Dr. Ryan Benton

Department Chair, Professor

Department of Computer Sciences

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.

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

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).