Professional Services & Activities

 

Keynote & Invited Talks: 

  • Empowering Education with Trustworthy AI: A Framework for Learning Enhancement,"  The University of Applied Sciences, Vienna, Austria, June 3, 2024.
  • Transforming Education Using AI, 8th International Conference on Emerging Applications of Information Technology, Kolkata, January 12, 2024
  • AI in Education: Transforming Learning with Generative AI, LLMs, and Chatbots, Jadavpur University, India, January 9, 2024
  • Trust in AI: Building a Foundation for Ethical and Reliable Technologies - BBS, University of Bologna, Italy, September 15, 2023
  • Keynote Talk: Trustworthy AI: Navigating the Problems and Challenges, 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, IIT Dhanbad, India on March 4, 2023.
  • Internationalization of Indian Higher Education, 5th Global Education Forum (GEF) 2022, Organized by the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Nov 30, 2022, New Delhi, India.
  • IoT-based Fire and Smoke Detection in Smart Cities using Deep Learning, IEEE Santa Clara Valley CES, Santa Clara, September 17, 2019.
  • Application of AI & Machine Learning in Data Science, jointly organized by Jadavpur University, Global JU Alumni Foundation, Calcutta Regional Centre - IIChE, Alumni Association of NCE & JU, Kolkata, July 26, 2019.
  • Challenges & Limitations in Deploying Recommendations Systems, 6th Intl. Data Science Summit, Kolkata, August 10, 2018.
  • Future Trends in Data Science, Data Science Boot Camp, TiE, Silicon Valley, December 2017. 
  • The cloud and big data as the cornerstone for Smart Cities, IOT Tech Expo North America, Santa Clara, October 20, 2016
  • Distributed Shortest Path Routing Strategies for Mobile Ad Hoc Wireless Networks,  at Ericsson Research Labs, San Jose March 9, 2016
  • Problems & Challenges for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Location-based
    Services and Advertising - From Industry Perspective, at Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, December 2010
  • Routing in Ad Hoc Networks at Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, January 2003
  • Efficient Data Management for Pervasive Computing, IBM Silicon Valley Lab, San José, January 2002.

Professional Activities

  • Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking.
  • Member of the Organizing Committee & Co-Chair, IEEE ANTS Workshop, IIT Guwahati, December 2024.
  • Member of the Organizing Committee & Co-Chair, IEEE ANTS Workshop, Jaipur, December 2023.
  • Workshop Co-Chair: International Workshop on Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles and IoT, (UAV-IoT 2023), September 25-27, 2023, Toronto, Canada.
  • Member of the Organizing Committee & Panel Co-Chair, IEEE ANTS, IIT Gandhinagar, India, December 2022. 
  • Panel Co-Chair, IEEE ANTS, Hyderabad, December 2021. 
  • Co-Chair, 2021 IEEE Summit on Future Technologies, August 2021, San Francisco Bay.
  • Program Chair, IEEE International Summit on Future Technology on August 16, 2022, Fremont, CA
  • Publicity Co-Chair, COMSNETS, January 2021.
  •  Tutorial Co-Chair, IEEE ANTS 2020, New Delhi, December 2020. 
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer, Wireless Networks, Ad Hoc Networks
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Communications Letters
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer, Decision Sciences Journal
  • Co-Chair, IEEE ANTS Workshop, Bhubaneswar, December 2017. 
  • Co-Chair, IEEE Smart World Congress Summit, San Francisco, August 2017.
  • Co-Chair, IEEE ANTS Workshop, Bangalore, November 2016.
  • Co-Chair, Big Data Applications for Enterprise, Industry and Business Track, IEEE Big Data Service, Oxford, UK, March 2016.
  • Co-Chair, Workshop on Large Scale Complex Network Analysis (LSCNA 2015), Kolkata, December 2015
  • Member of the Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), 2017,2016, 2015
  • Member of the Program Committee, International Conference Theory and Practice in Modern Computing (TPMC), 2015
  • Member of the Program Committee, International Conference on Soft Computing and Software Engineering (SCSE'15), 2015
  • Member of the Program Committee,  International Conference on “Recent Trends in Information Technology” ICRTIT-2014
  • Member of the Program Committee, IADIS Theory and Practice in Modern Computing (TPMC), 2012, 2013
  • Member of the Program Committee, IADIS International Conference on Telecommunications, Networks and Systems, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • Member of the Program Committee, International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication (ADCOM), 2007, 2008, 2010
  • Member of the Program Committee, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, 2007, 2008
  • Member of the Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Computing: Theory & Applications, March 2007
  • Local Chair, Third International Conference on Broadband Networks (BroadNets), October 2006
  • Member of the Program Committee - 17th Annual IRMA International Conference, May 2006
  • Member of the Program Committee - 6th International Workshop on Distributed Computing (IWDC), December 2004
  • Member of the Organizing Committee - First International Conference on Broadband Networks (BroadNets), October 2004
  • Reviewer of major conferences including IEEE INFOCOM, GLOBECOM, ICC, AMCIS

Awards and Honors 

  • Lucas Fellowship Award, 2006, 2007, 2009.
  • Linda Morash e-Learning Innovation Fellowship 2008.
  • University Planning Council Grant, Spring 08, Spring 07.
  • Lottery Professional Development Grant, San Jose State University, 2006.
  • CSU Research Funds Award, 2005-06.
  • SJSU Global Studies Institute Fellow, 2004-05.
  • CSU-SJSU Faculty Award for Research, Scholarship and Creativity, 2003-04.
  • Junior Faculty Career Development Award, San Jose State University, Fall 2002.
  • Visiting Research Scientist, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, December 2002.