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Dipakkumar P. Pravin

Title: Clinical Associate Professor

Department: Information Technology and Decision Sciences

College: College of Business

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 1998
    Major: Computer Science
    Dissertation: Parallel Algorithms for Spatial Data
  • MS, University of Texas at Dallas, 1987
    Major: Computer Science
  • MBA, BK School of Business Management, Gujarat University, 1984
    Major: Finance
  • MSc, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, 1979
    Major: Physics/Electronics

Current Scheduled Teaching

BCIS 4680.001Business Data Communications & NetworkingSpring 2026
BCIS 4680.002Business Data Communications & NetworkingSpring 2026
BCIS 5420.401Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 8W2 2026
BCIS 4680.002Business Data Communications & NetworkingFall 2025 Syllabus
BCIS 5420.405Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2025
BCIS 5630.002Information Technology SecurityFall 2025
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

BCIS 5420.002Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2025 SPOT
BCIS 5420.403Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2025 SPOT
BCIS 5620.002Networking and TelecommunicationsSpring 2025 SPOT
BCIS 5420.405Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2024 SPOT
BCIS 5620.001Networking and TelecommunicationsFall 2024 SPOT
BCIS 5620.002Networking and TelecommunicationsFall 2024 SPOT
BCIS 4900.707Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2024
BCIS 5420.003Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2024 SPOT
BCIS 5620.001Networking and TelecommunicationsSpring 2024 SPOT
BCIS 5620.002Networking and TelecommunicationsSpring 2024 SPOT
BCIS 5420.005Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2023 SPOT
BCIS 5620.001Networking and TelecommunicationsFall 2023 SPOT
BCIS 5620.002Networking and TelecommunicationsFall 2023 SPOT
BCIS 5620.003Networking and TelecommunicationsFall 2023 SPOT
BCIS 5420.003Foundations of Database Management SystemsSummer 5W1 2023 SPOT
BCIS 5420.004Foundations of Database Management SystemsSummer 5W2 2023 SPOT
BCIS 5420.002Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2023 SPOT
BCIS 5420.003Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2023 SPOT
BCIS 5620.001Networking and TelecommunicationsSpring 2023 SPOT
BCIS 5420.001Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2022 SPOT
BCIS 5420.002Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2022 SPOT
BCIS 5420.005Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2022 SPOT
BCIS 5420.008Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2022 SPOT
BCIS 4630.002Fundamentals of Information Technology SecurityFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 5420.001Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2022 SPOT
BCIS 5420.002Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2022 SPOT
BCIS 5420.003Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2022 SPOT
BCIS 4900.758Special ProblemsSpring 2022 Syllabus
BCIS 3680.002Enterprise Oriented ProgrammingFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 5420.001Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 5420.501Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2021 SPOT
BCIS 4630.001Fundamentals of Information Technology SecurityFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 3610.001Basic Information SystemsSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 5420.001Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2021 SPOT
BCIS 5420.002Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2021 SPOT
BCIS 3630.002Object Oriented Programming for BusinessSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 5420.001Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2020 SPOT
BCIS 5420.002Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2020 SPOT
BCIS 5420.501Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2020 SPOT
BCIS 3630.001Object Oriented Programming for BusinessFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 3610.001Basic Information SystemsSpring 2020 Syllabus
BCIS 5420.001Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2020
BCIS 3630.001Object Oriented Programming for BusinessSpring 2020 Syllabus
BCIS 4900.758Special ProblemsSpring 2020 Syllabus
BCIS 3610.001Basic Information SystemsFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 3610.003Basic Information SystemsFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 5420.001Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2019 SPOT
BCIS 5420.501Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2019 SPOT
BCIS 4900.708Special ProblemsFall 2019
BCIS 5420.001Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2019 SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • Pravin, D.P., Koutha, M. You are what you eat: Data that my LLM grew up on.. ICIS-International Conference on Information Systems.
  • Pravin, D., Bhagat, S.P. Cybersecurity Awareness and Adaptive Behavior: Does Prior Exposure Lead to Adaptive Behavior?. Denton, https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2023/sig_sec/sig_sec/23/
  • Bera, D., Sidorova, A., Kim, D., Pravin, D.P. (2021). Reviewing the Success of Blockchain Technology in Realms of Socio-Technical Cohesion.
  • Pravin, D., Bhagat, S.P. Cybersecurity Awareness and Adaptive Responses Among College Students. Denton,
  • Pravin, D., Amin, M. Trusted Cyber Messengers: Spreading Awareness to Induce Actions.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Pravin, D., Robinson, A. (Supporting), Costello, J. (Supporting), "Evaluating Ontologies for the Cybersecurity Workforce Development Applications," sponsored by (DHS) The Department of Homeland Security, Federal, $7200 Funded. (2021 - 2021).

    • Grant - Research

  • Pravin, D. (Principal), "Cybersecurity Awareness Measurement," sponsored by Dean, College of Business, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2021).
  • Namuduri, K., Manzo, M., Manuj, I., Pravin, D.P., "Building a Smart and Connected Ecosystem for the First Responder," sponsored by NSF-National Science Foundation, Federal, $1500000 Funded. (2024 - 2027).
  • Pravin, D.P., "Exploiting machine learning for cybersecurity tasks to talent mapping and exploring credentialing ecosystem.," sponsored by CIRI/DHSCritical Infrastructure Resilience Institute; DHS Department of Homeland Security, Federal, $99979 Funded. (2024 - 2024).
  • Pravin, D.P., "Enhancing Techniques for Ontologies Mapping for the Cybersecurity Workforce Development Applications," sponsored by DHS - Department of Homeland Security, Federal, $49439 Funded. (2022 - 2023).

    • Sponsored Research

  • Pravin, D.P., "Evaluating an integrated solution for the management of Cybersecurity work and workforce.," sponsored by CIRI/DHSCritical Infrastructure Resilience Institute; DHS Department of Homeland Security, Federal, $20000 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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