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:
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)