Faculty Member

Imtiaz Parvez

Biography

Imtiaz Parvez is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science of Utah Valley University (UVU). He earned his Ph.D. from Florida International University in 2018. Before joining UVU, he worked as an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Florida International University. He also worked for three years in the Telecommunication industry. His research interests include networking and communications, cyber-physical security, artificial intelligence, and smart grids.

Teaching

CS 4470

Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2025

CS 3120

Ethical Hacking Tools Dev, Fall 2025

CS 1410

Object Oriented Programming, Fall 2025

CS 4470

Artificial Intelligence, Summer 2025

CS 4470

Artificial Intelligence, Summer 2025

CS 4470

Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2025

CS 1410

Object Oriented Programming, Spring 2025

CS 4120

Security Vulnerability Analysis, Spring 2025

Presentations

Parvez, Imtiaz (Other), Wilson, Triston (Co-Presenter), Weimann, Rikard (Co-Presenter), Bean Ullery, Brian (Co-Presenter), Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research (UCUR) , "Vulnerabilities in Electric Vehicle Ignition and Proposed Countermeasures". (February, 2025)
Parvez, Imtiaz , Project Presentation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, "Stealth False Data Injection Attacks on Microgrids_ Analysis and a Mitigation Technique". (August 1, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Hossain, Md Ifthekhar, Arafat, Kazi Abdullah Al, Shepard, Bryce , Craig, Kayd , Parvez, Imtiaz , (2025) "A Graph-Attentive LSTM Model for Malicious URL Detection" . arXiv preprint arXiv_2510.15971. arXiv preprint arXiv_2510.15971
Sigaran, Diego , Richards, Jeff , Shepard, Bryce , Arafat, Kazi , Hossain, Iftekhar , Chen, Xi , Parvez, Imtiaz , (2025) "Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity_ Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions" (Issue: 2, vol. 41). Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges.
Bhuiyan, Sharif Md Yousuf, Hossain, Md Shahadat, Mobin, Saleh Mohammad, Sikdar, Mohammad Shahadat Hossain, Parvez, Imtiaz , (2025) "OPTIMIZING THE US GREEN HYDROGEN ECONOMY_ AN INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGICAL PATHWAYS, POLICY FRAMEWORKS, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS" (Issue: 3, vol. 5). International Journal of Business and Economics Insights.
Al Arafat, Kazi Abdullah, Rahman, Md Al Amin, Siddique, Sumaya , Roni, Mahmudur Rahman, Parvez, Imtiaz , (2025) "Predictive Analysis of Diabetes Data in Healthcare System Using Machine Learning Algorithms" . 2025 4th International Conference on Robotics, Electrical and Signal Processing Techniques (ICREST).
Parvez, Imtiaz , Al Arafat, Kazi Abdullah , Hossain, Md. Ifthekhar , "A Correlation-Graph-Driven Ensemble Intrusion Detection System for IoT Networks" . Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy.
Bhuiyan, Sharif Md Yousuf, Chowdhury, Adar , Hossain, Md Shahadat, Mobin, Saleh Mohammad, Parvez, Imtiaz , (2025) "AI-Driven Optimization in Renewable Hydrogen Production_ A Review" (Issue: 6(1), 76-94). American Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Awards

Dissertation Year Fellowship

Florida International University

NSF-WAN Inspiration Scholarship

National Science Foundation

Presidential Fellowship

Florida International University

Texas Public Education Grant

Texas State Government