Biography

Dr. Neal is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida. She joined the department after earning her PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida. Her research focuses on biometric authentication, continuous authentication, and authorship attribution.

The CIBeR Lab

Dr. Neal directs the Cyber Identity and Behavior Research (CIBeR) Lab. The group focuses on biometric recognition, implicit attribute detection, and text analytics.

• Parush Gera (PhD Student)
• Sayde King (PhD Student)
• Mohamed Ebraheem (PhD Student)
• Meghna Chaudhary (PhD Student)
• Matthew Sumpter (PhD Student)
• Nicolas Ng Wai (UG Student)

Trajectory

• PhD Computer Engineering

  Biometrics and Pattern Recognition Lab

  January 2015 - August 2018

  2018 UF Delores Auzenne Dissertation Award
  2017 - 2018 NSF CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Fellowship
• MSc Computer Science

  Clemson University

  June 2012 - December 2014

  2012 - 2014 NSF Scholarship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

• BSc Computer Science

  South Carolina State University

  August 2008 - May 2012

  2012 Computer Science Award
  2008 - 2012 Presidential Scholar