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Bio

Dr. Pablo Moriano is a research scientist in the Computer Science and Mathematics Division at 91°µÍø. He received Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Informatics from . Previously, he received M.S. and B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from in Colombia. 

Dr. Moriano's research lies at the intersection of , , and . In particular, he uses data-driven and computational methods to discover and understand anomalous behavior in large-scale networked systems. He relies on this approach to design and develop innovative solutions to address these. Applications of his research range across multiple disciplines, including, the detection of exceptional events in social media, Internet route hijacking, insider threat behavior in version control systems, and intrusion detection in cyber-physical systems. His research has been funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration (), DOE SC Advanced Scientific Computing Research (), ORNL's Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD), and .  

Dr. Moriano has published over 30 papers on premier journals and conferences, including venues such as Expert Systems with Applications, Physical Review E (PRE), PLOS ONE, Computer Networks, Scientific Reports, Computers & Security, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiments, Europhysics Letters, as well as the ACM CCS International Workshop on Managing Insider Security Threats. He has been serving as a technical reviewer for more than 15 journals and conferences and has reviewed over 30 papers.

In the past, he interned at with the Advanced Security Group. 

He is a senior member of and  and a member of . 

Research Interests

• Data Science
• Data Mining
• Machine Learning
• Network Science
• Anomaly Detection
• Cybersecurity

Publications and Talks

• See attached CV and

Professional Experience

• R&D Associate Staff Member. 91°µÍø, March 2020 to Present
• Postdoctoral Research Associate. , June 2019 to February 2020
• Research Intern. , Summers 2016, 2017, 2018
• Lecturer in Computer Science. , Colombia, 2011 to 2013

Awards

• Supplemental Performance Award (SPA). For "Exceeded expectations on project deliverables or performed above normal job duties," 91°µÍø, 2025
• ACM Senior Member. ACM grants Senior Member status to those with at least 10 years of professional experience and five years of professional membership in the past decade. Candidates must show technical leadership and contributions. ACM recognizes only the top 25% of its more than 100,000 members as Senior Members
• Innovation Award. Office of Technology Transfer, 91°µÍø, 2024
• . , 2024 – 2026
• Student Mentor MVP Award Finalist. Office of Research Excellence, 91°µÍø, 2023
• Supplemental Performance Award (SPA). For "Exceeded expectations on project deliverables or performed above normal job duties," 91°µÍø, 2022
• Best Paper Award. Fourth ISOC NDSS International Workshop on Automative and Autonomous Vehicle Security (AutoSec), 2022
• 91°µÍø Senior Member. Senior Member is the highest professional grade of 91°µÍø for which a member may apply. It requires extensive experience, and reflects professional accomplishment and maturity. Only 10% of our more than 400,000 members have achieved this level, 2021
• Best Paper Award. 9th ACM CCS International Workshop on Managing Insider Security Threats (MIST), 2017
• Outstanding Lecturer. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2013

Education

• Ph.D. Informatics.
• M.S. Informatics.
• M.S. Electrical Engineering. , Colombia
• B.S. Electrical Engineering. , Colombia

Professional Service

Reviewer:

• ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
• 91°µÍø Network
• 91°µÍø Transactions on Cybernetics
• Expert Systems with Applications
• 91°µÍø Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
• 91°µÍø Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Ad Hoc Networks
• 91°µÍø Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
• 91°µÍø Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
• Social Networks Analysis and Mining
• Journal of Information Security and Applications
• Intelligent Systems with Applications
• International Journal of Wireless Information Networks
• Computer Networks
• Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
• Recent Advances in Computer Science and Communications
• Computers & Security
• PLOS ONE
• 91°µÍø Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
• 91°µÍø Access
• ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC)

Program Committee Member:

• 17th ACM Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Security, 2024
• The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking,Storage, and Analysis (SC), 2021

Grant Proposal Reviewer:

• National Science Centre Poland, 2024
• Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Seed Review Committee, 91°µÍø, 2023–2025
• DOE/ASCR Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, 2022
• Internal Reviewer for DOE Grant Proposals, 2020

Professional Affiliations

• Senior Member (Computer Society)
• Senior Member (SIGSAC)
• Member (SIAG/DATA)

Trademarks and Patents

Patents:

• William Marfo, Pablo Moriano, Deepak K. Tosh, and Shirley V. Moore. ``Detecting Masquerade Attacks Using Graph-Based Machine Learning Models,'' Provisional U.S. Patent Application, Application No. 63/759,414, filed on February, 17, 2025
• Andy Berres, Haowen Xu, Jibonananda Sanyal, Pablo Moriano, Sarah Tennille, and Rajesh Paleti. ``Systems and Methods for Training and or Using Machine Learning Models to Detect Traffic Accidents on Roads,'' U.S. Patent Application, Serial No. 18/985,913, filed on December, 18, 2024
• Samuel C. Hollifield, Pablo Moriano, Robert A. Bridges, Isaac Sikkema, and Joel Asiamah. ``Automotive Secure Hijack, Intrusion, and Exploit Detector,'' Provisional U.S. Patent Application, Application No. 63/658,639, filed on June, 11, 2024
• Pablo Moriano and Jonathan Bryan. ``Just-In-Time Defect Prediction Using Graph-Based Machine Learning,'' Provisional U.S. Patent Application, Application No. 63/413,987, filed on October, 7, 2022
• Robert A. Bridges, Kiren E. Verma, Michael. D. Iannacone, Samuel C. Hollifield, Pablo Moriano, and Jordan Sosnowski. ``Universally Applicable Signal-Based Controller Area Network (CAN) Intrusion Detection System,'' U.S. Patent Application, Serial No. 17/725,774, filed on April, 21, 2022

Software Copyrights:

• Pablo Moriano. ``Using Signal Clustering Similarity for Detecting CAN Masquerade Attacks,'' granted on July 2024. Copyright Number: 90000299. DOI:

Publications