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Paul A. Watters

Paul A. Watters

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Computer Science

D-Index
35
Citations
5457
World Ranking
11671
National Ranking
352

Overview

Paul A. Watters is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a particular emphasis on cybersecurity and information systems. Their research spans multiple areas including advanced malware detection, cybercrime studies, network security, and digital forensics.

Their recent publications include:

  • Cybersecurity data science: an overview from machine learning perspective (2020), Journal Of Big Data
  • Intelligent Dynamic Malware Detection using Machine Learning in IP Reputation for Forensics Data Analytics (2021), Future Generation Computer Systems
  • A Culturally Sensitive Test to Evaluate Nuanced GPT Hallucination (2023), IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence
  • Ransomware Mitigation in the Modern Era: A Comprehensive Review, Research Challenges, and Future Directions (2021), ACM Computing Surveys
  • Lightweight Mutual Authentication and Privacy-Preservation Scheme for Intelligent Wearable Devices in Industrial-CPS (2020), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Paul A. Watters has frequently published in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computers & Security
  • CrimRxiv
  • Future Generation Computer Systems

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Timothy R. McIntosh
  • A. S. M. Kayes
  • Teo Sušnjak
  • Alex Ng
  • Malka N. Halgamuge

Their scholarly contributions also extend to book publications, notably with the Australian Institute of Criminology eBooks where they authored "How to implement online warnings to prevent the use of child sexual abuse material" in 2023.

The main fields of study covered by Paul A. Watters are:

  • Computer Science
  • Social Sciences

Their work focuses on various subfields, including:

  • Information Systems
  • Signal Processing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Computer Networks and Communications

Main research topics addressed encompass:

  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Information and Cyber Security
  • Digital and Cyber Forensics
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing

Best Publications

  • Cybersecurity data science: an overview from machine learning perspective

    Iqbal H. Sarker;Iqbal H. Sarker;A. S. M. Kayes;Shahriar Badsha;Hamed AlQahtani

  • Effectiveness analysis of machine learning classification models for predicting personalized context-aware smartphone usage

    Iqbal H. Sarker;Iqbal H. Sarker;A. S. M. Kayes;Paul A. Watters

  • Towards Understanding Malware Behaviour by the Extraction of API Calls

    Mamoun Alazab;Sitalakshmi Venkataraman;Paul Watters

  • A Comparative Analysis of Distributed Ledger Technology Platforms

    Mohammad Jabed Morshed Chowdhury;Md. Sadek Ferdous;Kamanashis Biswas;Niaz Chowdhury

  • Authorship Attribution for Twitter in 140 Characters or Less

    Robert Layton;Paul Watters;Richard Dazeley

  • A Trust based Access Control Framework for P2P File-Sharing Systems

    Huu Tran;M. Hitchens;V. Varadharajan;P. Watters

  • Zero-day malware detection based on supervised learning algorithms of API call signatures

    Mamoun Alazab;Sitalakshmi Venkatraman;Paul Watters;Moutaz Alazab

  • Intelligent Dynamic Malware Detection using Machine Learning in IP Reputation for Forensics Data Analytics

    Nighat Usman;Saeeda Usman;Fazlullah Khan;Mian Ahmad Jan

  • Cybercrime: The Case of Obfuscated Malware

    Mamoun Alazab;Sitalakshmi Venkatraman;Paul Andrew Watters;Moutaz Alazab

  • The Factor structure of cybersickness

    Susan Bruck;Paul A. Watters

  • A Survey on Latest Botnet Attack and Defense

    Lei Zhang;Shui Yu;Di Wu;Paul Watters

  • Detecting Phishing Emails Using Hybrid Features

    Liping Ma;Bahadorrezda Ofoghi;Paul Watters;Simon Brown

  • Lightweight Mutual Authentication and Privacy-Preservation Scheme for Intelligent Wearable Devices in Industrial-CPS

    Mian Ahmad Jan;Fazlullah Khan;Rahim Khan;Spyridon Mastorakis

  • A methodology for estimating the tangible cost of data breaches

    Robert Layton;Paul A. Watters

  • A Survey of Context-Aware Access Control Mechanisms for Cloud and Fog Networks: Taxonomy and Open Research Issues.

    A. S. M. Kayes;Rudri Kalaria;Iqbal H. Sarker;Md. Saiful Islam

  • Wiki Pedagogy -- A Tale of Two Wikis

    M. Bower;K. Woo;M. Roberts;P. Watters

  • Malware Detection Based on Structural and Behavioural Features of API Calls

    Manoun Alazab;Robert Layton;Sitalakshmi Venkataraman;Paul Watters

  • Statistical and structural approaches to filtering Internet pornography

    W.H. Ho;P.A. Watters

  • Internet subcultures and pathways to the use of child pornography

    Jeremy Prichard;Paul A. Watters;Caroline Spiranovic

  • The inadequacy of entropy-based ransomware detection

    Timothy R. McIntosh;Julian Jang-Jaccard;Paul A. Watters;Teo Susnjak

  • Estimating Cybersickness of Simulated Motion Using the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ): A Controlled Study

    Susan Bruck;Paul A. Watters

  • Automated unsupervised authorship analysis using evidence accumulation clustering

    Robert Layton;Paul Andrew Watters;Richard Dazeley

Frequent Co-Authors

Mamoun Alazab
Mamoun Alazab Charles Darwin University
John Yearwood
John Yearwood Deakin University
Iqbal H. Sarker
Iqbal H. Sarker Edith Cowan University
Josef Pieprzyk
Josef Pieprzyk Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Mohammad Hammoudeh
Mohammad Hammoudeh King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Richard Wortley
Richard Wortley University College London
Jemal H. Abawajy
Jemal H. Abawajy Deakin University
Jun Han
Jun Han Swinburne University of Technology
Vijay Varadharajan
Vijay Varadharajan University of Newcastle Australia
Deepak Puthal
Deepak Puthal United Arab Emirates University

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