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Imtiaz Parvez

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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, Spring 2026

CS 1410

Object Oriented Programming, Spring 2026

CS 4120

Security Vulnerability Analysis, Spring 2026

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

Arafat , Kazi Abdulliah , Alsharif, Ahmed , Parvez, Imtiaz , "AI-Driven Predictive Analytics_ Early Detection of At-Risk Learners Using LMS Data through Hybrid Deep Learning Models" . Education and Information Technologies.

Bhuiyan, Jabir Ahmad Jahin , Hasan, Md. Mehedi , Istiuk Raja, Syed , Craig, Kayd , Parvez, Imtiaz , "An Adaptive Gossip Consensus Framework with UCB Multi-Armed Bandits for Limited-Bandwidth Networks" . IEEE SoutheastCon 2026.

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

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, 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.

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.

Computer Networks II, Fall 2022

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.

Parvez, Imtiaz , Sundararajan, Aditya , (2025) "A Graph-Net with Node Embeddings to Detect False Data Injection Attacks in Photovoltaic Systems" . 2025 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=11103667

Al Arafat, Kazi Abdullah , Hossain, Md. Ifthekhar , Shephard , Bryce , Parvez, Imtiaz , (2025) "An Analysis of Machine Learning Models Applied in Credit Card Fraud Detection " . 2025 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=11103615

Al Arafat, Kazi Abdullah , Hossain, Md. Ifthekhar , Richards, Jeff , Parvez, Imtiaz , (2025) "Performance Analysis of LSTM and GNN based Models for Cyber Attack Detection in Clouds" . 2025 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=11103681

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).

Al Arafat, Array , Creer, Kode , Rahman Roni, Mahmudur , Parvez, Imtiaz , (2024) "A Machine Learning Based Sentiment Analysis for Twitter Data" . The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 2024.

Creek, Kode , Parvez, Imtiaz , (2024) "A Proximal Policy Optimization Based Intelligent Home Solar Management" . 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology.

Arafat, Kazi , Creek, Kode , Debnath, Anjan , Olowu, Temitayo , Parvez, Imtiaz , (2024) "PV-Power Forecasting using Machine Learning Techniques" . 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology.

Parvez, Imtiaz , Aghili, Maryamossadat , Sundararan, Aditya , Riggs, Hugo , Sarwat, Arif , Srivastava, Anurag , (2024) "A Novel Authentication Management for the Data Security of Smart Grid" .

De Leo, David , Banuelos, Jacob , Parvez, Imtiaz , "An Analysis of Informed Search Algorithms Applied on Road Networks" . 2024 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC).

Riggs, Hugo , Tufail, Shahid , Parvez, Imtiaz , Tariq, Mohd , Khan, Mohammed Aquib , Amir, Asham , Vuda , Kedari Vineetha , Sarwat, Arif , (2023) "Impact, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigation Strategies for Cyber-Secure Critical Infrastructure" . Encyclopedia . https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/43800

Leon, Luis , Contreras, Nicolas , Array, Fantaysia Polanco, Fentry, Ebony , Sajal, Sayeed , Parvez, Imtiaz , (2023) "A Skin Sensor for Epileptic Seizure Detection and Notification Applications " . IEEE SoutheastCon 2023.

Parvez, Imtiaz , Leon, Luis , Contreras, Nicolas , Array, Fantaysia Polanco, Fentry, Ebony , Sajal, Sayeed , (2023) "CO2 Emission Forecasting for Living Standards in Smart Cities" . IEEE SoutheastCon 2023.

Debnath, Anjan , Roy , Sukanta , Olowu, Temitayo , Parvez, Imtiaz , Sarwat, Arif , (2022) "A Unified Controller for Hybrid PV-Battery system with DC Microgrid Voltage Regulation in Grid-connected and Islanding-mode" .