Employment History (1999-2006)

Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Western Ontario, July 1999 to June 2006:

• Lectured several graduate/undergraduate courses
• Wrote several successful research proposals
• Published several research papers
• Read and examined several Master's and Ph.D. theses
• Elected and served as a member in:
  • The Workload Committee, July 2002 - July 2003
  • The Appointments Committee, July 2001 - July 2002
• Appointed and served as a chair of:
  • The Graduate Executive Committee, July 2002 - June 2006
  • The Comprehensive Exam Committee, July 2002 - June 2006
• Appointed and served as a member in:
  • Executive Committee, July 2005 - June 2006
  • The Departmental Executive Committee, July 2002 - June 2006
  • The Canada Research Chair (CRC) Appointments Committee, June 2003 - December 2003
  • The Departmental Strategic Planning Committee, July 2002 - July 2003
  • The Retreat Steering Committee, April 2002
  • Served as a member in the "Lumsden Awards" selection committee on March 2004 and March 2006
  • The Resource Planning Committee, October 2001 - June 2002
  • The Retreat Steering Committee, March - April 2001
  • The Graduate Executive Committee, October 2000 - June 2002


• Participated in several Faculty of Science Academic Processions
• Participated in several Faculty of Science convocations as a Pro-Chancellor
• Participated as an academic adviser in the Summer Academic Orientation program, summer 2005

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Systems Design Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, July 1999- June 2004:

• Researched and gained experience in:
  • Searching in the compressed-image domain, (consulting assignment for NCR Canada Limited); this experience included extracting foreground information from compressed images
  • Machine vision inspection, towards implementing a high level label inspection system (consulting assignment for VRP Web Technology Inc.); This experience included designing a high speed OCR reading modules for labels
  • Published several research papers