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Assistant Professor, Information and Technology Management

Education

2005 Yarmouk University, BSc
2007 Salford University, MSc
2015 Virginia Commonwealth University, Ph.D.

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Courses Taught

Application Development
Web and Mobile Technology Applications
Machine Learning for Business Analytics

Career Specialties

Muhammad Al-Abdullah has an interdisciplinary research portfolio. The areas he focuses on are security, blockchain, anti-money laundering and machine learning.

Professional and Community Activities

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • Alsharo, M. Alnsour, Y. and Al-Abdullah, M. (2018) 鈥淗ow Habit Affects Continuous Use: Evidence from Jordan鈥檚 National Health Information System,鈥澨Informatics for Health and Social Care,听21, pp. 1-14.
  • Alsmadi, I. and Al-Abdullah, M. (2020) 鈥淎 Model for Reputation Rank in Online Social Networks and its Applications,鈥澨International Journal of Social Network Mining (IJSNM).
  • Al-Abdullah, M., Alsmadi, I., Al-Abdullah, R, and Farkas, B. (In Press), 鈥Designing Privacy-friendly Data Repositories: A framework for a blockchain that follows the GDPR,鈥 Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance.听
  • Khasawneh, M., Al-Abdullah, M. (In Press), 鈥An Investigation of the Factors that Motivate Users to Participate in Online Communities鈥, International Journal of E-Business Research.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Alsmadi, I., Al-Abdullah, M. (2018). 鈥淎pplications of a Model to Evaluate and Utilize User鈥檚 Interactions in Online Social Networks.鈥澨Machine Learning for Computer and Cyber Security听(pp.105鈥121). Edited by Brij Gupta and Michael Sheng, Published by Taylor and Francis
  • Alsmadi, I., Al-Abdullah, M. (2018) 鈥淭esting Assessment of Group Collaborations in OSNs,鈥澨Emerging Research Challenges and Opportunities in Computational Social Network Analysis and Mining听(pp. 131鈥152). Edited by Nitin Agarwal, Nima Dokoohaki, Serpil Tokdemir. Published by Springer

CONFERENCE PAPERS听

  • Al-Abdullah, M., Weistroffer, R. and Sidaoui, M. 鈥淪ecuring Humanitarian Information Exchange: a Mediator-Wrapper Architecture.鈥 In听Proceedings of the 23rd听Americas Conference on Information Systems, Boston, MA, August, 2017.
  • Etudo, U., Al-Abdullah, M. 鈥淎n Actionable Representation for Popular Fundamental Investment Strategies.鈥 In听Proceedings of the 23rd听Americas Conference on Information Systems, Boston, MA, August, 2017.
  • Etudo, U. Weistroffer, R. and Al-Abdullah, M. 鈥淎daptive Structuration Theory and Media Richness Theory in GSS Research: A Critical Review.鈥 In听Proceedings of the 48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Kauai, HI, January 5鈥8, 2015
  • Weistroffer, R., Al-Abdullah, M., Mohajeri, K., Farkas, B., and Sayamala, L. 鈥淐ritical Bibliography for System Analysis and Design Research.鈥 In听Proceedings of the 10th Association of Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (SIGSAND) Symposium, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, June, 2011
  • Al-Abdullah, M., and Weistroffer, R. 鈥淎 Framework to Enhance Decision Outcomes: Data Quality Perspective.鈥 In听Proceedings of the Southern Association of Information Systems, Georgia, Atlanta, USA, March, 2011, pp. 1鈥15

NON-REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS听

  • Al-Abdullah, M. 鈥淏lockchain Applications and Risks When Applied to Fight Against Corruption.鈥 Presented in the Thirty- Seventh Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, September, 2019
  • Al-Abdullah, M. 鈥淚dentity on the Blockchain.鈥 Presented in the Cyber Security Conference (CYBPOS), Amman, Jordan, September, 2019
  • Al-Abdullah, M. 鈥淏ridging the Gap Between Education and Practice in the Field of Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes.鈥 Presented in the Thirty-Fifth Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, September, 2017
  • Al-Abdullah, M. 鈥淭he Chaotic Nature of Adapting Technology in Anti-Money Laundering.鈥 Presented in the Thirty-Second Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, September, 2014
  • Al-Abdullah, M. "Technology, Anti-Money Laundering, and Gray Markets."听The 12th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA April, 2013

Honors and Awards

Awards:
University of San Francisco, Service Merit Award, 2019

Accomplishments:

  • Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, 2019
  • Blockchain Developer, 2017
  • Salesforce System Administrator, Salesforce University, 2017
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), 2014
  • CompTIA Security+, 2014
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), 2014
  • Information Storage Management EMC Training, 2013
  • Six Sigma Quality and Process Improvement Black Belt, 2012