Dr. Rizwan Bin Faiz

Associate Professor

rizwan.faiz@cust.edu.pk

PROFILE SUMMARY

Dr. Rizwan Bin Faiz earned his Doctorate (PhD) in Computer Science with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence from Loughborough University, UK. His research interests include Model-Driven Software Engineering, Security Threat Modelling, and Artificial Intelligence. He has supervised more than 25 master’s theses and is presently supervising PhD students. He has also served as an external examiner for PhD dissertations. His professional contributions include serving as Publication Chair of the International Multi-Topic Conference (INMIC) 2012 and Secretary of the 1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Computing, AI, and Data Science. Previously, he worked as a University Teacher in the Department of Computer Science at Loughborough University, UK. He also worked as a Research Assistant on the ICECOM project, a collaborative initiative funded by the British government and industry. A dedicated researcher and passionate educator, Dr. Rizwan aims to advance knowledge in computing while nurturing the next generation of computer scientists and software engineers. His diverse teaching experiences at both national and international levels, combined with his strong research background, enable him to pursue this mission effectively.

QUALIFICATION
PhD	Computer Science	Loughborough University, England	2010
MSc	Computer Science	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	2003

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad.	Since 2025
Assistant Professor	Riphah International University, Islamabad	2010 – 2024

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1.	Security Threat Modelling
2.	Model Base Testing
3.	AI (NN, DNN, LLM)

Management Experience
HOD	FBCOEW(Air University)	2024 – 2025

Research Supervision
1	PhD	Formalised Aspect Oriented Misuse Case for Specifying Crosscutting Security Threats and mitigation.
2	PhD	Security Threat Modeling in Mal Sequence Diagram
3	PhD	Variability Management in SPL-based Hospital Management Information System using Micro services
4	PhD	Model Base Test Case Design through Activity Diagram

Industrial Projects
1.	Autonomous Vehicle: Simulation of Self driven cars from source to destination while detecting obstacles through Lidar and Radar and maintain lane with AAI MAANZ

SR.	JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS	YEAR
1	M. Said, R. B. Faiz, M. Aljaidi, and M. Alshammari, “Comparative analysis of impact of classification algorithms on security and performance bug reports,” Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 33, no. 1, p. 20240045, 2024.	2024
2	R. B. Faiz, S. Shaheen, M. Sharaf, and H. T. Rauf, “Optimal feature selection through search-based optimizer in cross project,” Electronics, vol. 12, no. 3, p. 514, 2023.	2023
3	T. Hussain, R. B. Faiz, M. Aljaidi, A. Khattak, G. Samara, A. Alsarhan, and R. Alazaidah, “Maximizing test coverage for security threats using optimal test data generation,” Applied Sciences, vol. 13, no. 14, p. 8252, 2023.	2023
4	I. Imran, S. Ali, R. B. Faiz, M. Alam, S. I. Ali, M. Bari, and M. Shibli, “A survey of machine learning techniques for detecting anomaly in internetof things (IoT),” Journal of Independent Studies and Research Computing, vol. 21, no. 01, pp. 40–51, 2023.	2023
5	S. Rafique and R. B. Faiz, “Guidelines for the development of automated test case designing and generation tool (s),” KIET Journal of Computing and Information Sciences, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 35–50, 2023.	2023
6	A. Raza, R. B. Faiz, and H. S. M. Muslim, “Test case design of security threats through state machine OCL,” Journal of Independent Studies and Research Computing, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 80–88, 2023.	2023
7	U. Ullah, R. B. Faiz, and M. Haleem, “Modeling and verification of authentication threats mitigation in aspect-oriented mal sequence woven model,” Plos one, vol. 17, no. 7, p. e0270702, 2022.	2022
8	A. Jalil, R. B. Faiz, S. Alyahya, and M. Maddeh, “Impact of optimal feature selection using hybrid method for a multiclass problem in cross project defect prediction,” Applied Sciences, vol. 12, no. 23, p. 12167, 2022.	2022
9	S. Noreen, R. B. Faiz, S. Alyahya, and M. Maddeh, “Performance evaluation of convolutional neural network for multi-class in cross project defect prediction,” Applied Sciences, vol. 12, no. 23, p. 12269, 2022.	2022
10	M. A. Shahid, R. B. Faiz, M. M. Alam and M. S. Mazliham “A systematic survey of simulation tools for cloud and mobile cloud computing paradigm,” Journal of Independent Studies and Research Computing, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 86–99, 2022.	2022

SR.	CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS	Year
1	R. Faiz and S. Singh, “Time based information analysis of UK rail track,” in 2009 International Conference on Computing, Engineering and Information. IEEE, 2009, pp. 200–209.	2009
2	R. Faiz and S. Singh, “Condition monitoring of track geometry in UK rail,” in 2009 International Conference on Computing, Engineering and Information. IEEE, 2009, pp. 182–190.	2009
3	R. Faiz and S. Singh, “Time based predictive maintenance management of UK rail track,” in 2009 International Conference on Computing, Engineering and Information. IEEE, 2009, pp. 376–383.	2009
4	R. Faiz and S. Singh, “Predictive maintenance management of rail profile in UK rail,” in 2009 International Conference on Computing, Engineering and Information. IEEE, 2009, pp. 370–375.	2009
5	R. Faiz and S. Singh, “Rail profile condition monitoring information analysis of uk rail track,” in 2009 International Conference on Computing, Engineering and Information. IEEE, 2009, pp. 191–199.	2009
6	R. Faiz and S. Singh, “Predictive maintenance management of rail track,” in Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on European computing conference, 2009, pp. 35–40.	2009

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