Honors and Awards

  • Best Journal Paper Award, the Big Data Technical Committee, IEEE Communications Society, 2020
  • Best Application Award, PAKDD, 2018
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE DASC, 2017
  • 2nd Place in IEEE Big Data Analytics Competition at IEEE BHI 2017, Sponsored by IEEE Big Data Initiative, February 2017
  • Best Paper Award, ChinaCom, 2014
  • Meritorious Service Certificate as a “Top Reviewer”, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), April 2014
  • National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2012
  • Chair, Wireless Communication Working Group, supported by the Bagley College of Engineering and the Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED) at MSU, 2011–2012
  • StatePride Faculty Award, Mississippi State University, 2011
  • StatePride Faculty Award, Mississippi State University, 2010