Ryan Benton

Dr. Ryan Benton is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of South Alabama. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2001). His research focuses on Data Mining, Machine Learning, and their applications in Cyber-Security, Digital Forensics, and Biomedicine. He has advised numerous graduate students and published extensively on topics like blockchain security, malware detection, and medical data analysis.

Education:

• Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2001)
• M.S. Computer Science, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1997)
• B.S. Computer Information Systems, Loyola University New Orleans (1995)

Research Interests: Advanced Pattern Mining, Graph Algorithms, Cyber-Security, and Health Informatics. Recent work includes detecting Ethereum blockchain attacks and developing AI-driven healthcare solutions.

Key Contributions:

• Developed methods for detecting Android ransomware and cryptocurrency attacks
• Advanced anomaly detection in medical data and network traffic
• Contributed to containerized workload analysis and forensic data carving

Grants & Teams: Active in the Data Science Ensemble at USA. Collaborates on projects like Data Predictive Maintenance and Big Data for Personalized Healthcare.