Interview with Ghita Mezzour, Associate Professor (Rabat International University), on Cybersecurity
November 8, 2019
Questions: 1) To what extent can the social dimension help fight cybercrime? 2) What is the added value of cybersecurity for the military institutions? 3) What is your appreciation of the current state of cybersecurity in the world?
Speakers
Ghita Mezzour
Associate Professor, International University of Rabat
In her research, Prof. Mezzour uses artificial intelligence and data science techniques to address problems with strong societal impact. She has used that approach to study youth employability and cyber security . Her work is funded by the United States Agency of International Development (USAID) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). She believes in working closely with stakeholders and end-users when developing algorithms and technology that have real world impact. Her work has already resulted in improvement of her university's curricula and is often cited by the Secretary of state of Investment.
Ms. Mezzour was a visiting faculty at the University of Maryland at College Park during Summer 2017 and was selected as a Rising Star by MIT’s Electrical Engineering ...
