Gonzalo De La Torre Parra, Ph.D.

Gonzalo De La Torre Parra, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Cyber Security Systems Office Location: Agnese/Sosa, 7th Floor, Room 113 Phone: (210) 829-3146

Gonzalo De La Torre Parra is an accomplished assistant professor in the Department of Engineering, Computing, and Cybersecurity at the University of the Incarnate Word. He earned his Ph.D. in Cybersecurity from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2021, where he also worked as a research fellow, leading several cyber security projects in collaboration with industry partners, including CPS Energy and CISCO.

Gonzalo holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas AM University-Kingsville, which he earned in 2009, and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at San Antonio, which he obtained in 2015. His primary research interest lies in applying artificial intelligence techniques to tackle cyber security challenges in cloud computing, edge computing, and Internet of Things technologies.

As a leading expert in his field, Gonzalo has contributed significantly to academia and industry, and he continues to mentor and inspire the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

  • 2021 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering - University of Texas at San Antonio, TX.
  • 2015 M.S. in Electrical Engineering - University of Texas at San Antonio, TX.
  • 2009 B.S. in Electrical Engineering - Texas A&M University at Kingsville, Kingsville, TX.
  • 2021 - Present: Assistant Professor – Cyber Security Systems, UIW, San Antonio, TX.
  • 2017 - 2021: Research Fellow – Secure AI and Autonomy Lab, UTSA, San Antonio, TX.
  • 2016 - 2017: Research Fellow, Open Cloud Institute, UTSA, San Antonio, TX.
  • 2015: Lab Technical Assistant II, Intel OpenStack Internship Research Program, UTSA, San Antonio, TX.
  • 2011 - 2013: Supplier Quality Engineer and Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Rheem, Nuevo Laredo, MX.
  • 2010 - 2011: Lean Six Sigma Engineer, SONY, Nuevo Laredo, MX.
  • Gonzalo De La Torre Parra, Luis Selvera, Joseph Khoury, Hector Irizarry, Elias Bou-Harb, and Paul Rad. Interpretable Federated Transformer Log Learning for Cloud Threat Forensics. The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, 2022.
  • Gonzalo De La Torre Parra. Distributed AI-Defense for Cyber Threats on Edge Computing Systems. Ph.D. Department of Elec. And Comp. Eng., The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2021.
  • Gonzalo De La Torre Parra, Paul Rad, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, and Nicole Beebe. Detecting internet of things attacks using distributed deep learning. Journal of Networks and Computer Applications, 2020.
  • Gonzalo De La Torre Parra, Paul Rad, and Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Driverless vehicle security: Challenges and future research opportunities. Future Generation Computer Systems, 2020.
  • Gonzalo De La Torre Parra, Paul Rad, and Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo. Implementation of deep packet inspection in smart grids and industrial internet of things: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2019.
  • Special Topics: Deep Learning
  • Special Topics: Machine Learning
  • Practicum in Cyber Security
  • Cloud Computing
  • Intrusion Detection Systems
  • Cyber Systems and Components
  • Computer Systems Security
  • Network Security Management
  • Introduction to Engineering
  • Data Analytics w/ Elastic - Bootcamp
  • GHSA – Python Programming
  • GHSA – Directed Research w/ Data Analytics
Gonzalo De La Torre Parra specializes in cyber security with research interests in the development of novel host-based and network-based intrusion detection systems using interpretable deep learning methods for IoT, edge computing, and cloud computing systems.