SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
- Registration Chair of the 2017 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (IEEE
CDC 2017)
- Member of IEEE Strategic Planning Committee (2015 – Present) - Member of IEEE MGA Finance Committee (2015 – Present)
- Associate Editor of IET Control Theory & Applications (2015 – Present) - Member of IEEE Awards Board (2014 – Present)
- Member of Ad Hoc Committee for Strategy and Roadmap (2014 – Present) - Member of Engineering Institute of Canada National Council (2014 – Present) - 2014-2015 President, IEEE Canada
- 2014-2015 Director (Region 7), IEEE Inc.
- Member of NSERC Review Committee for ECE (2013 – Present)
- Registration Chair of the 2014 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (IEEE
CDC 2014)
- Co-Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Systems Journal (2013 – Present)
- Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (2013 –
Present)
- Associate Editor of the European Journal of Control (2013 – Present)
- General Chair of the 2013 International Conference on Reliable And Convergent
Systems (ACM RACS 2013)
- Executive Co-Chair of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space
and Extreme Environments (IEEE WiSEE 2013)
- International Program Committee member of the 2013 IEEE Multi-Conference on
Systems and Control (IEEE MSC 2013)
- Steering Committee Co-Chair of the 2013 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy
Conference (IEEE EPEC 2013)
- Review Committee Member for The Italian Research and University Evaluation
Agency (ANVUR) (2012 – 2013)
- Associate Editor at Large for the 2012 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
- Local Arrangements Chair of the 2012 Research in Applied Computation Symposium
(ACM RACS 2012)
- Member of the Conference Editorial Board, IEEE Control Systems Society (2012 –
Present)
- Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
(2012 – Present)
- International Advisory Chair of the 2012 Research in Applied Computation
Symposium (ACM RACS 2012)
- General Chair of the 2012 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer
Engineering (IEEE CCECE 2012)
- Member of the Panel of Judges for the Best Student Paper Award of the 2011
American Control Conference (ACC 2011)
- Technical Program Committee Member of the 2011 CANEUS Fly-By-Wireless
Workshop (FBW 11)
- International Advisory Chair of the 2011 Research in Applied Computation
Symposium (ACM RACS 2011)
- External Assessor for Digital Control System Design of SIM University (2011)
- External to University for Ph.D. Examinations at the University of Waterloo, McGill
University and Ecole Polytechnique
- Technical Program Committee Member of the 2011 American Control Conference
(ACC 2011)
- Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Canadian Review (2011 – 2012)
- International Program Committee member of the 2011 IEEE Multi-Conference on
Systems and Control (IEEE MSC 2011)
- External Reviewer for Undergraduate Software Engineering Program of McMaster
University (2010)
- Technical Program Committee Co-Chair of the 2010 IEEE Canadian Conference on
Electrical and Computer Engineering (IEEE CCECE 2010)
- Member of the panel of judges for IEEE Canada-TELUS Competition (September
2009)
- Steering Committee Co-Chair of the 2010 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy
Conference (IEEE EPEC 2010)
- Technical Program Committee Member of the 2009 IEEE International Conference
- Managing Editor of IEEE Canadian Review (2009 – 2010)
- Technical Program Committee Member of the 2009 IEEE International Conference
on System of Systems Engineering (IEEE SoSE 2009)
- Judge for I-STAR Science and Technology Competition in Eastern Canada (February
2009)
- Technical Program Committee Member of 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and
Control (IEEE CDC 2009)
- Organizing Committee Member of IEEE Teacher In-Service Program in Montreal
(May 2009)
- Steering Committee Member of the 2009 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy
Conference (IEEE EPEC 2009)
- Local Arrangements Chair of the 2009 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference
(IEEE EPEC 2009)
- Member of the panel of judges for IEEE Canada-TELUS Competition (September
2008)
- Member of IEEE Canada’s Achievements Project Committee (2008)
- Technical Program Committee Member of the 2008 IEEE International Conference
on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC 2008)
- Technical Program Committee Member of the 2008 IEEE System of Systems
Engineering Conference (IEEE SoSE 2008)
- Associate Editor of the 2008 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer
Engineering (IEEE CCECE 2008)
- Member of the IEEE senior member selection panel (August 2007) - Associate Editor of the IEEE Systems Journal (2006 – 2012)
- Associate Editor of the 2007 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (IEEE CCA
2007)
- Editorial Board Member of Recent Patents on Electrical Engineering (2007 – 2011) - Chair of the IEEE Eastern Canada Area (January 2007 – 2009)
- Executive Committee Member of the IEEE Montreal Section as the past chair
(January 2007 – December 2008)
- Chair of the IEEE Montreal Section (January 2005 – December 2006)
- Chair of the Control Systems Chapter of the IEEE Montreal Section (June 2004 –
- Tutorial Co-chair of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and
Cybernetics in Montreal (IEEE SMC 2007)
- Awards Committee Chair of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems,
Man and Cybernetics in Montreal (IEEE SMC 2007)
- Co-chair of the 2007 IEEE Electrical Power Conference (IEEE EPC 2007)
- Local Arrangements Chair of the 2007 IEEE Electrical Power Conference (IEEE EPC
2007)
- Technical Program Committee Member of the 2007 IEEE Electrical Power
Conference (IEEE EPC 2007)
- Technical Program Committee Member of the 2007 IEEE System of Systems
Engineering Conference in San Antonio (IEEE SoSE 2007)
- Reviewer of technical journals and conferences, including Automatica and IEEE
SERVICE TO CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
- Incoming Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Postdoctoral Studies, School of
Graduate Studies (Starting January 1, 2015)
- Member of Department Research Committee (2015 – Present)
- Member of Department Awards Committee (2014 – 2015)
- Member of Department Teaching Committee (2012 – 2015)
- Acting Undergraduate Program Director (September 2012 – October 2012)
- Member of Undergraduate Studies Committee (2010 – 2011)
- Organizing Committee Chair of a workshop on Control Systems at Concordia
University (May 12-13, 2011)
- Member of Department Curriculum Committee (2010 – 2011)
- Member of Faculty Personnel and Tenure Committee (2010 – 2011)
- Member of Faculty Council (2010 – 2011)
- Undergraduate Program Director (2010 – 2011)
- Member of Department Teaching Committee (2010 – 2011)
- Organizing Committee Chair of a joint workshop on Control and Communications at
McGill University (May 27-28, 2010)
- Organizing Committee Chair of a joint workshop on Control and Communications at
Concordia University (November 12-13 2009)
- Member of Department Personnel Committee (2009 – 2011)
- Chair of M.A.Sc. Defences in the Department of ECE (2009 – 2010)
- Member of Concordia University Graduate Awards Committee (2009 – 2011)
- Organizing Committee Chair of a mini-symposium at Concordia University on
Advances in Control Technology (November 13-14, 2008)
- Organizing Committee Chair of a mini-conference at Concordia University in
celebration of the achievements of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science of Concordia University (May 29, 2008)
- Member of Recruitment Committee of the Department of ECE (2008)
- Coordinator of Department of ECE Capstone Projects (2007-2008)
- Chair of Department of ECE Graduate Awards Committee (2006-2008)
- Member of Department of ECE Graduate Awards Committee of ECE (2005-2006)
- Lab Committee (2005-2006)
- Member of Department of ECE Master of Engineering Admission Committee
(2004-2005)
- Member of Department of ECE Hiring Committee: Power Electronics (2004)
- Member of Department of ECE Resource Committee (2003-2004)
