Awards and Honors:

  • IEEE Globecom (GC) 2019 Best Paper Award
  • Ball State University Research Magazine 2015/2019 Featured Spotlight Story
  • 44th Annual Simulation Symposium (ANSS2011) Best Paper Award
  • Mississippi GEM Faculty Mentor Leadship Award (2010, 2012)
  • IEEE Symposiumon Computers and Communications (ISCC) 2008 Best Paper Award
  • First Place in Auburn University Graduate Student Research Forum 2007
  • Vodafone-US Foundation Wireless Research Fellow 2005-2008


Editorial Boards:

  • Editor: IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (2018-)
  • Area Editor: EAI Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications (2017-)
  • Editor: IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2016-)
  • Editor:IEEE Communications Society, Multimedia Communications Technical Committee E-letters (2014-)
  • Editor: Elsevier Digital Communications and Networks Journal,(2016-)
  • Editor:Transactions on Computer and Communication Networks (2011-)
  • Editor: Journal of Multimedia Information System, (2014-)
  • Lead Guest Editor: Wiley: Security and Communication Networks, Special Issue on Security and Networking for Cyber-Physical Systems, 2015-2016


Conference/Workshop Chair/Co-Chair:

  • 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Internet of Things (IEEE ICII 2019)
  • 11th EAI/ACM International Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications (Mobimedia 2018)
  • IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC) 2018
  • Tenth IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Mesh and Ad Hoc Networks (Workshop of ICCCN 2016)
  • 8th International Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications (Mobimedia 2015)
  • SCS Annual Simulation Symposium (2009-2013)
  • International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems 2009 workshop
  • First International Workshop on Mobile Multimedia Networking (2010)


Technical Program Committees:

  • IEEE Infocom (2016-)
  • IEEE Globecom (2010–)
  • IEEE ICC (2013–)
  • IEEE ICCCN (2013–2017)
  • IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC) 2017
  • IEEE ISCC 2017
  • IEEE WCNC 2017
  • IEEE ICNC (2017-)
  • IEEE/CIC ICCC 2016
  • IEEE Healthcom 2015
  • TENSYMP 2015 (IEEE Region 10 Technical Symposium 2015)
  • IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2013
  • IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology 2013
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (2013, 2014)
  • IEEE International Workshop on Network Forensics, Security and Privacy(NFSP 2013)
  • IEEE International Conferenceon Computer and Information Technology 2012
  • IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications 2012
  • International Conferenc eon Connected Vehicles & Expo(ICCVE)(2012–2014)
  • IADIS Telecommunications, Networks and Systems 2011
  • 1st International Conferenceon Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications;
  • International ICST Conference on Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems 2008
  • IADIS Theory and Practice in Modern Computing 2012


Panels:

  • NSF Panels (2014-)


Institutional Committees:

  • Scholarship Advisory Council of Vice Provost for Research (2018-)
  • Dean's Faculty Advisory Board (2018-)
  • Assistant Department Chair (2018-2019)
  • CS Programs External Evaluation Committee (2019-)
  • University Senate (2016-2019)
  • Faculty Council (2016-2019)
  • Special Leave Committee (2018-2019)
  • Aspire Proposal Panel (2017-)
  • Advanced Curriculum Committee (2013-2018)