Professional Services

​Associate Editor, IEEE Access

Guest Editor, Special Issue of Vehicular Communications on “Heterogeneous Vehicular Networking”, Elsevier, 2016

IEEE Communications Society AHSN liaison to the IEEE Standards Association 

Voting member of the Tactile Internet standards Working Group (P1918.1 )

​Co-Chair of:

• 2nd IEEE Workshop on Convergent Internet of Things (C-IoT), held in conjunction with the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, 2017
• 1st IEEE Workshop on Convergent Internet of Things (C-IoT), held in conjunction with the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Malaysia, 2016
• 15th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Local Networks (WLN '15), held in conjunction with the 40th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN'15), Florida, USA.
• 14th IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Local Networks (WLN '14), held in conjunction with the 39th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN'14), Edmonton, Canada.
• Convergent paradigms in the Internet of Things workshop, IBM's CASCON, 2014.
• Engineering Systems and Applications Track, International Conference on Computing, Management and Telecommunications (ComManTel 2014) April 27-29, 2014, Da Nang, Vietnam. 

Publicity co-chair,  22nd IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) in Heraklion, Greece,  3-6 July 2017

Tutorials:

• “Big Sensed Data: Evolution, challenges and practical directions”, IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC), 2016
• "Leveraging Big Sensed Data in the IoT: Challenges and Future Outlook", IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2016
• "Advancing into Big Sensed Data: Evolution and Challenges" , IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), October 2016

TPC member of:

• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) - Mobile and Wireless Networks Symposium, Paris, 2017.
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) - Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium, Paris, ​2017.
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) - Mobile and Wireless Networks Symposium, Malaysia, 2016.
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) - Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposium, Malaysia, ​2016.
• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Qatar, 2016.
• IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Ad hoc and Sensor networks symposium, USA, 2016.
• IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Mobile and Wireless Networks symposium, USA, 2016.
• 23rd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), Greece, 2016
• International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Wireless Sensor Symposium, Cyprus, 2016
• International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Smart Cities & Platforms Symposium, Cyprus, 2016.
• 7th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies, Big Data and Analytics, Spain, 2016.
• IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Ad hoc and Sensor networks symposium, USA, 2015.
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) - Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium, UK, 2015.
• International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Wireless Sensor Symposium, Croatia, 2015.
• International Workshop on Distributed Mobile Systems & Services (DMSS) 2015.
• 10th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC- 15), 2015.
• 9th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC-14), Canada, 2014.

Session Chair:

• IEEE ICC AHSN 2017
• IEEE Globecom 2016, Washington:  AHSN.1 (Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks I)

• ICC 2016, Malaysia: WCS
• ACM MSWiM 2014, Montreal, : Mobile and Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Moderator, NSERC Strategic Network panel on Convergent IoT directions, Toronto, Feb 2016.

Lead founder of Graduate Computing Society — Queen’s University  - and its President for two terms (2008/2009—2009/2010). I lead the team establishing the first society for Computing students at Queen’s, the third on campus after Law and Education societies. 

Chair (and lead founder) of Queen’s Graduate Computing Society Conference (QGCSC 2010). The conference remains a running success.

Delivered a workshop on “Soliciting Feedback to Foster Positive Classrooms”, Queen’s University Teaching Development day, 2015. 
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Graduate Seminar Coordinator at School of Computing, Queen’s University (2008/2009)

Finalist in Queen’s 3 Minute Thesis competition, here are the finalist’s videos. 

Proctor of School of Computing team in the 2015 and 2016 IEEEXtreme programming competitions. 


Centre for Teaching and Learning workshops, at Queen’s University:

• Focus on Graduate Supervision (Full day workshop)
• Developing Reliable and Valid Assessment through Effective Rubric Design
• How to Become More Successful in Your Teaching
• Memory, Cognitive Load and Learning
• Copyright in the Classroom
• Providing Effective Feedback
• Preparing a Teaching Dossier 
• Inside the Minds of Learners: Evidence-Based Instruction, Assessment, and Study

 Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) intensive workshops on:

• Team-based project management 
• Business etiquette 
• Strategic & Business Planning 

 Mitacs intensive workshops on:

• Team Building Excellence 
• Proactive and Practical Communications 
• Foundations of Project Management I
• Effective Networking