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Ahmed Aleroud

Adversarial Machine Learning Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning Social Engineering Cyber Attacks Social Media Influence Attacks
Augusta University Computer & Cyber Sciences

About

Dr. Ahmed Aleroud is an Associate Professor of Cyber Security Analytics at Augusta University. Prior to joining Augusta University, he served as a Visiting Associate Research Scientist and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and as an Associate Professor of Information Systems at Yarmouk University in Jordan. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Information Systems from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, an M.S. in Computer Information Systems from Yarmouk University, and a B.S. in Software Engineering from the Hashemite University in Jordan. His research focuses on adversarial machine learning and AI, privacy-preserving machine learning, and mitigating social engineering and social media influence cyber attacks. He served as a certified cybersecurity trainer at the Cyber Shield Academy in Jordan. Dr. Aleroud has published in leading journals such as IEEE Transactions, ACM Digital Threats: Research & Practice, Computers & Security, Information Security and Applications, Information Systems Frontiers, Knowledge and Information Systems, and Social Media + Society. His work has also appeared in major conferences including NOMS, ARES, HICSS, AMCIS, and many others. His research has been supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Department of Energy (DOE), MITRE, the European IP Networks (RIPE), and the Maryland Innovation Initiative. He has also co-authored two educational and research-focused books on cybersecurity.

Research Performance Summary

92
Total Papers
1695
Total Citations
21
H-Index
2011-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Evaluating Google queries based on language preferences

Year: 2011

Citations: 30

Venue: Journal of Information Science 37 (3)

Latest Recorded Paper

AI-Powered Decision Support in Privacy Laws: Benchmarking LLMs on Legal Violation Detection

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: Proceedings of the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
3
2025
8
2024
6
2023
8
2022
6
2021
6
2020
4
2019
3
2018
15
2017
7
2016
11

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 36
Journal 16
Book 3

Top Coauthors

Aleroud Alsmadi Karabatis

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 11
Citations 8
Avg. Citations / Paper 0.7
H-Index 2

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 30
Citations 436
Avg. Citations / Paper 14.5
H-Index 10

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 38
Citations 997
Avg. Citations / Paper 26.2
H-Index 14

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 13
Citations 254
Avg. Citations / Paper 19.5
H-Index 8

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

AALEROUD@augusta.edu
7067292773

Detected Research Keywords

Software Defined Networks Contextual Information Fusion Attacks Software Defined Detect Cyber Attacks Network Intrusion Detection Semantic Link Networks Cyber Attack Detection Cyber Attacks Software Zero Day Attacks Cyber Attacks Flow