Dr. Ryan Benton

Education

• Ph.D. - Computer Science University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2001
  Dissertation: Weighted Feature Projection in Instance-based Classifiers

• Master of Science: Computer Science, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1997.
• Bachelor of Science: Computer Information Systems, Loyola University New Orleans, 1995.

Research Interests

I am involved in a number of research efforts in Data Mining, Machine Learning, and Big Data focused on:

• Advanced Descriptive Pattern Mining
  
  • Selective association mining
  • Action Rule Mining
  • Contrast Mining
  • Sequence Mining
• Data Mining Applied in Cyber-Security and Digital Forensics
• Data Mining Applied in Biomedicine and Health

Teaching Experience

Positions Held:

• Professor, School of Computing, University of South Alabama, (August 15, 2025 – present).

• Associate Professor, School of Computing, University of South Alabama, (August 15, 2021 – August 14, 2025).

• Assistant Professor, School of Computing, University of South Alabama, (August 15, 2015 – August 14, 2021).

• Research Scientist, Informatics Research Institute, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, (July 2014 – July 2015).

• Research Scientist, Center for Visual and Decision Informatics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, (February 2012 – June 2014).

• Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, (January 2002 – January 2012).

Courses Taught:

• CSC 320, Computer Architecture
• CSC 331, Software Engineering Principles
• CSC 399, Concurrent and Distributed Computing
• CSC 426/526, Data Mining
• CSC 434, Formal Language And Automata Theory
• CIS 494, Directed Studies
• CIS 594, Directed Studies
• CSC 626, Advanced Big Data
• CIS 694, Directed Study