Name:Mahmoud Hammad

Bio:

Mahmoud Hammad is an Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering Department within the Computer and Information Technology School at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). He is also the deputy director of the Center for E-Learning and Open Educational Resources . Hammad’s research interests are in the field of software engineering, specifically in the area of software architecture, self-adaptive software systems, mobile computing, software analysis, and software security. Hammad received his Ph.D. in Software Engineering from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) under the supervision of Prof. Sam Malek . During his Ph.D., Hammad developed a self-protecting Android software system , an Android software system that can monitor itself and adapt (change) its behavior at runtime to keep the system secure and protected from Inter-Component Communication attacks at all times.

Hammad received his M.S. in Software Engineering from George Mason University, VA, USA and B.S. in Computer Science from Yarmouk University, Jordan . Hammad is a member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Country:United States

Affiliation:University of California, Irvine

Research interests:Machine Learning, Android, Security, Software Engineering, Software Architecture