Ali Al Kinoon
Lecturer
- Office: L3Harris Engineering Center
- Email: alialkinoon@ucf.edu
- Phone: 407-823-3957
BIOGRAPHY
Ali Al Kinoon is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. He earned his doctorate in computer science from UCF, where his research focused on Android security and privacy, particularly in the context of mobile app permissions, policy transparency and malware detection. His work integrates natural language processing and machine learning to enhance user awareness and strengthen app ecosystem security.
He has contributed to several research projects, including the development of large-scale Android datasets and frameworks for analyzing privacy policies. He is passionate about cybersecurity education and dedicated to equipping students with the skills to identify, analyze and mitigate security threats, preparing the next generation of cybersecurity professionals and researchers.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Central Florida
RESEARCH
- Computer security and privacy
- Malware detection
- Machine learning
- Natural language processing
PUBLICATIONS
- Soohyeon Choi, Ahod Alghuried, Ali Alkinoon, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, and David Mohaisen, “On Attributing ChatGPT-Transformed Synthetic Code,” under review at IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2025.
- Ahod Alghuried, Ali Alkinoon, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, and David Mohaisen, “Simple Tricks, Big Threats: How Simple Perturbations Evade ML-based Ethereum Phishing Detection,” accepted at Elsevier Computer Networks (COMNET), 2024.
- Mohammed Alkinoon, Hattan Althebeiti, Ali Alkinoon, Ahod Alghuried, Manar Mohaisen, and David Mohaisen, “Industry-Specific Vulnerability Measurement, Analysis, and Classification,” accepted at Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), 2024.
- Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Ali Alkinoon, Ahod Alghuried, and David Mohaisen, “XR-Droid: A Benchmark Dataset for AR/VR and Security Applications,” published in IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing.
- Mohammed Alqadhi, Ali Alkinoon, Saeed Salem, and David Mohaisen, “Understanding the Country-Level Security of Free Content Websites and their Hosting Infrastructure,” in 10th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA), 2023.