UTSA CS Department Annual Faculty Research Award, 2022
NSF CAREER Award, 2020
Dwane and Velma Wallace Excellence in Teaching Award, 2017
Finalist for the Wichita State University Academy for Effective Teaching (AET) Award, 2016
U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2015
Wichita State University Award for Research/Creative Projects, 2014
Nokia Invention Awards in 2010 and 2011
Graduate Student Research Award, 2005
Published in top venues including IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and ACM Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice, e.g., 'ScooterID: Posture-based Continuous User Identification from Mobility Scooter Rides' (2024) and 'Feasibility Analysis for Sybil Attacks in Shard-Based Permissionless Blockchains' (2023)
Research Experience
Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, September 2021 – Present
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, January 2018 – August 2021
Assistant Professor, Wichita State University, January 2012 – December 2017
Lecturer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), September 2011 – December 2011
Research Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), September 2008 – September 2011
Graduate Assistant, State University of New York at Buffalo, August 2003 – May 2008
Software Engineer and Technical Leader, Investment Research and Information Services Ltd., June 2000 – June 2002
Summer Faculty Fellow, US Air Force Research Lab - Information Directorate, June–August 2015