Employment History (2006-2012)

Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Western Ontario, July 2006 to 2012:

• Lectured several graduate/undergraduate courses (Details)
• Wrote several successful research proposals (Details)
• Published several research papers (Details)
• Read and examined several Master's and Ph.D. theses (Details)
• Appointed and served as a chair of the following departmental committees:
  • The Computer Science Constitution Committee, July 2008 - June 2009
  • The Computer Science Graduate Executive Committee, July 2006 - June 2007
  • The Computer Science PhD Comprehensive Exam Committee, July 2006 - June 2007
• Elected and served as a member in the following departmental committees:
  • Annual Performance Evaluation Committee, July 2011 - June 2012
  • Workload Committee, July 2010 - June 2011
  • Appointments Committee, July 2008 - June 2009
• Appointed and served as a member in the following departmental committees:
  • Undergraduate Counseling Committee, July 2011 - June 2012
  • Graduate Executive Committee, July 2010 - June 2011
  • Department Outreach Committee, July 2008 - June 2011
  • CS/ECE Collaboration Committee, January 2010 - June 2010
  • Social Committee, November 2009 - June 2010
  • Executive Committee, July 2006 - June 2007
• Served as a judge at the CSD graduate research conference (UWORCS), winters of 2009, 2010, and 2012
• Gave seminars at Topical Research In Computer Science (TRICS) departmental seminar series
  • "Two-Dimensional Dictionary-Based Lossless Image Compression", October 2010
  • "On Utilizing Ultrasound Images", January 2009
• Invited to give a lecture at CS2125 (Introduction to Medical Computing), winter 2012, and fall 2012
• Participated as a Pro-Chancellor in the 286th, 287th, and 288th Faculty of Graduate Studies convocation, Spring 2006 - Spring 2007
• Appointed and served as a member in the following committees:
  • Appeal hearing committee, School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, February 2009
• Participated as invited micro-teacher in the Teaching at the University Level course at The Teaching Support Centre, University of Western Ontario, August 2006 and August 2008
• Participated as a keynote speaker at International TA Day, September 2008 and September 2010
• Participated as an academic adviser in the Summer Academic Orientation program, summer 2006-summer 2008, summer 2011 and summer 2012
• Appointed as an Editorial Board member for the Elsevier Pattern Recognition journal (September 2006 - present) (handling more than 25 submissions per year)
• Served as a panel chair in the OGS Physical Sciences selection committee on winter 2006, winter 2007 and winter 2012
• Served as a referee for NSERC in various programs, including NSERC Idea to Innovation Program (summer 2007 and summer 2012), NSERC Strategic Grants Program (summer 2006 & summer 2009), NSERC Discovery Grants Program (DG winter 2006, winter 2010, winter 2013) (winter 2006 & winter 2010), and NSERC Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) (fall 2011)
• Served as an invited international reviewer for the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Singapore, winter 2006, summer 2006, winter 2008, winter 2009, winter 2010, and fall 2011
• Participated as a keynote speaker at International TA Day, September 2010