Over 100 publications in top journals and conferences, with more than 20,000 citations, including over 100 IEEE/ACM Transactions papers. Funding from multiple academic and industrial sponsors, including the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of State. Recipient of awards such as IEEE Fellow (2024), ACM Distinguished Scientist (2025), AAIA Fellow (2023), NSF CAREER Award (2013), World's Top 2% Scientists (2020-2023), Top 0.05% of Scholars (ScholarGSP, 2025), AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Honorable Mention in Internet of Things (2013-2022), IEEE ICDCS 2025 Distinguished Paper Award, etc.
Research Experience
Currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgia State University, and an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Computer Information System at Robinson College of Business. Director of INSPIRE Center and Principal Investigator at Eureka Labs. Leads the Innovative Computing and Networking (ICN) group. Committed to computer security education and is a core member of Eureka Labs, a platform offering inquiry-based, hands-on lab activities that explore key cybersecurity concepts.
Education
PhD and M.S. degrees in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta.
Background
Research Interests: Resource Management and Scheduling, High Performance Computing, Privacy, Networking, and Big Data. Background: IEEE Fellow, ACM Distinguished Member, AAIA Fellow. Currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgia State University, and also an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Computer Information System at Robinson College of Business, as well as a Director at INSPIRE Center.
Miscellany
Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier High-Confidence Computing Journal, Area Editor of IEEE Internet of Things Journal. Involved in organizing numerous international conferences, such as ICDCS, SocialCom, ISBRA, etc. Supervised over 25 PhD students, 15 of whom are now tenure-track faculty members in US institutions.