Awad A Younis Mussa Ph.D. Lecturer Department of Computer Science Georgia State University OBJECTIVES Address: Department of Computer Science, P.O.Box 5060, Atlanta, GA 30302-5060 Email: amussa@cs.gsu.edu LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/awadyounis Mobile: (970) 581-5094 Teaching to share my knowledge and experience with students and help them become lifelong learners and achieve their career goals. Conducting research in the area of software engineering and cyber security with the focus on developing techniques to support the assessment and development of high software security and resilience and exploring new effective teaching strategies and curricular approaches to teaching and introducing undergraduate and graduate students to cybersecurity. TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS The classes concertation I had in my bachelor and two master degrees and my academic and industry experiences equip me to guide students and teach them the following foundational classes: computer science foundation, introduction to programming using (C, Java or Python), algorithms and data structure, computer organization and programming (Z80, X86, SPARC), object-oriented problem solving (C++ and Java), system programming, operating systems, system security, and web development. My research background gives me the background to teach the following core and graduate classes: software engineering, object-oriented design, cyber security, computer networks, software product and process evaluation, secure software engineering. I am also open to learn and teach other classes. I am interested in different areas of software engineering and cyber security. My main research focus is on software security metrics and measurement, empirical software security and engineering, software resilience, software design and testing. I am also interested in software engineering and security of the internet of things, self-adaptive software, and other topics in the fields are also welcome. Exploring new effective teaching strategies and curricular approaches to teaching and introducing undergraduate and graduate students to cybersecurity is part of my focus too. EDUCATION 2012 2016 Ph.D. Computer Science, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Thesis title: Quantifying the Security Risk of Discovering and Exploiting Software Vulnerabilities. Concertation: Software Security Models and Metrics 2009 2012 Master of Computer Science, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Concertation: Software Engineering & Information Assurance 2006 2008 Master of Science in Computer Science University of Madras, Chennai, India Thesis title: Improving Web-Based Chat Application Interactivity, Speed, Functionality, and Usability using Ajax Technology. 1997 2001 Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya Thesis title: Building Artificial Neural Network to Recognize Hind Written Signature using Hopfield Algorithm PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE August 2016 present: Lecturer, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Responsibilities: Preparing and teaching the material (180 students in Fall, 160 students in Spring) with full responsibility as a lecturer Advising and mentoring ungraduated and graduate students Courses teaching: CSC3210: Computer Organization and Programming (Fall 2016 [SPARC], Spring 2017 [Intel]) January 2014 May 2016: Graduate Teaching Assistant,, Fort Collins, CO, USA. Responsibilities: Preparing and teaching the material for on-campus and distance students in recitation sessions and labs
Grading homework, tests, midterm and final exams Supervising and evaluating students class projects CS155: Introduction to UNIX (Undergraduate level) CS270: Computer Organization (Undergraduate level) CS457: Computer Networks and the Internet (Undergraduate and graduate level) CS530: Fault-Tolerant Computing (Graduate level) CS514: Software Product and Process Evaluation (Graduate level) May 2011 August 2011: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor,, Fort Collins, CO, USA Prepared and taught the material for on-campus students with full responsibility as an instructor Graded the homework, tests, and midterm and final exams Assisted students in the Lab CS155: Introduction to UNIX CS156/157: Introduction to C Programming March 2008 September 2008: Software Engineer, Energy Audit System, Focus Tech Media, Chennai, India. Software Engineer: System Analysis & Design Requirement gathering and Analysis Application Design: Architecture Design, Component Design, Interface Design and Creation System Design: Network Design, Operating System design Preparing and writing technical documentations. Extensively provided optimal solutions at critical levels of the Project. Preparing and revising courses contents of the Training Division Project description: This application has been mainly developed to significantly control the loss of the energy by leading to the source. It also serves to make sophisticated energy-related calculations and rapidly create a focused energy-efficiency reports September 2003 June 2006: 1) Lecturer, Alfaaiq National University, Ajdabia, Libya Prepared and taught the material for students with full responsibility as a lecturer Introduction to Computer Introduction to programming Introduction to Pascal Language Introduction to C Language Computer Networking Introduction to Operating Systems Information System Analysis Multimedia Systems Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Software Engineering Designing a Multimedia Program to Teach Students Visual Basic 6.0 and Flash MX Designing and Publishing a website for Alfaaiq University Creating an Online Library system
Creating a Database System for Enrolment and Examination Department in Al-Gelaa Intermediate School 2) Lecturer (Part time), Garyounis University, Teacher Training Faculty, Ajdabia, Libya Prepared and taught the material for students with full responsibility as a lecturer Organization of Computer System Analysis Programming in Pascal System Programming Operating System Data Structure Automating the operations in the branch of General Department for Passports and Naturalization. Automating the operations of the Subscribers Unit in the Commercial Services Department of the Public Post-Office Company. 3) Head of Computer Science Department (Part time: 2005-2006), Garyounis University, Teacher Training Faculty, Ajdabia, Libya Preparing departmental course schedules Conducting department meetings and establishing specific work groups. Writing reports requested by administration Conducting necessary departmental correspondence. Staffs admissions activities. January 2001 December 2001: Instructor, Alfaaiq Institute for High Computer Science Diploma, Ajdabia, Libya Prepared and taught the material for students with full responsibility as an Instructor Introduction to Computer Introduction to programming Introduction to Pascal Language Computer Design I Introduction to C Computer Organization Computer Networking Operating Systems Information System Analysis Computer Maintains System Programming Creating Database System for Scholastic Health Department in Ajdabia District Creating Database System for Reception Department in Ajdabia Academic Center E-commerce and its usage in Libya Building Intranet Network by using MS-IIS. Building Artificial Neural Network to Recognize Finger Print
March 2000 September 2000: Software engineer, Database System for Student and Examination Record, PIE Technology & Training Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Software Engineer: Analysis, Design, and Implementation Project description: Maintain information about the students and retrieving students information and managing their classes AWARDS AND HONORS Anita Read Graduate Award for exceptional dedication to education and excellence in teaching, Department of Computer Science,, Colorado, USA, 2014 2015. Graduate Assistantship, Department of Computer Science,, 2014-2016. Best Academic Performance throughout the academic years 2006-2008 from Hindustan College of Art & Science, University of Madras, Chennai, India. Ph.D. Scholarship from Higher Education, Libyan Government, March 2009 to March 2014. I was awarded this scholarship because I earned my Master of Science in Computer Science from University of Madras, Chennai, India with First Class with Distinction and Best Academic Performance and 100% Attendance for the two academic years. PUBLICATIONS: Google Scholar Conferences: Awad A Younis, Minwoo Lee, Yashwant K. Malaiya, and Indrajit Ray. Measuring and Analyzing Time-To-Vulnerability Disclosure. The 7TH ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY), 2017, under review. Awad A Younis, Yashwant K. Malaiya, and Indrajit Ray. Evaluating CVSS Base Score Using Vulnerability Rewards Programs. In the proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Systems Security and Privacy Protection (IFIP SEC), 2016, pp. 62-75. Awad A Younis, Yashwant K. Malaiya, Charles Anderson, and Indrajit Ray. To Fear or Not to Fear That is the Question: Code Characteristics of a Vulnerable Function with an Existing Exploit. The 6TH ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY), 2016, pp. 97-104. Awad A. Younis and Yashwant K. Malaiya. Comparing and Evaluating CVSS Base Metrics and Microsoft Rating System. The 2015 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security, 2015, pp. 252-261. Awad A. Younis and Yashwant K. Malaiya. Using Software Structure to Predict Vulnerability Exploitation Potential. The 8th IEEE International Conference on Software Security and Reliability, 2014, pp. 13-18. Awad A. Younis, Yashwant K. Malaiya, and Indrajit Ray. Using Attack Surface Entry Points and Reachability Analysis to Assess the Risk of Software Vulnerability Exploitability", IEEE High Assurance Systems Engineering Symposium (HASE'14), 2014, pp.1-8. Awad A. Younis and Yashwant K. Malaiya. Relationship between Attack Surface and Vulnerability Density: A Case Study on Apache HTTP Server ", The 2012 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'12), 2012, pp. 197-203. A. A. Younis, H. Joh, and Y. K. Malaiya. "Modeling Learningless Vulnerability Discovery using a Folded Distribution", The 2011 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'11), 2011, pp. 617-623. Journals: Awad A. Younis, Yashwant K. Malaiya, and Indrajit Ray. CVSS Base Score: An Empirical Quantitative Evaluation, Computers and Security Journal, 2017, Under review. Awad A. Younis, Yashwant K. Malaiya, and Indrajit Ray. Assessing vulnerability exploitability risk using software properties, Software Quality Journal: 1-44, Mar 2015.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Program committee member for the IEEE 4th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (Security, Privacy and Trust track), 2016. Reviewer for the Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY) 2016. Reviewer for the Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection (IFIP SEC) 2016. CONFERENCE TALKS Modeling Learningless Vulnerability Discovery using a Folded Distribution, the International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'11), Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 2011. Relationship between Attack Surface and Vulnerability Density: A Case Study on Apache HTTP Server, the International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP12), Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 2012. Using Software Structure to Predict Vulnerability Exploitation Potential, The 8th International Conference on Software Security and Reliability, San Francisco, CA, USA, July 2014. To Fear or Not to Fear That is the Question: Code Characteristics of a Vulnerable Function with an Existing Exploit, Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy, New Orleans, LA, USA, March, 2016. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Platform: Linux/Unix, Microsoft Windows Programming Language: C, C++, JAVA, C#, Python, Assembly (Z80, X86, SPARC). Machine Learning: scikit-learn, Weka Statistical Analysis of Data: R and XLSTAT Web Language: ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, JavaScript Database: Oracle, MySQL Software Modelling: UML, OCL, Alloy-MIT, MS-Visio LANGUAGES Arabic: Native Language English: Near native. REFERENCES Yashwant.K. Malaiya malaiya@cs.colostate.edu Charles W. Anderson anderson@cs.colostate.edu Indrajit Ray indrajit@cs.colostate.edu James M. Bieman bieman@cs.colostate.edu