Service & Outreach

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE

• Vice President (Canada), International Federation of National Teaching Fellows, 2016-.
• Chair, Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, Dalhousie University, 2011-present.
• Panel Member and Reviewer, Canadian Foreign Scholarships Programme, 2013-present.
• Panel Member and Reviewer, Ontario Research Fund, 2016.
• Member, NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Selection Committee, 2011.
• Chair, NSERC Strategic Grant Selection Committee, 2009, 2008
• Member, NSERC Strategic Grant Selection Committee, 2007.
• Member, Canadian Scholarships Selection Committee, Govt. of Canada, 2004- present.
• Chair, Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, Dalhousie University, 2008-2011.
• Graduate Coordinator, Faculty of Computer Science, July 2002 – March 2007.

• Director, Networking and Telecommunications, GINIus Inc., Dalhousie Univ., 2000 - 06
• Member, Research Grant Selection Committee, NSERC, 2000-2002.
• Member, CRC Tier II Selection Committee, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dalhousie University, 2004-05.
• Member, Faculty of Graduate Studies Council, Dalhousie University, 2003-2005.
• Member, Ph.D. Thesis Task Force, Faculty of Graduate Studies, 2003-2004.
• Member, Senate Committee on Academic Administration and Honorary Degrees, Dalhousie University, 1997-1998.
• Member, Killam Post Doctoral Fellowship Committee, Dalhousie University, 1994-1997.
• Chair, Advisory Committee for Appointment of Chairperson, Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University, 1996.
• Honours Advisor, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, 1997– 2002.
• Member, Faculty Search Committee, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, 2000– 2002.
• Member, Tenure and Promotions Committee, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, 2000-2002.
• Secretary and Member, Faculty Search Committee, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, 1997-1998.
• Member, Curriculum Committee, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, 1997-1999.
• Member, Computer Resources Committee, Dept. of Math., Stats. And Computing Science, Dalhousie University, 1994-1996.
• Member, Advisory Committee for the Appointment of Director of Statistics, Dept. of Math., Stats, and Computing Science, Dalhousie University, 1995.

OUTREACH
Invited Research Talks and Workshops

• Keynote speech: “Top Eight Emerging Cyber Security Threats”, International Conference on Business and Cyber Security, Academy of Business and Retail Management, London, UK, May 2016.
• Workshop: “Mobile Security: How safe are we?”, International Conference on Business and Cyber Security, Academy of Business and Retail Management, London, UK, May 2016.
• Keynote speech: “Current Cyber Security Challenges in an Ever-Changing Global Era”, International Conference on Business and Economic Development, Academy of Business and Retail Management, New York, USA, April 2016.
• Organizer and speaker: Workshop on Network Security, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India, August 2015.
• Organizer and speaker: Network Security Tutorial, Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, August 2015.
• Keynote speech on Near Field Communications, International Academic Conference in Paris (IACP), Academy of Business and Retail Management, Paris, France, August 2014.
• Inaugural speech, Information Technology Association, Madras Institute of Technology, July 15, 2013.
• Key note speech, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Technology and Management, New Delhi, India, December 2012.
• Turing100 Series Invited Lecture, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, November 2012.
• Alumni Lecture, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, September 2012.
• Keynote speech on RFID: International Conference on Advances and Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Technologies, Chennai, India, June 2010.
• Invited talk on Wireless Security: Stanford University, USA.
• Keynote speech on Mobile Computing: Innovative Conference on Embedded Systems, Mobile Computing and Communications, Infosys Campus, Mysore, August 2008 (Key note speaker and panel chair)
• Keynote speech on Wireless security: International Conference on Embedded Systems, Mobile Communications and Computing, Bangalore, August 2006 (Key note speech)
• Invited Talk: Jodrey School of Computer Science, Acadia University, June 2006
• Keynote speech: Communications and Networking Services Research Conference, Halifax, 2005
• Invited Lecture: Cyber Security Conference, Toronto, 2005
• Invited Talk and Demo: Symantec, Santa Monica, 2005
• Security Tutorial: IEEE Military Communcations Conference, Anaheim, 2002
• Invited Talks:
• IBM CASCON, Toronto, 1999
• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1999
• Jodrey School of Computer Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, 1997
• Switching R&D Division, Indian Telephone Industries, Bangalore,, July 1996
• University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, May 1994
• IFCTR-CNR, Milan, Italy, May 1994
• Computer Society and IEEE (Bangalore Chapter), Bangalore, India, June 1994
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, December 1992
• IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, N.Y., USA, January 1991
• Purdue University, Lafayette, USA, February 1991

Professional Activities

• Special Session Chair, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security in Defense Applications.
• Member, IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Communications Society
• Steering Committee Member, 10th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, November 2011, Changsa, China.
• General Chair, Sixth IEEE/IFIP International Symposium on Trusted Computing and Communications, Hong Kong, December 2010.
• International Steering Committee Member, International Conference on Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• Program Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Comm. , 2009
• Program Committee Member, International Conference on Security and Cryptography, SECRYPT 2008, July 2008, Porto, Portugal.
• Program Committee Member, IFIP International Workshop on Network and System Security, NSS 2007, Dalian, China, September 2007.
• Honorary Co-Chair, International Conference on Embedded Systems, Mobile Communications and Computing, ICEMC2 2007, August 2007, Bangalore, India.
• Program Committee Member, IEEE 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), May 2007.
• Program Committee Member, International Conference on Security and Cryptography, SECRYPT 2007, July 2007, Barcelona, Spain.
• Program Committee Member, International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems, WINSYS 2007, July 2007, Barcelona, Spain.
• Program Committee Member, International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, SIGMAP 2007, Barcelona, Spain.
• Program Committee Member, International Conference on Embedded Systems, Mobile Communications and Computing, ICEMC2 2006, August 2006, Bangalore, India.
• Program Committee Member, First International Workshop on Intelligent Agents in Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, December 2006.
• Program Committee Member, Communications and Networking Services Research Conference, 2004, 2005, 2006.
• Program Committee Member, International Workshop on VOIP Security, Setubal, Portugal, August 2004.
• Program Committee Member, IBM CASCON 2004, Toronto, October 2004.
• Reviewer for International Journal of Network Security, IEEE Communications Magazine and IEEE Network Magazine.