Terrorism and online extremism
Zahrah, F.;Nurse, J.R.C. (2022) Elgar Encyclopedia of Technology and Politics.
Dr. Fatima Zahrah
Lecturer in Computer Science
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- School of CSAI&E
- Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies
Biography
Dr. Fatima Zahrah is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Bradford. She earned her PhD in Cyber Security from the University of Oxford in 2023, where her research explored the strategic use of multiple online platforms in fostering resilient networks of hate. Before joining the University of Bradford, Fatima was a Research Associate in the Cyber Security Research Group at the University of Bristol, contributing to projects such as the Cyber Body of Knowledge (CyBOK) and Decisions & Disruptions. Her research interests lie at the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and computational social science, with a focus on leveraging interdisciplinary approaches to enhance and sustain cybersecurity for organisations, individuals, and governments.
Professional activities
- University of Bradford - Lecturer of Computer Science (14 October 2024)
- The University of Bristol - Academic , Research Associate (13 November 2023)
Publications
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Embedding Privacy in Computational Social Science and Artificial Intelligence Research
Keenan Jones;Fatima Zahrah;Jason R. C. Nurse (2024) The 2nd Disrupt, Ally, Resist, Embrace (DARE) Workshop: Action Items for Computational Social Scientists in a Changing World, 3/06/24.
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A Comparison of Online Hate on Reddit and 4chan
Fatima Zahrah;Jason R. C. Nurse;Michael Goldsmith (2022) Proceedings of the 37th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing.
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#ISIS vs #ActionCountersTerrorism: A Computational Analysis of Extremist and Counter-extremist Twitter Narratives
Fatima Zahrah;Jason R. C. Nurse;Michael Goldsmith (2020) 2020 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW).
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Embedding Privacy in Computational Social Science and Artificial Intelligence Research
Jones, K.;Zahrah, F.;Nurse, J.R.C. (2024) arXiv.
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A Comparison of Online Hate on Reddit and 4chan: A Case Study of the 2020 US Election
Zahrah, F.;Nurse, J.R.C.;Goldsmith, M. (2022) arXiv.
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#ISIS vs #Actioncountersterrorism: A computational analysis of extremist and counter-extremist twitter narratives
Zahrah, F.;Nurse, J.R.C.;Goldsmith, M. (2020) arXiv.
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Unmasking hate in the pandemic: A cross-platform study of the COVID-19 infodemic
Fatima Zahrah;Jason R.C. Nurse;Michael Goldsmith (2024) Big Data Research.
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The Case for Validating ADDIE Model as a Digital Forensic Model for Peer-to-Peer Network Investigation
Ahmad Sanda Musa;Irfan-Ullah Awan;Fatima Zahrah (2022) Information Systems Frontiers.