Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science and Microelectronics, University Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris 6), France (Oct 2006–Jun 2010) — Thesis: Design and Exploration of Application-Specific Heterogeneous FPGA Architectures
- M.S. in Computer Science (Architecture and Design of Integrated Systems), University Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris 6), France (Sep 2005–Sep 2006)
- B.E. in Computer Software Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), College of Signals, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (Nov 1998–Jun 2002)
Research Interests
- Reconfigurable computing
- FPGA architecture design and CAD algorithms
- Heterogeneous computing and AI acceleration on edge/embedded platforms
- Computer architecture and high-performance embedded systems
Biography
Dr. Husain Parvez is a leading expert in reconfigurable computing with over 15 years of experience in FPGA architecture design, application-specific heterogeneous FPGAs, and related CAD tools. He is the current Associate Professor at Habib University’s Dhanani School of Science and Engineering.
Note on source discrepancy: the CV supplied for this update (most recently revised copy on file) lists Dr. Parvez’s primary current position as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Software Engineering at PAF-KIET, Karachi (June 2018–present), with his only listed Habib appointment being a past part-time Adjunct Professor role (Fall 2018, Spring 2020). The live Habib website, however, already shows a substantially more current and detailed profile — reflecting a full-time Associate Professor appointment, DSSE-specific research funding, and a January 2026 photo update — which appears to postdate the CV on file. Given this conflict, the biography below follows the live website (treated as the more current source) but pulls verified factual detail (thesis titles, project descriptions, full publication citations) from the CV. We recommend confirming his exact Habib start date and current KIET status directly before publishing.
Dr. Parvez has successfully led multiple national and international funded research projects and maintains active industry collaboration as co-founder of Lambda Theta, working on AI/video analytics, edge AI deployment, FPGA CAD tools, and GIS routing solutions since 2015. He has supervised numerous M.S. and Ph.D. students, published a Springer book, and authored more than 25 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. Prior to his most recent Habib appointment, he served as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Software Engineering at PAF-KIET, Karachi, where he also served as Head of Electrical Engineering (2016–2018) and launched and achieved PEC OBE-Level-II accreditation for the BE Software Engineering program.
Selected Funded Research Projects
- Hetro-Cloud: Low-cost scalable heterogeneous cloud platform (2021–2022, PKR 13.9M, NCBC-HEC Pakistan) — with Imran Naseem, Taj Muhammad
- Logic-Intensive Reconfigurable Architectures and CAD Tools (2015–2017, ~PKR 52M equivalent, with Umm-al-Qura University, KSA)
- FPGA-based Multi-Scale Face Recognition System (2013–2018, PKR 13.8M, ICT R&D Fund) — with Imran Naseem, Muhammad Mohiuddin
- Application-Specific FPGA/Reconfigurable Hardware Generator (2012–2014, PKR 13.3M, ICT R&D Fund)
Selected Publications
- Shehzad, Y., et al. “Online Proctoring System with Fingerprint and Eye Recognition Using Siamese Network.” Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, 2025.
- Hussain, F., Iqbal, M. M., and Parvez, H. “Exploring FPGA Logic Block Architecture for Reduced Configuration Memory.” Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 22(3), 2022.
- Parvez, H., Marrakchi, Z., et al. “Application Specific FPGA using Heterogeneous Logic Blocks.” ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems (TRETS), 4(3), 2011.
- Farooq, U., Parvez, H., et al. “Exploration and Optimization of Homogeneous Tree-Based Application-Specific FPGA.” Microelectronics Journal, 44(12), 2013.
Book: Parvez, H., and Mehrez, H. Application-Specific Mesh-based Heterogeneous FPGA Architectures. Springer US, 2011.
Industry & Entrepreneurial Experience
- Co-Founder, Lambda Theta Technologies, Karachi (2015–present, part-time) — AI/video analytics, edge AI deployment, FPGA CAD tools, planogram optimization, and GIS routing.
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