David A. Mohaisen

I am a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. My research is in systems, security, and privacy. My recent research addressed various questions related to ML/AI, malware analysis, web systems, IoT, wearables, and blockchains. I obtained my PhD from the University of Minnesota, in 2012. I spent seven years (in total) before and after attending Minnesota in the research and development industry. At UCF, I direct the Security and Analytics Lab (SEAL), where I have been fortunate to work with several talented graduate and undergraduate students.

I am on leave until Fall 2024. I cannot accept any new students nor commit to any services.

Current Research Interests

Selected Recent Publications

Also see my DBLP and Google Scholar profiles for complete lists

Recent Journal Publications

Recent Honors (and Awards)

  • 2022 UCF Teaching Incentive Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • 2022 UCF Research Incentive Award for Excellence in Research
  • 2022 CECS Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award
  • Best Paper Award Nomineee of IEEE VR 2022
  • Best Extended Abstract Award of IEEE DSN 2021
  • Best Student Paper Award Nomineee of ACM ICS 2021
  • Distiniguished TPC member of IEEE INFOCOM (2016-2021)
  • Best Paper Award of IEEE Systems Journal (2020)

Recent Teaching

  • [F'2022] CAP 5150: Computer Security and Privacy (Sample Projects)
  • [F'2021] CAP 5150: Computer Security and Privacy
  • [S'2021] CAP 6640: Natural Language Processing
  • [S'2021] CAP 5150: Computer Security and Privacy
  • [S'2020] CAP 6640: Natural Language Processing
  • [S'2020] CAP 5150: Computer Security and Privacy
  • [S'2019] CAP 6640: Natural Language Processing
  • [S'2019] CIS 4361: Secure Operating Systems
  • [F'2018] CIS 4615: Secure Software Development
  • [S'2018] CAP 6133: Computer Security and Computer Forensics
  • [F'2017] CIS 4615: Secure Software Development

Current Services: TPC: WWW 2023, IEEE S&P 2023.

Current Doctoral Advisees(1)

  1. Mohammed Alkinoon (CS)
  2. Soohyeon Choi (CS)
  3. Hattan Althebeiti (ECE, SACM Fellow)
  4. Ayodeji Adeniran (MST), part-time, self-funded
  5. Mohamed Alqadhi (CS, SACM Fellow)
  6. Ali Alkinoon (CS, ORC Fellow)
  7. Jie Li (CS)
  8. Aziz Alghamdi (ECE, SACM Fellow)

Graduated Doctoral Advisees(2)

  1. Jeff Spaulding (2018) Lead Engineer, Booz Allen
  2. Ashar Ahmad (2019) Clear Village Inc.
  3. Mo Abuhamad (2020) Asst Prof, Loyola Chicago
  4. Hisham Alasmary (2020) Asst Prof, King Khalid U
  5. Rhongho Jang (2020) Asst Prof, Wayne State
  6. Jeman Park (2020) Scientist, Georgia Tech
  7. Jinchun Choi (2020) Sr Researcher, ETRI
  8. Afsah Anwar (2021) Asst Prof, Florida A&M
  9. Sultan Alshamrani (2021) Asst Prof, Saudi Elec. U
  10. Muhammad Saad (2021) Sr Scientist, PayPal
  11. Ahmed Abusnaina (2022) Scientist, Facebook
  12. Ülkü Meteriz-Yıldıran (2022) Scientist, Facebook
  13. A. Alabduljabbar (2022) Asst Prof/Chair, PSAU

Contact: HPA2-240, 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Orlando, FL 32816, USA. mohaisen@ucf.edu