Conference Chairing & TPC
• General Chair, International Conference on Computing and Network
Communications (CoCoNet'19) to be held at IIITM-K, Trivandrum, India, December
18-21, 2019
• TPC Chair, IEEE Smart Cities Conference, 2020
• General Chair for the International Symposium on Applications of Computational
Intelligence and Machine Learning in Networked Systems (ACMiNS), Manipal, India
September 13-16, 2017 http://icacci-conference.org/ACMiNS2017/committee.html
• Publicity Chair, IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics
(ICCE 2019), January 2019, in Las Vegas, USA http://www.icce.org
• Publicity Chair, IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics
(ICCE 2018), January 2018, in Las Vegas, USA http://www.icce.org
• Chair, Humanitarian Initiatives Committee of IEEE Canada, 2018
• Honorary Chair, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Workshop on Resource
Allocation and Spectrum Management in Internet of Things (IoT) Heterogenous
Networks, Fall 2017
• General Chair, IEEE Humanitarian Technology Conference 2017. www.ihtc2017.ieee.ca
• General Chair, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering,
CCECE 2014, May 04-07, Toronto, Canada (http://ccece2014.org)
• General Chair, IEEE Toronto International Conference – Science
and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH), organized by IEEE Toronto Section, September
26-27, 2009; 189 papers were presented at this conference with an acceptance
rate of 50%
• Chair, Symposium on Microwaves and Photonics in Access Networks, Ottawa,
Canada (http://www.micpan.org), August 2007, technically co-sponsored by ICST
• General Co-Chair, International Conference for Upcoming Engineers (ICUE),
2004
• TPC Co-Chair of the Access Networks and Systems track, GLOBECOM 2011
(GLOBECOM is the world’s largest Telecom conference)
• Tutorials & Workshops Chair, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical
and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Niagara Falls, 2008 & 2011 (http://ieee.ca/ccece08/comm.php)
• Tutorial Chair, International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks, Niagara
Falls, Sept 2009 (http://www.adhocnets.org)
• Local arrangements and Finance Chair, International Conference on Noise
and Fluctuations (ICNF 2011), Toronto, Canada
• Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Smart Grids,
2012
Service to the University
•
Member of the Curriculum Committee (CC) and Program Advisory
Committee (PAC) (together called the "steering committee") for the
proposed Certificate program in
"Data Analytics, Big Data and Predictive Analytics", Chang School
of Continuing Education, Ryerson University, 2013
• Member, Ryerson Board of Governors, 2009-2011, member of the Finance
Committee and involved in various key decision makings that concern the University
• Program Advisory Council Member, Disaster Studies Professional Masters
Program conducted by Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science (FEAS),
Faculty of Science (FoS) & The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education,
2012
• Program Advisory Council Member, Professional Masters Diploma Program
in Enterprise Information Security, Privacy and Data Protection, Chang School
of Continuing Education, Ryerson University, 2013
Service to the Faculty
• Member, Search Committee for the Dean, FEAS, 2013-14
• Member and Chair, Number of Faculty Promotion Committees, 2005-13
• Member, Search Committee for the Associate Dean, 2010
Service to the Department
• Member, Scholarships Committee, 2017-18
• Member, Departmental Evaluation Committee (DEC), 2017-18
• Chair, Graduate Studies and Research Council, 2016-17
• Chair, Department Appointment Committee (DAC), 2008-09; 2011-12; DAC
member few times
• Chair, Departmental Awards Committee, 2003-2009
• Coordinator, Engineering Design Projects, 2011-12
• Coordinator, Multimedia Stream, 2009-2012
• Coordinator, Signal Processing and Communications Graduate Stream, 2004-2007
Service to the Profession
•
Organizing Committee Member for the Global Congress and Expo on Power and Energy Engineering, Athens, Greece on March 25-26, 2021.
External reviewer for many funding proposals such as NSERC
CRD, NSERC SPG, OCE VIP I and II and MITACS Accelerate.
• Program Evaluation Visitor, Honors Bachelor of Information Technology
(Computer and Communication Networks), Centennial College, Toronto, Canada,
Under the terms of the Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act, March
2019
• Member, IEEE Technical Committee on Cyber-Physical System (TCCPS) Awards
Committee, 2018
• Program and Review Committee Member, International Conference on Intelligent
Systems, Department of Computer Science and Engineering @ SCSVMV Deemed University,
Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India, 12th and 13th July 2018.
• Guest Editor (conference proceedings) and Steering Committee member
of International Conference on Intelligent Data Communication Technologies and
Internet of Things, ICICI 2018 http://icoici.org/Committee.html This conference
proceedings is published by springer.
• Advisory committee & Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member, International
Conference on Communication, Security, Optimization and Decision Support Systems,
under MulticonW-2018 on 23 & 24th February 2018, Mumbai, India
• Technical Advisory Committee Member and Reviewer, Fourth Prathyusha
International Conference on “Advances in Electrical, Electronics, Information,
Communication and Bio-Informatics-AEEICB’18, 27-28, Chennai, India, February
2018
• Advisory Committee Member, 9th IEEE International Conference on Advanced
Computing (ICoAC 2017) Department of Computer Technology, Anna University, Chennai,
14-16 December 2017
• Advisory Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Cutting
Edge Technologies in Computing & Communication, ICCETCC’ 18, Jan 10-11,
2018, India
• Advisory Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Computing
Methodologies and Communication, ICCMC 2018, February 2018, http://icocmc.com/
India
• TPC Member, ICC 2018, VTC Spring 2018 and GLOBECOM 2018, IEEE 1st 5G
WORLD, GHTC2017, FORUM 2018 (http://ieee-ims.org/content/ieee-5g-world-forum-2018-wf-5g)
• Judge, Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards, www.manningawards.ca
• TPC Member, ISDDC 2017 International Conference on Intelligent, Secure
and Dependable Systems in Distributed and Cloud Environments, October 26-28,
2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Advisory Committee Member, Fifth International Symposium on Security
in Computing and Communications (SSCC-2017), September 13-16, 2017, Manipal,
India
• International advisory committee member, Second International conference
on “Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Systems “ICPERES 2017”,
December 2017, Chennai, India.
• Program Committee Member, 15th International Conference on Information
Technology, December 22-24, 2016, Bhubaneswar, India. http://www.oits-icit.org
• Program Committee Member, IEEE International Symposium on Nanoelectronic
and Information Systems, Gwalior, India http://www.ieee-inis.org/
• Advisory Committee Member, International Conference on Computing and
Communication Technologies (ICCCT 2017) on 27th Jan. 2017 to 28th Jan. 2017,
India.
• TPC Member, International Conference on Communications (ICC), Mobile
Wireless Networks Track, 2017
• Judging panel member, Larry K. Wilson Student Activities Award, and
the IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award, 2016
• Advisory/Technical Program Committee Member, International Conference
on Signal Processing, Communication and Networking (ICSCN 2017), April 6-7,
2017, Chennai India
• Technical Program Chair, Special Session on ‘Li- Fi (Light –Fidelity)
- Can it be the Enabling Technology for Internet of Things?’ part of21st
IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication
Links and Networks (IEEE CAMAD 2016), 23-25 October 2016, Ryerson University,
Toronto, ON, Canada
• Program Chair, International conference on Computational Intelligence
in communication, on 1st and 2nd , December 2016, Pondicherry Engineering College,
Puducherry, India
• Panel of judges, IEEE MGA Larry K. Wilson Student Activities Award,
2016
• TPC Member, IEEE Symposium on Signal and Information Processing for
Smart Grid Infrastructures (IEEE GlobalSIP’16), Greater Washington DC
December 7-9, 2016
• Panel of Judges, IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award, 2016
• Advisory Committee Member, First International Conference on Technological
Advancement in Computer and Communications (ICTACC ’17) on April 10th,
11th 2017, Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, India
• Technical Program/Steering Committee member, International Conference
on Signal Image Processing Communication & Automation (ICSIPCA 2016), JSS
Academy of Technical Education, Bengaluru, India, December 8-10, 2016.
• TPC Member, GLOBECOM, Access Network and Green Communication Tracks
2016
• Advisory Committee Member, National Conference on Intelligent Systems
and Communication (NCISC-2016), 23rd & 24th June 2016 Department of Computer
Science & Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India (www.ncisc2016.com)
• TPC Member, GLOBECOM 2016, Mobile Wireless Networks track
• Advisory Committee Member, International Conference on Research Advances
in Communication, Computation, Electrical Science and Structures, Salem, March
2016
• Chair, IEEE Canada Central Area 2015-16
• Expert Reviewer, Canada-Israel Energy S&T Fund project/ Autonomous
off-grid/micro-grid energy management system, 2015
• International Advisory Committee Member, 3rd International Conference
on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology (ICEEICT-2016)
organized by Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) jointly with
the Institute of Information Technology (IIT), Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka,
Bangladesh, September 22-24, 2016
• Awards Committee Chair, CCECE 2015, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 2015
• Advisor and Technical Program Committee Member, International Conference
on Science Engineering and Management Research (ICSEMR 2014), November 2014,
Chennai, India
• Member of a Distinguished Expert Advisory Board, Tech4i2, Leicester
Innovation Centre, Leicester, UK for their proposal for Wireless Spectrum Study
to the European Commission
• International Evaluator, Qatar National Research Fund, Qatar
• International Advisory Committee Member, First International Conference
on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology, 10
- 12 April 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• International Advisory Committee Member, International Conference on
“Recent Trends Information Technology” ICRTIT-2014, April 10, 2014
to April 12, 2014. MIT, Anna University, India
• Steering Committee Chair, 2013 International Symposium on Instrumentation
and Measurement, Sensor Network and Automation, December 23-24, Toronto, Canada
• Steering Committee Member, ICACCI-2012 (International Conference on
Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics), Chennai, and ICACCI-2013
Mysore, India
• International Expert Reviewer, “Intelligent Management Architecture
for Smart Grid: Security And Load Balance” research proposal for $940,000
submitted to Qatar National Research Fund, 2013
• Member, IEEE COMSOC Education Board, Working Group in Wireless Communications
• Chair (2012-2013) and Vice Chair (2010-11), IEEE Toronto Section (http://toronto.ieee.ca),
Toronto is the largest IEEE Section in the world in terms of Chapters and affinity
groups.
• Certified Program Evaluator, ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology), USA (visiting US Universities for program accreditation)
• Member, IEEE Canada Board of Directors, 2012-13
• Chair (2006 - 2012) and Vice Chair (2003-05), IEEE Communications Society,
Toronto Chapter
• Editorial board member and Co-Author, “IEEE COMSOC Wireless Engineering
Body of Knowledge”, this book serves as the text for the worldwide Wireless
Communication Engineering Technologies (WCET) certification program http://www.ieee-wcet.org/
• Examiner, Professional Engineers Ontario, Academic Requirements Committee,
2012
• International Advisory Committee Member for International Conference
on Computing, Communication and Network (ICCCN 2013), Chennai Institute of Technology
and IEEE & Computer Society of India, 15th - 17th March 2013.
• International Advisory Committee Member, International conference on
Telecommunications and computing, ICTC-2013, December 19-20, 2013 at Nagpur
with IEEE Bombay section
• Reviewer for many NSERC Discovery, Strategic and CRD grant proposals.
• President, Asian Institute of Technology Alumni Association, Canada, 2018-2020
• Executive Committee Member, Association of Sri Lanka Graduates
of Canada, 2006
• Lecture series, Science and Technology for The Community, several lectures
in Tamil Vision Television Channel, during 2004-2005