Bio & Expertise

Dr. Eman El-Sheikh is Associate Vice President at the University of West Florida. She leads the Center for Cybersecurity and is also a Professor of Computer Science at UWF. Eman has extensive expertise in cybersecurity education, research, and workforce development. She received several awards related to cybersecurity education and diversity and was recognized among the 2020 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity by Security Magazine. Dr. El-Sheikh leads several national and regional initiatives, including the National Cybersecurity Workforce Development Program and the Southeast Regional Hub for the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. Eman received numerous grants to enhance cybersecurity education, workforce development, and capacity building. She launched the Cybersecurity for All® Program to enhance competencies and hands-on skills for evolving cybersecurity work roles. The program was recognized among the 2020 Innovations in Cybersecurity Education. Dr. El-Sheikh teaches and conducts research related to the development and evaluation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for cybersecurity. She has published several books, including most recently, Computer and Network Security Essentials by Springer Publishing, over 75 peer-reviewed articles and given over 100 invited talks and presentations. Eman also co-founded the Florida Women in Cybersecurity Affiliate. She holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Michigan State University.

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Honors

Ada Lovelace Award Nominee
Association for Women in Computing, 2020
Ada Lovelace Award Nominee
Association for Women in Computing, 2019
Achievement Award for Advancing Cybersecurity Education
World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP), 2016
Friend of Diversity Award
University of West Florida (United States, Pensacola) - UWF, 2015
President’s Award for Leadership in Diversity
University of West Florida (United States, Pensacola) - UWF, 2014
Computer Science Award, Student Scholars Symposium & Faculty Showcase
University of West Florida (United States, Pensacola) - UWF, 2016
Computer Science Award, Student Scholars Symposium & Faculty Showcase
University of West Florida (United States, Pensacola) - UWF, 2015
Computer Science Award, Student Scholars Symposium & Faculty Showcase
University of West Florida (United States, Pensacola) - UWF, 2014
TechSoft Computer Science Award, Student Scholars Symposium & Faculty Showcase
University of West Florida (United States, Pensacola) - UWF, 2013
Artificial Intelligence Award, Student Scholars Symposium & Faculty Showcase
University of West Florida (United States, Pensacola) - UWF, 2011

Organizational Affiliations

Associate Vice President, Center for Cybersecurity

Division of Academic Affairs

Founder and President, Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Florida Affiliate

Principal Investigator and Director , NSA/DHS Cybersecurity Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) Southeast Hub

Member, Cyber Florida Governing Council

Mentor, School District of Escambia County

Principal Investigator and Program Director, National Cybersecurity Workforce Development Program (NSA funded)

Past Affiliations

Administrative Fellow, College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities

Instructional Strategies and Assessment Fellow, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology

Visiting Research Scientist, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (United States, Pensacola) - IHMC

Member, Florida Cybersecurity Task Force

Member, Cybersecurity Skills Journal

Member, Cyber Florida State University System Cybersecurity Advisory Council

Chair, Cyber Florida State University System Cybersecurity Curriculum Committee

Volunteer/Mentor, CyberThon

Program Committee Member, International Conference on Security and Management

Program Committee Member, International Workshop on Digital Enterprise Architecture and Engineering

Program Committee Member, Digital Enterprise Computing Conference

Program Committee Member, International Symposium on eHealth Services and Technologies

Program Committee Member, International Workshop on Digital Enterprise Architecture and Engineering

Session Chair, Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC)

Principal Investigator and Project Director, NSF Faculty ADVANCE Program, University of West Florida

Board Member, Innovation Coast Board of Directors

Reviewer, Emerging Trends in Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition

Steering Committee Member, International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence

Education

Computer Science
2002, PhD, Michigan State University (United States, East Lansing) - MSU

Area: Artificial Intelligence

Computer Science
1995, MSc, Michigan State University (United States, East Lansing) - MSU
Computer Science
1992, BSc, American University in Cairo (Egypt, Cairo) - AUC