Activities
Professional Activities
- TPC Co-Chair, IEEE PIMRC Track on Cognitive Radio and Spectrum Management (2011)
- TPC Co-Chair, IEEE IWCMC Workshop on Cooperative and Cognitive Networks (2011)
- TPC Co-Chair, IEEE CCECE Track on Communications and Networking (2011)
- Member IGI Editorial Advisory Board (2011-)
- Editor, Wireless Personal Communications (2006-)
- Associate Editor, IEEE Communication Letters (2010-)
- Chair, IEEE Canada Professional Development Committee (2009-11)
- Project Management Course Series, Continuing Education, Oxford University (April 2010)
- Member, IEEE Globalization of Professional Activities Committee (2009)
- Chair, Nominations Committee, IEEE Toronto Section (2007-09)
- Member, Executive Committee, IEEE Toronto Section
- Member, Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (APEO)
- IEEE Senior Member
- Member, IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), IEEE VehicularTechnology Society (VTS),
- IEEE Technical Committee on Radio Communications
- Local Arrangements Co-Chair, IEEE Int'l Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing (2010)
- TPC Member, IEEE ICC'10 Wireless Symposium, WPMC'10
- Guest Editor, SI on Fairness in Radio Resource Management in Wireless Networks, EURASIP JWCN (2007-08)
- Associate Editor, EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking (2004-09)
- Technical Program Co-Chair, IEEE CCECE (2008)
- Chair, IEEE Toronto Section, (2006-07)
- Member, IEEE Canada Board of Directors, (2006-07)
- Chair, ComSoc Chapter, IEEE Toronto Section (2003-05)
- Branch Counselor, IEEE Ryerson Branch, June 2003 - June 2005
- Guest Editor, Special Issue of the IEEE CJECE 2004, Fall 2004
- Co-Chair, IEEE WirelessCom 2005: Symposium on Radio Resource Management
- Technical Program Co-Chair, 2004 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE)
- Special Session Organizer on Radio Resource Management for Next Generation Wireless Networks, 2004 IEEE CCECE
- General Co-Chair, 2004 International Conference for Upcoming Engineers (ICUE)
- Publicity Chair, 2004 IEEE IPCCC Workshop on Energy-Efficient Wireless Communications and Networks (EWCN)
- Chair, Tutorials/Design, International Conference for Upcoming Engineers 2002, 2003
- Publications Chair, 2003 IEEE Centennial Workshop on Wireless Communications
- IEEE TCPC Representative to IEEE ComSoc Technical Activities Council (TAC) meeting, June 2003
- Acting Secretary, IEEE ComSoc TCPC, June 2003
- Session Organizer, Radio Resource Management, 2002 IEEE Wireless Personal Multimedia Communication (WPMC)
- Review Organizer, 2002 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
- TPC Member of: IEEE Global Communications (Globecom) 2001, 2003; IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2002, 2004; IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) 2002, 2004; IEEE International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Systems, Techniques and Applications (ISSSTA) 2004; IEEE Wireless Personal Multimedia Communication (WPMC) 2003
- IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2002, 2003; International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS) 2002, 2004; International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (IWCS) 2003
Professional Recognition
- Dean's Teaching Award (2011)
- Faculty SRC Award (2009)
- Faculty Service Award (2009)
- ELCE-GSA Professor of the Year Award (2009)
- IEEE Toronto Appreciation of Service Award (2008)
- IEEE Certificate of Appreciation for effective leadership in IEEE Toronto Section (2008)
- Co-supervised a graduate thesis project that won the NSERC Innovation Challenge (University) Award (2007)
- Certificate of Appreciation from IEEE Communications Society with citation "notable services and contributions towards the advancement of IEEE and the engineering profession" (2006)
- IEEE Canada/Toronto Section Award with citation "in recognition and appreciation for outstanding technical leadership in bringing the IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering to new unprecedented success" (2004)
- Listed in Who's Who in Engineering Academia (2006)