University of Western Cape and CAIR
Cape Town, South Africa

Louise Leenen is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa. She completed her PhD in Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the University of Wollongong in Australia in 2009. Her research focus areas are AI in cybersecurity, and problem formulation and modelling. Leenen is a member of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAIR) and leads the CAIR node in AI and Cybersecurity. She regularly serves in various positions on committees of national and international bodies such as the NRF, BRICS, and IFIP. She has authored or co-authored more than 80 journal and conference papers.