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Honors

  • Received the IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation Award 2007 for “pioneering contributions to the advancement and design of cognitive radio based wireless technologies.”
  • Selected as the only worldwide IEEE/IEEE-USA's 2007 New Face of Engineering. See also:
  • Part of the team that received the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Research of the Year Award in the field of cognitive networks
  • Team Accomplishment Award, Philips Research North America, 2006.
  • To Appear in the 2006 Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 2006.
  • A Total of 10 External Publication Awards, Philips Research North America, 2006.
  • To Appear in the 2006 Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2006.
  • Listed in 60th Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2005.
  • Group Accomplishment Award, Philips Research USA, 2005.
  • Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2004.
  • The National Dean’s List Award, considered as one of the highest academic honors that can be bestowed on college students in the USA, 2003/2004.
  • Best Paper Award, Symposium on Computer Networks, 2002.
  • Best Paper Award, Workshop on Wireless Communications, 1999.
  • Honor to the Merit Award, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, 1999.
  • Ranked Third in JavaCup Contest promoted by Sun Microsystems, 1998.

Invited Talks

  • Cognitive Radio Networks: Opportunities, Challenges and Technologies for Dynamic Spectrum Access of TV Band White Spaces. Keynote at the IEEE International Workshop on Broadband Convergence Networks, in conjunction with IEEE NOMS 2008, April 07, 2008.
  • Cognitive Radios for Dynamic Spectrum Access of TV Bands. University of Washington, WA, January 24, 2008.
  • Cognitive Radios: Present and Future Directions. University of California (UCLA), LA, July 21, 2006.
  • Cognitive Radios: Why, What, How, and Where. Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ, September 28, 2005.
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networking. Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere, Finland, August/September, 2004.

Professional Activities

  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWireless), 08/2008 – Now
  • IEEE Senior Member
  • Industry Liaison and Founding Member, IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks (TCCN)
  • Guest Editor:
    • ACM Mobile Computing & Communications Review (MC2R), Special Issue on Cognitive Radio Technologies and Systems (Publication in 2009)
    • IEEE J-SAC Special Issue on Body Area Networks: Technology and Applications (Publication in first quarter of 2009)
    • IEEE J-SAC Special Issue on Adaptive, Spectrum Agile and Cognitive Wireless Networks (Publication in April 2007)
  • TPC Co-Chair, IEEE CRNets 2010
  • TPC Co-Chair, CrownCom 2009
  • Patron Chair, IEEE DySPAN 2008/2010
  • Cognitive Radio Networks Track Co-Chair, IEEE ICCCN 2008
  • Industry Track Co-Chair, BodyNets 2008
  • Tutorial Co-Chair, IEEE DySPAN 2007
  • Publicity Chair, International Workshop on Cognitive Wireless Networks (CWNets) 2007, in conjunction with QShine 2007
  • Chair, IEEE 802.22 MAC Subcommittee, 2005/2006.
  • Co-Chair, First International Workshop on Agile Radios and Cooperative Networking (ARCON) for Next Generation Wireless Networks, in conjunction with IEEE CCNC, January 2006.
  • Program committee member (incomplete list)
    • CrownCom 2006/2007/2008/2009
    • IEEE DySPAN 2007/2008/2010
    • IEEE WCNC 2007/2008/2010
    • IEEE ICC 2006/2008/2009/2010
    • IEEE WoWMoM 2010
    • IEEE Globecom 2005/2007/2008/2009
    • Software Defined Radio (SDR) Workshop, in conjunction with IEEE SECON 2008
    • ACM BodyNets 2007
    • CHINACOM 2007
    • IEEE Workshop on Cognitive Networks 2007, in conjunction with IEEE CCNC 2007
    • IEEE CCNC 2007
    • International Workshop on Technology and Policy for Accessing Spectrum (TAPAS) 2006
    • Personalized Networks 2006/2007, in conjunction with ACM MOBIQUITOUS 2006/2007
    • International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems (WINSYS) 2006
    • IEEE ARCON 2006
    • IEEE International Workshop on Adaptive Wireless Networks (AWiN) 2005, in conjunction with IEEE Globecom 2005
    • IEEE MASS 2005
    • ICETE 2005/2006
    • IEEE IWSEEASN 2005
    • SBRC 2005/2006
    • WCSF 2004
  • Reviewer for many distinguished journals, conferences and funding agencies (e.g., NSF).
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