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CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. UZAIR ISHTIAQ
DR. UZAIR ISHTIAQ
Senior Lecturer
Department of Artificial Intelligence
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
0379677022
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BIOGRAPHY

Dr. UZAIR ISHTIAQ received master’s degree in Computer Science from NUCES Islamabad, Pakistan, and the Ph.D. degree Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. He worked as a Lecturer at COMSATS University Islamabad for more than 10 years and has been Senior Lecturer with the Department of Artificial Intelligence, FCSIT, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, since 2025. He has published several articles in academic journals indexed in ISI and Scopus.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • Degree of Doctor Philosophy, (Computer Science)
    Universiti Malaya
  • Master of Science (Computer Science), (Computer Science)
    National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
  • B.S in Information Technology, (Information Technology)
    Bahauddin Zakariya University

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Invited Panel - PGRES-IPIARTI 2025
    08 Sep 2025 - 08 Sep 2025 (University Malaya)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Nezhad, SMM; Abdullah, ERMF; Ibrahim, N; Bakhsh, HH; Ishtiaq, U; Rahmat, RA; AlMugairin, S; ElKhateeb, SM (2025). A hybrid convolutional neural network model for dental age estimation using buccal alveolar bone level for Saudi children, BMC ORAL HEALTH. 25(1). doi:10.1186/s12903-025-06694-9
  2. Ishtiaq, U; Abdullah, ERMF; Ishtiaque, Z (2023). A Hybrid Technique for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection Based on Ensemble-Optimized CNN and Texture Features, DIAGNOSTICS. 13(10). doi:10.3390/diagnostics13101816
  3. Ishtiaq, U., Kareem, S. A., Abdullah, E., Mujtaba, G., Jahangir, R., & Ghafoor, H. Y. (2020). Diabetic retinopathy detection through artificial intelligent techniques: a review and open issues. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 79(21-22), 15209-15252. doi: 10.1007/s11042-018-7044-8
  4. Jahangir, R., Teh, Y. W., Memon, N. A., Mujtaba, G., Zareei, M., Ishtiaq, U., . . . Ali, I. (2020). Text-Independent Speaker Identification Through Feature Fusion and Deep Neural Network. Ieee Access, 8, 32187-32202. doi: 10.1109/access.2020.2973541
ESCI
  1. Ishtiaq, U; Abdullah, ERMF; Ishtiaque, Z; Nayer, FK; Idris, S; Rehman, A (2025). Lung Cancer Classification via Entropy-Driven Feature Selection and Deep Learning Architectures on Multi-Modal Imaging Data, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY. 16(4), 1306-1322. doi:10.14716/ijtech.v16i4.7646
Others
  1. Ahmad, F., Ishtiaq, U., Shahid, M. M. A. (2026). Multi-Phase CNN-ViT-Wavelet Fusion with Attention for Robust Kidney Stone Detection from Ultrasound Images. Inspire Intelligence Journal, 1(2), 85-105. https://doi.org/10.65718/inspireAI.2026.1008
  2. Baig, A. K., Ishtiaq, U., Ishtiaque, Z., & Iqbal, U. (2026). Content-Based Video Retrieval: A Comprehensive Review of Methods, Frameworks, and Trends. International Journal of Theoretical & Applied Computational Intelligence, 2026, pp. 16–40. https://doi.org/10.65278/IJTACI.2026.2
  3. Automated Pathological Assessment of Potato Leaf Diseases through Convolutional Neural Networks
  4. Diseases Detection from Apple Leaf using Deep Transfer Learning Approach
  5. Ishtiaq, U., Baig, A. K., & Ishtiaque, Z. (2025). Modeling Visual Attention for Enhanced Image and Video Processing Applications. International Journal of Theoretical & Applied Computational Intelligence, vol. 2025, 210–226. https://doi.org/10.65278/IJTACI.2025.11
Article in Proceeding
  1. Jahangir, R., Teh, Y. W., Ishtiaq, U., Mujtaba, G., & Nweke, H. F. (2018, May). Automatic speaker identification through robust time domain features and hierarchical classification approach. In Proceedings of the international conference on data processing and applications (pp. 34-38).
Scopus
  1. Ka N.A., Swee Nien K., Yang I.J., Quan L.W., Hong T.C., Heng H.J., Akhtar M.Z., Ishtiaq U. (2026). Comparative Evaluation of Deep Learning Models for Wildlife Detection Toward Sustainable Anti-Poaching Surveillance, 2026 5th International Conference on Computing Mathematics and Engineering Technologies AI for Socio Economic Transformation Icomet 2026. . doi:10.1109/iCoMET69771.2026.11591850
  2. Wang C., Zhang Y., Ishtiaq U., Guo M., Gao Z., Iqbal U., Akhtar M.Z. (2026). Green Intelligence: Deep Learning based Garbage Classification for Sustainable Sorting, 2026 5th International Conference on Computing Mathematics and Engineering Technologies AI for Socio Economic Transformation Icomet 2026. . doi:10.1109/iCoMET69771.2026.11591748
Other Publications
  1. Uzair Iqbal; Uzair Ishtiaq; VOICE2HEART. (2026). Komputika Newsletter, 3(1). https://mjir.um.edu.my/index.php/komputika/article/view/70658 - Framework

RESEARCH PROJECT

University
  1. 2025 - 2027, University Grant
    Enhancing Sustainable Fisheries Management Through AI- Powered Predictive Analytics And Ecosystem Monitoring ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2025 - 2027, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    Voice2heart: Voice cloning based beat-to-beat assessment with deep ensemble model for early diagnosis of cardiac malfunctions ( Co-Researcher)

CONSULTANCY PROJECT

  • UM NEXUS Programme 2026, Dr. Elva Liu
    03 Feb 2026 - 04 Mar 2026 (International)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2026) Research Monitoring Symposium Artificial Intelligence (ai) Department - March 2026 (early Myocardial Infarction Detection Over Multi-view Echocardiography), University, (Internal Examiner)
  2. (2026) Reviewer of "parents’ Knowledge of Traumatic Dental Injuries: a Pre–post Leaflet-based Intervention Compared With Ai Chatbots", International, (Reviewer)
  3. (2026) Research Monitoring Symposium (remos) Artificial Intelligence (ai) Department - July 2026, University, (Internal Examiner)
  4. (2026) Research Monitoring Symposium(remos) Software Engineering (SE) Department - July 2026, University, (Internal Examiner)
  5. (2026) Appointment as Reviewer and Assignment of Manuscripts, University, (Reviewer)
  6. (2026) Internal Examiner for P1 Presentations Msds & Msai - July 2026, University, (Internal Examiner)
  7. (2026) Internal Examiner for P1 Presentations Msds - July 2026, University, (Internal Examiner)
  8. (2026) Remos - Artificial Intelligence (ai) Department June 2026, University, (Internal Examiner)
  9. (2026) Research Monitoring Symposium (remos) Artificial Intelligence (ai) Department - May 2026, University, (Internal Evaluator)
  10. (2026) Research Monitoring Symposium (remos) Artificial Intelligence (ai) Department - May 2026 (a Vision Foundation Model for Classification and Segmentation of Oral Mucosal Lesions), University, (Internal Examiner)
  11. (2026) Research Monitoring Symposium (remos) Artificial Intelligence (ai) Department - May 2026 (design and Implementation of Tomato Disease Detection System Based On Improved Yolov11), University, (Internal Examiner)
  12. (2026) Research Monitoring Symposium Artificial Intelligence (ai) Department - April 2026 (enhancing Small-for-gestational-age Prediction: Unstructured Data Integration from Electronic Medical Record), University, (Internal Examiner)
  13. (2026) Reviewer at The Ninth International Conference for Women in Data Science (wids), International, (Reviewer)
  14. (2026) Research Monitoring Symposium Artificial Intelligence (ai) Department - March 2026, University, (Internal Evaluator)
  15. (2026) Research Monitoring Symposium Artificial Intelligence (ai) Department - March 2026 (deep Transfer Learning for Enhancing Motor Imagery Classification in Eeg-based Brain-computer Interfaces), University, (Internal Examiner)
  16. (2026) Research Monitoring Symposium Artificial Intelligence (ai) Department - March 2026 (evaluating Hybrid Vision Transformer Architecture for Automated Oral Cancer Detection: a Medvit-based Approach), University, (Internal Examiner)
  17. (2026) Panel for Research Progress Report 1 by Doctorate (restorative Dentistry) Students, Year 2 (cohort 2024/2025), for The 2025/2026 Academic Session, University, (Internal Examiner)
  18. (2025) Using Artificial Intelligence in The Evaluation of Periapical, Caries, and Restoration Status: a New Methodological and Technological Study, International, (Reviewer)
  19. (2025) Queue-aware Congestion Avoidance in Ioht: Enabling Future Integration With Large Models for Transmission Optimization, International, (Reviewer)
Contribution to Event
  1. (2026) Participant in Thrive Proposal Refinement Clinic - 26 June 2026, University, (Participant)
  2. (2026) Participant in Thrive Proposal Writing Workshop Module 4 - 24 & 25 June 2026, University, (Participant)
  3. (2026) Participant in Module 1: Research Roadmap, Module 2: Reframing Research Ideas & Module 3: Articulating Research Mission - 23 June 2026, University, (Participant)
Mentoring
  1. (2026) Academic Advisor Assignment for Cohort 2018-2024, University, (Academic Advisor)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2025) A Hybrid ResNet50 and ViT-B16 Deep Learning Model with Explainable AI for Diabetic Retinopathy Classification, XIN QI LEE
  2. (2025) AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF REPRESENTATION STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS DEGRADATION IN PRETRAINED VISION MODELS UNDER CONTROLLED COVARIATE SHIFTS, MD AHASAN HABIB

TEACHING

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
  1. (2026) WIX1001 - Computing Mathematics I
  2. (2026) WIX1002 - Fundamentals of Programming
  3. (2026) WQF7002 - Artificial Intelligence Techniques
  4. (2025) WQF7003 - Intelligent Computation