Richard Matovu

Courses Taught

Cybersecurity / Ethical Hacking (GCIS 666)
Ethical Hacking (CYSEC 301)
Mobile Security and Implementation (CYSEC 212)
Scholarship Seminar (GCIS 605)
Linux Programming (CIS 219)
Object-Oriented Programming (CIS 182/183)
Systems Analysis and Design (CIS 335)

Educational History

Texas Tech University, Texas, US, Ph.D. Computer Science, Power Usage, Motion Sensor and Neural Side-Channels on Mobile Devices: Examining Attacks and Countermeasures, 2020
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, M.S. Data Communication and Software Engineering, 2010
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Bachelor of Statistics, 2006

Publications

Gerald P Otoide, Blake A Hoppe, Nicole P Ackley, Richard Matovu, Ariana Aliasso, Olivia Collins, Bronwyn Brocklehurst, Norman Stark, and Ikechukwu P Ohu (2021), "IMU-Based Recurrence Quantification Analysis of the Signal Dampening Effect of a Thumb Protector in Deep Tendon Reflex Tests." In Proceedings of the 10th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER), IEEE.
Richard Matovu, Abdul Serwadda, Argenis Bilbao A., and Isaac Griswold-Steiner (2020), "Defensive charging: Mitigating Power Side-Channel Attacks on Charging Smartphones." In Proceedings of the Ninth ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy, ACM.
Richard Matovu, Isaac Griswold-Steiner, and Abdul Serwadda (2019), "Kinetic Song Comprehension: Deciphering Personal Listening Habits via Phone Vibrations." arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.09123.
Isaac Griswold-Steiner, Richard Matovu, and Abdul Serwadda (2019), "Wearables-Driven Freeform Handwriting Authentication." IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science.
Richard Matovu, Abdul Serwadda, David Irakiza, and Isaac Griswold-Steiner (2018), “Jekyll and Hyde: On The Double-Faced Nature of Smart-Phone Sensor Noise Injection.” In 2018 International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group (BIOSIG), 1–6, IEEE.
Richard Matovu and Abdul Serwadda (2018), "Gaming the Gamer: Adversarial Fingerprinting of Gaming Apps Using Smartphone Accelerometers.” In 2018 9th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON), 489–496, IEEE.
Mustafa, Tahrima, Richard Matovu, Abdul Serwadda, and Nicholas Muirhead (2018), "Unsure How to Authenticate on Your VR Headset?: Come on, Use Your Head!" In Proceedings of the Fourth ACM International Workshop on Security and Privacy Analytics, 23–30, ACM.
Isaac Griswold-Steiner, Richard Matovu, and Abdul Serwadda (2017), "Handwriting Watcher: A Mechanism for Smartwatch-Driven Handwriting Authentication." In 2017 IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB), 216–224, IEEE.
Richard Matovu and Abdul Serwadda (2016), "Your Substance Abuse Disorder is an Open Secret! Gleaning Sensitive Personal Information from Templates in an EEG-based Authentication System." In 2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Biometrics Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS), 1–7, IEEE.