Selected Honors
and Awards
· Outstanding Faculty Member 2008 (Computer Science and Software Engineering Department), Auburn University.
· Outstanding
Faculty Member 2006 (Computer Science and Software Engineering Department),
Auburn University.
· Best Paper Award, IEEE Symposium on
Computers and Communications, July 2008.
· Fulbright Excellence Scholarship (1995-1999).
· Four year paid leave for outstanding contribution to the Ecole Supérieure of Technologie, (8/95-7/99).
· Selected by NSF to
show case the REU program on Capitol Hill in Washington (Spring 2005).
· Award in Recognition of Contribution (12/2001), Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane(AUI), Morocco.
· Member of the Academic Advisory Council of Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, 2000-2001.
· Member of the Faculty Evaluation Committee School of Science and Engineering (AUI).
· Member of the Board of the Ecole Supérieure de Technologie in Fès, Morocco.
Selected
Professional Activities
· Invited keynote speaker for the 2012 International Conference on Image and Signal Processing
· Member of the NSF Committee of Visitors to
assess Computer Network Systems Division, March 27-28 2006
· NSF panelist (Cyber Infrastructure,
SBIR, IT SBIR, Computing and Communications Foundations, REU)
· Technical Co-Chair, IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'08), Marrakech, Morocco, July 2008.
· Editorial
Board member of the International
Journal on Mobile Communications (2001-present)
· ACM
Computer Communication Review (2004-2007)
· Chair, 44th Annual Symposium on
Simulation, Orlando, FL, March 2012.
· Chair, 43rd Annual Symposium on
Simulation, Boston, MA,
April 2011
· Chair, 42nd Annual Symposium on
Simulation, Orlando, FL,
April 2010
· Chair, 41st Annual Symposium on
Simulation, San Diego, CA,
March 2009
· Publication chair Workshop on Wireless
Security (WISE) 2002-2006