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Benjamin C. M. Fung

Academic title(s): 

Professor, School of Information Studies;

Associate Member, School of Computer Science

Benjamin C. M. Fung
Contact Information
Phone: 
514-398-3360
Email address: 
ben.fung [at] mcgill.ca
Degree(s): 
  • PhD (Computing Science), Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • MSc (Computing Science), Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • BSc (Computing Science), Simon Fraser University, Canada

Designations:

  • P.Eng. (Software Engineering), Professional Engineers Ontario
  • ACM Senior Member
  • IEEE Senior Member
Biography: 

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Prof. Benjamin Fung is a Full Professor of Information Studies (SIS) and an Associate Member of Computer Science ()Ìýat ɬÀï·¬. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier Sustainable Cities and Society: Advances () and Associate Editor for Elsevier Sustainable Cities and Society () and ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data ().  He was a Canada Research Chair in Data Mining for Cybersecurity from 2015 to 2025. He received a Ph.D. degree in computing science from Simon Fraser University in 2007. Dr. Fung has over 150 refereed publications, with h-index 64, that span the prestigious research forums of data mining, machine learning, privacy protection, cybersecurity, and building engineering. His data mining works in crime investigation and authorship analysis have been reported by . His research has been supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (), Defence Research and Development Canada (), and Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (). He is a professional engineer in software engineering registered in Ontario, and is primarily affiliated with the Data Mining and Security Lab () at ɬÀï·¬ SIS. He is also an Associate Member of MILA. He previously worked at for four years.

Courses: 
Graduate supervision: 
  • Thomas Rivasseau
Professional activities: 
  • Co-curator (Cyber Security), World Economic Forum ()Ìý
  • Editor-in-Chief, Elsevier Sustainable Cities and Society: Advances ()
  • Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data ()
  • Associate Editor, Elsevier Sustainable Cities and Society ()
  • Senior PC Member, ACM SIGKDD, ACM CIKM, PAKDD.
Research areas: 
Data mining & databases
Electronic health records (EHR)
Information retrieval
Information security & privacy
Information sharing & integration
Current research: 
Year Research Funding
2025-2029 NSERC Alliance Grants: NSERC-CSE Research Communities: ZenithVector: Advanced Vectorization, Embedding, and Cybersecurity Analytics Toolkit for Scalable Intelligence (Principal investigator) $5.6M
2024-2029 NSERC/DND Discovery Grants: Deep Learning for National Security: Firmware Security and Disinformation Campaign Characterization (Principal investigator) $430K
2023-2027 National Cybersecurity Consortium (NCC) Cyber Security Innovation Network: Hybrid Master's Program in Cybersecurity Analytics (Principal investigator) $1M
2021-2026 Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC): Research areas: Software Engineering & Cybersecurity (Principal investigator) $1.5M
2020-2025 Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program (Tier 2): Defending Canadian cyberspace and freedom of expression (Principal investigator) $500K
2021-2025 NSERC Alliance Grants: Defending our cyberspace: AI-powered search engine for cyber threat intelligence (Principal investigator) $1.28M
2018-2023 NSERC/DND Discovery Grants: Deep Learning for Cybersecurity: Assembly Code and Authorship Analytics (Principal investigator) $408K
2018-2023 Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC): Research areas: Software Engineering & Cybersecurity (Principal investigator) $600K
2019-2022 IDEaS: AI-powered Assembly Code Analytics for Discerning Malware Intent (Principal investigator) $1.18M

Research applications

  • AI for cybersecurity
  • Health informatics
  • Crime investigation
  • Authorship analytics
  • Malware analysis
  • Foreign interference
  • Smart cities and transportation
Selected publications: 

Selected talks and presentations: 

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