Imtiaz Ahmad

• Mariam AlJamea, I. Ahmad, A. Imtiaz and A. Mohammed, Ensemble learning model for diagnosing COVID-19 from routine blood tests, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, Volume 21, 2020, 100449.  
• Mariam AlJamea, I. Ahmad, and M. Alfailakawi, Apache Spark implementation of Whale Optimization Algorithm, Cluster Computing, volume 23, pages 2021–2034 (2020).  
• E. Hassan, Y. Khalil, and I. Ahmad, Learning Feature Fusion in Deep Learning-Based Object Detector, Journal of Engineering, Article ID 7286187, 11 pages, 2020.  
• S. Abed, A. A. M. R. Behiry and I. Ahmad, Error metrics determination in functionally approximated circuits using SAT solvers, PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227745, pp. 1-19, 2020.  
• M. Imdoukh, I. Ahmad, and M. Alfailakawi, Optimizing scheduling decisions of container management tool using many-objective genetic algorithm, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Vol. 32, Issue 5, pp. 1-16, March 2020. 
• M. Imdoukh, I. Ahmad, and M. Alfailakawi, Machine learning based auto-scaling for containerized applications, Neural Computing and Applications, 32:9745–9760, 2020.   
• M. Alfailakawi, Mariam AlJamea, and I. Ahmad, Parallel and Distributed Implementation of Sine Cosine Algorithm on Apache Spark Platform, IEEE Access, Volume 9, Pages: 77188-77202, June 2021.  
• Ahmad, M. Gh. Alfailakawi, A. AlMutawa, and L. Alsalman, Container scheduling techniques: a survey and assessment, Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, 34:3934-3947, 2022.  
• H. Al-Faisal, I. Ahmad, A. Salman, and M. Alfailakawi, Adaptation of population size in Sine Cosine Algorithm, IEEE Access, Volume 9, Pages: 25258-25277, February 2021.  
• M. K. Awad, M. H. H. Ahmed, A. F. Almutairi, I. Ahmad, Machine learning-based multipath routing for software defined networks, Journal of Network and Systems Management, Vol. 29, Issue 2, pp. 1-30, 2021. 
• S. Abed, A. A. Abdelaal, M. H. Al-Shayeji and I. Ahmad, SAT-based and CP-based declarative approaches for top-rank-k closed frequent itemset mining, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 112-151, January 2021.  
• M. Kandil, A. Kelkawi, I. Ahmad, M. Gh. Alfailakawi, COVID-XIX-Net: Deep Learning Empirical Comparison between X-ray Imaging and POCUS for COVID-19 Detection, Journal of Engineering Research, Vol. 9, No. (4A) pp. 87-97, December 2021.  
• M. AlJamea, A. Imtiaz, I. Ahmad, and A. Mohammed, Deep Forest Model for Diagnosing COVID-19 From Routine Blood Tests, Scientific Reports, 11:16682, 2021. 
• Z. Ali, A. Mohammed, and I. Ahmad, Evaluating adversarial robustness of secret key-based defenses, IEEE Access, Volume 10, pp. 34872-34882, 2022.  
• J. Alfadhli, A. Jaragh, M. Alfailakawi, I. Ahmad, FP-SMA: An adaptive, fluctuant population strategy for slime mould algorithm, Neural Computing and Applications, 34, pp. 11163-111175, 2022.  
• M. Alshayeji, B. Bahbahani, I. Ahmad, Spark-based parallel processing Whale Optimization Algorithm, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Volume 34, Issue 4, e6607, February 2022.  
•  I. Ahmad, M. Gh. Alfailakawi, A. AlMutawa, and L. Alsalman, Container scheduling techniques: a survey and assessment, Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, 34:3934-3947, 2022. 
• A. Kelkawi, M. El-Abd, I. Ahmad, GPU-based cooperative coevolution for large scale global optimization, Neural Computing and Applications, 35, pages 4621–4642, February 2023.  
• H. Sharaf, I. Ahmad, T. Dimitriou, Extended berkeley packet filter: An application perspective, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, pp. 126370-126393, December 2022.  
• A. Kelkawi, I. Ahmad, M. El-Abd, Spark-based cooperative coevolution for large scale global optimization, Cluster Computing, pp. 1-16, June 2023.  
• L. Waleed, I. Ahmad, S. Abed, A smart admission control and cache replacement approach in content delivery networks, Cluster Computing, pp. 1-19, July 2023.  
• A. Kana, I. Ahmad, An effective Runge-Kutta optimizer based on adaptive population size and search step size, CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 3443-3464, October 2023.  
• A. Mohammed, Z. Ali, I. Ahmad, Enhancing adversarial robustness with randomized interlayer processing, Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 245, p. 123085, July 2024. 
• Z. Ali, A. Mohammed, I. Ahmad, Vulnerability of Deep Forest to Adversarial Attack, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Volume 19, pp. 5464-5475, May 2024.  
• A. Rashid, A. Gauhar, O. Hasan, S. Abed, I. Ahmad, Formal Verification of Universal Numbers using Theorem Proving, Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications, June 2024.  
• R. Kablaoui, I. Ahmad, S. Abed, M. Awad, Network Traffic Prediction by Learning Time Series as Images, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Volume 55, July 2024, 101754. 
• S. Alsaqer, S. Alajmi, I. Ahmad, M. Alfailakawi, The potential of LLMs in hardware design, Journal of Engineering Research, August 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jer.2024.08.001  
• S. Abed, G. Aldamkhi, I. Ahmad, Information Hiding using Approximate POSIT Representation, IET Image Processing, pp.1–29, September 2024, DOI:10.1049/ipr2.13244   
• A. Alajmi, B. AlSarraf, Z. Abualhassan, A. Fairouz, I Ahmad, TinyBERT for Branch Prediction in Modern Microprocessors, To appear in Neural Computing and Applications, October 2024. 
   
• S. Abed, I. Ahmad, M. Al Shayeji, S. Sultan, Automatic verification of single-electron transistor arrays based on multiway decision graphs, IET Circuits, Devices and Systems, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 395-404, July 2017.
• I. Ahmad, A. H. Hamouda, M. Gh. Alfailakawi, Odd/Even invert coding for phase change memory with thermal crosstalk, Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol. 49, pp. 150-163, March 2017.
• S. AlEbrahim and I. Ahmad, Task scheduling for heterogeneous computing systems, Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 73, No. 6, pp. 2313-2338, June 2017.
• A. Alyatama, I. Ahmad and N. Al-Dabbous, Memory allocation algorithm for cloud services, Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 73, No. 11, pp. 5006-5033, November 2017.

• I. Ahmad, M. Imdoukh, M. Gh. Alfailakawi, Extending multi-level STT-MRAM cell lifetime by minimising two-step and hard state transitions in hot bits, IET Computers & Digital Techniques, Volume 11, Issue 6, p. 214 – 220, November 2017.

   

Department level

• Member of Undergraduate Program Committee (September 2019 – August 2021)  
• Member of Hardware Tag Committee (September 2020 – August 2025)  
• Member of Labs and Equipment Committee (September 2020 – August 2021)   
• Coordinator for Computer Architecture Lab. (CpE-469) (Sept. 2021 – August 2024) 
• Member of Undergraduate Program Committee (September 2023 – August 2025)  
• Member of Graduate Program Committee (September 2024 – August 2025) 
   

College level

• Member of iAuthenticate Guidelines Review Committee (January 2021 – March 2021) 
• Member of Appointment Committee for English Unit Instructors (July 2022 – August 2022) 
• Member of Scientific Missions Examination Committee (Sept. 2022 – August 2024) 
• Coordinator for iThenticate Committee (September 2022 – August 2025) 
   

University level

• Member of the University Promotion Committee (September 2019 – August 2021) 
• Member of the KFAS Kuwait Prize Search and Nomination Committee (2020)