziira\/"},"modified":"2021-02-15T16:32:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T16:32:36","slug":"alex-mbaziira","status":"publish","type":"staff-member","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/staff-members\/alex-mbaziira\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Mbaziira"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n \r\n
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Assistant Professor<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Academic Credentials<\/b><\/p>\n

B.S. Uganda Martyrs University,
\nM.S. Uganda Martyrs University,
\nM.S. George Mason University,
\nPhD George Mason University<\/p>\n

Biography<\/b><\/p>\n

Alex is an assistant professor for cybersecurity at Marymount University where he teaches undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral courses. While at George Mason University, he was a Fulbright scholar where he published research on detecting cybercrime using machine learning and natural language processing.\u00a0 He is also a member of the cybersecurity and privacy working group for the Greater Washington Board of Trade. He presents and publishes peer-reviewed research in cybercrime, malware analysis, cyber forensics, privacy, and applied machine learning. He is also a member of professional organizations like IEEE.
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Other Information<\/b><\/p>\n

Teaching Area<\/b><\/p>\n

Cybersecurity
\nSoftware Engineering
\nSoftware Testing and Quality Assurance
\nMalware Analysis
\nEnterprise Networks\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/b><\/p>\n

Applied Machine learning
\nDeception & Cybercrime
\nCyber threat intelligence
\nSecurity & Privacy<\/p>\n

Publications<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Diaz-Gonzalez J., Mbaziira A.V.<\/strong>, Liu M (2019), An exploratory deep learning approach to mobile malware detection, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 35 (3) ACM, 219-219 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n
  2. Sabir M.F., Jones J.H., Liu H., Mbaziira A.V<\/strong>(2019), Predicting Stealthy Watermarks in Files Using Deep Learning, 7th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS), 1-6<\/li>\n
  3. Sabir, M. F., Jones, J. H., Liu, H., & Mbaziira, A. V. <\/strong>(2019, March). Using Machine Learning to Detect Stealthy Watermarks in Files. In Proceedings of the 3rd<\/sup> International Conference on Compute and Data Analysis. ACM, Kahului, Hawaii.<\/li>\n
  4. Mbaziira, A. V.<\/strong>, & Murphy, D. R. (2018). An Empirical Study on Detecting Deception and Cybercrime Using Artificial Neural Networks. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Compute and Data Analysis (pp. 42-46). ACM.- Best paper presentation award<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Sabir, M. F., Jones, J. H., Liu, H., & Mbaziira, A. V. <\/strong>(2018, March). A Non-Algorithmic Forensic Approach for Hiding Data in Image Files. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Compute and Data Analysis (pp. 60-64). ACM. \u2013 Best paper presentation award<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Maha Sabir, Jim Jones, Liu Hang, Alex Mbaziira<\/strong>, (2018) \u201cA Non-Algorithmic Forensic Approach for Hiding Data in Image Files””, 2018 International Conference on Computing and Data Analysis.<\/li>\n
  7. Maha Sabir, Jim Jones, Liu Hang, Alex Mbaziira<\/strong>, (2017) “” A File-Type Independent Approach to Persistent Forensic Watermarks for Cyber Analysis “”, International Conference on Computing and Technology<\/li>\n
  8. Alex Mbaziira<\/strong>, Jim Jones (2017) “” Hybrid Text-based Deception Models for Native and Non-Native English Cybercriminal Networks””, 2017 International Conference on Computing and Data Analysis, pp 23-27, ACM.<\/li>\n
  9. Alex Mbaziira<\/strong>, Jim Jones (2016) “”A Text-based Deception Detection Model for Cybercrime””, 3rd<\/sup> International Conference on Technology and Management (ICTM)<\/li>\n
  10. Alex Mbaziira<\/strong>, Ehab Abozinadah, James Jones, (2015) “”Evaluating Classifiers in Detecting 419 Scams in Bilingual Cybercriminal Communities””. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security 7: 1-7 (Best Paper Award).<\/li>\n
  11. \u00a0Ehab Abozinadah, Alex Mbaziira<\/strong>, James Jones, (2015) “”Detection of Abusive Accounts with Arabic Tweets””. 4th International Conference on Knowledge Discovery (ICKD) 2: 113-119.<\/li>\n
  12. \u00a0Hamed Sarvari, Ehab Abozinadah, Alex Mbaziira<\/strong>, Damon McCoy, (2014) “”Constructing and Analyzing Criminal Networks””. In Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW), 2014 IEEE (pp. 84-91). 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