Research

Research

Research Interests
  • Phishing attack detection
  • Data science and applications
  • Network and web application security
  • Computer Science education

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PUBLICATIONS


Modeling students’ intentions to learn data science: Using an extended theory of planned behavior
R. B. Basnet, D. J. Lemay, & P. Bazelais
Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 16(4), pp. 638–652, 2024, https://doi.org/10.34105/j.kmel.2024.16.029
Forecasting Bitcoin Returns via Machine Learning Algorithms with Technical and Economic Indicators
Yen-Sheng Lee and Ram Basnet
In Proc. of the 2024 International Conference in Management Sciences and Decision Making, May 2024, Taiwan
BIE: Binary Image Encoding for the Classification of Tabular Data
James Halladay, Drake Cullen, Nathan Briner, Darrin Miller, Riley Primeau, Abraham Avilla, Warin Watson, Ram Basnet, and Tenzin Doleck
Journal of Data Science, pp. 1-21, 2024, doi: 10.6339/24-JDS1122
Tabular-to-Image Transformations for the Classification of Anonymous Network Traffic Using Deep Residual Networks
Nathan Briner, Drake Cullen, James Halladay, Darrin Miller, Riley Primeau, Abraham Avilla, Ram Basnet, and Tenzin Doleck
IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 113100-113113, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3323927
Evaluation of Synthetic Data Generation Techniques in the Domain of Anonymous Traffic Classification
Drake Cullen, James Halladay, Nathan Briner, Ram Basnet, Jeremy Bergen, and Tenzin Doleck
IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 129612-129625, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3228507
Dropout prediction in Moocs using deep learning and machine learning
Ram Basnet, Clayton Johnson and Tenzin Doleck
Education and Information Technologies, SpringerLink, May 2022, DOI: 10.1007/s10639-022-11068-7
Detection and Characterization of DDoS Attacks using Time-based Features
James Halladay, Drake Cullen, Nathan Briner, Jackson Warren, Karson Fye, Ram Basnet, Jeremy Bergen, and Tenzin Doleck
IEEE Access, Vol. 10, pp. 1-14, May 2022, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3173319
Instructional interventions for computation thinking: Examining the link between computation thinking and academic performance
D. J. Lemay, R. B. Basnet, T. Doleck, P. Bazelais, A. Saxena
Computer and Education Open, Elsevier, Vol. 2, Dec. 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2021.100056
Feature Engineering and Machine Learning Model Comparison for Malicious Activity Detection in the DNS-Over-HTTPS Protocol
M. Behnke, N. Briner, D. Cullen, K. Schwerdtfeger, J. Warren, R. Basnet and T. Doleck
IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 129902-129916, Sept. 2021, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3113294
Switching intentions in the context of open-source software movement: The paradox of choice
D. J. Lemay, R. Basnet, T. Doleck
Education and Inforamtion Technologies, SpringerLink, July 2021
Application of Deep Learning on the Characterization of Tor Traffic using Time based Features
C. Johnson, B. Khadka, E. Ruiz., J. Halladay, T. Doleck, and R. Basnet
JISIS - Journal of Internet Services and Information Security, pp. 44-63, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2021
Towards Detecting and Classifying Malicious URLs Using Deep Learning
C. Johnson, B. Khadka, R. B. Basnet, and T. Doleck
Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications (JoWUA), 11(4):31-48, Dec. 2020 DOI:10.22667/JOWUA.2020.12.31.031
Fearing the Robot Apocalypse: Correlates of AI Anxiety
D. J. Lemay, R. B. Basnet, and T. Doleck
iJAI - International Journal of Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence for Education, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 24-33, Aug. 2020
Examining the Relationship between Threat and Coping Appraisal in Phishing Detection among College Students
D.J. Lemay, R.B. Basnet, and T. Doleck
Journal of Internet Services and Information Security, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 38-49, Mar. 2020
Towards Detecting and Classifying Network Intrusion Traffic Using Deep Learning Frameworks
R.B. Basnet, R. Shash, C. Johnson, L. Walgren, and T. Doleck
Journal of Internet Services and Information Security, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 1-17, Nov. 2019
Predictive analytics in education - a comparison of deep learning frameworks
T. Doleck, D.J. Lemay, R.B. Basnet, and P. Bazelais
Education and Inforamtion Technologies, SpringerLink, pp. 1-13, Nov. 2019
Social network analysis of twitter use during the AERA 2017 annual conference
D.J. Lemay, R.B. Basnet, T. Doleck, and P. Bazelais
Education and Information Technologies, Springer US 24(1) 459-470, Jan. 2019
Developing Next Generation of Innovators - Teaching Entrepreneurial Mindset Elements across Disciplines
L.S. Nadelson, A. Palmer, T. Benton, R. Basnet, M. Bissonette, et al.
International Journal of Higher Education, Sept. 2018
Exploring Bimodality in Introductory Computer Science Performance Distributions
R.B. Basnet, L.K. Payne, T. Doleck, D.J. Lemay, and P. Bazelais
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, July 2018, 14(10)
Exploring computer science students' continuance intentions to use Kattis
R.B. Basnet, T.Doleck, D.J. Lemay, and P. Bazelais
Journal of Computers in Education, Springer, Oct. 2017
Algorithmic thinking, cooperativity, creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving - exploring the relationship between computational thinking skills and academic performance
T. Doleck, P. Bazelais, D.J. Lemay, A. Saxena, and R.B. Basnet
Journal of Computers in Education, Springer, Aug. 2017
Mining learner-system interaction data- implications for modeling learner behaviors and improving overlay models
T. Doleck, R. Basnet, E. Poitras, and S. Lajoie
Journal of Computers in Education, Springer, Aug. 2015
Towards examining learner behaviors in a medical intelligent tutoring system - A Hidden Markov Model approach
T. Doleck, R. Basnet, E. Poitras, S. Lajoie
In Proc. of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Advance Computing Conference (IACC 2015), June 2015, Banglore, India
The Critical Feature Dimension and Critical Sampling Problems
B. M. Ribeiro, A. Sung, D. Suryakumar, and R. Basnet
In Proc. of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods (ICPRAM 2015), January 2015, Lisbon, Protugal.
Towards Developing a Tool to Detect Phishing URLs- A Machine Learning Approach
Basnet, R.B. and Doleck, T.
In Proc. of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence & Communication Technology (CICT), Feb. 2015
Exploring the Link Between Initial and Final Diagnosis in a Medical Intelligent Tutoring System
Doleck, T., Basnet, R. B., Poitras, E., and Lajoie, S.
In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on MOOC, Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE) India IEEE 2014
BioWorldParser - A Suite of Parsers for Leveraging Educational Data Mining Techniques
Doleck, T., Basnet, R. B., Poitras, E., and Lajoie, S.
In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on MOOC, Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE), India, IEEE, 2014
Augmenting the Novice-Expert Overlay Model in an Intelligent Tutoring System - Using Confidence-Weighted Linear Classifiers
Tenzin Doleck, Ram B. Basnet, Eric Poitras and Susan Lajoie
In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence & Computing Research (ICCIC), Tamil Nadu, India, 2014.
Learning to Detect Phishing Webpages
Ram B. Basnet and Andrew H. Sung
JISIS - Journal of Internet Services and Information Security, pp. 21-39, Vol. 3, No. 4, August, 2014
Learning to Detect Phishing URLs
Ram B. Basnet, Andrew H. Sung, and Quingzhong Liu
IJRET - International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, Vol. 3, Issue 6, June 2014
Mining Web to Detect Phishing URLs
Ram B. Basnet and Andrew H. Sung
In Proc. of the 11th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), pp. 568-573. Boca Raton, FL, USA 2012
Feature Selection for Improved Phishing Detection
Ram B. Basnet, Andrew H. Sung, and Quingzhong Liu
In Proc. of the 25th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE 2012), pp. 252-261. Dalian, China, Jun. 2012
Rule-Based Phishing Attack Detection
Ram B. Basnet, Andrew H. Sung, and Quingzhong Liu
In Proc. of the International Conference on Security and Management-SAM'11, pp. 624-630, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Jul. 2011
Classifying Phishing Emails Using Confidence-Weighted Linear Classifiers
Ram B. Basnet and Andrew H. Sung
In Proc. of the International Conference on Information Security and Artificial Intelligence (ISAI 2010), Vol. 1, pp. 108-112. Chengdu, China, Dec. 2010
Event Detection and Localization Using Sensor Networks
Ram B. Basnet and Srinivas Mukkamala
In Proc. of International Conference on Wireless Networks, Vol. II, pp. 103-108, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Jul. 2009
A Similarity Measure for Clustering and its Applications
Guadalupe J. Torres, Ram B. Basnet, Andrew H. Sung, and Srinivas Mukkamala
In Proc. of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 31, ISSN 1307-6884, pp.490-496, Vienna, Austria, July 2008.
Translation Based Arabic Text Categorization
Madhu K. Shankarapani, Ram B. Basnet, Srinivas Mukkamala, Andrew H. Sung, and Bernardete M. Ribeiro
In Proc. of 2nd International Conference on Information Systems Technology and Management, 2008.
Detection of Phishing Attacks - A Machine Learning Approach
Ram B. Basnet, Srinivas Mukkamala, and Andrew. H. Sung
Soft Computing Applications in Industry, Springer, pp. 373-383, 2008.
Detecting Coordinated Distributed Multiple Attacks
S. Mukkamala, K. Yendrapalli, R. B. Basnet, and A. H. Sung
In Proc. 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2007), Vol. 1, Niagara Falls, Canada, May 2007.
Detection of Virtual Environments and Low Interaction Honeypots
S. Mukkamala, K. Yendrapalli, R. B. Basnet, M. K. Shankarpani, and A. H. Sung
Information Assurance and Security Workshop, IEEE SMC, Vol. 1, pp. 92-98, West Point, NY, June 2007.