Recognition & Awards
- IEEE Spectrum, Dailymail, SciTech, TechCrunch Articles and France24, Saudi TV, and Duabi TV live interviews on our work on Aqua-Fi, 2020.
- eeDesignlt, telecoms.com, digitaltrends.com, techtarget.com articles on our 6G vision, 2020.
- Techxplore.com, news-medical.net, eurekalet.org articles on our work on communication via breath, 2019.
- Photonics Media, Phys.org, and Innov Oil articles and Saudi TV interview on our work on underwater video communications, 2018.
- Recipient of the Best Paper Award at IEEE WiMob, 2013.
- KAUST Excellence Annual Review Recognition, 2012.
- Recipient of the Best Paper Award at AFIN, 2011.
Editorship
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Communications and Networks. 2020-Present.
- Guest Editor, MDPI Sensors, Special issues on Industrial Internet of Things. 2020-Present.
- Senior Editor, IEEE Communication Letters. 2017-Present.
- Editorial Board Member, Photonic Network Communications Journal. 2013-Present.
- Guest Editor, Special Issue on Multimedia Communications and Networks, Scientific World Journal. 2014-2016.
Conference Organization
- Technical Program Committee, IEEE Conference on Green Communications (GreenComm). 2015.
- Organizing Committee, IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR). 2015.
- Organizing Committee, International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (Mobiquitous). 2014.
- Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). 2014-Present.
- Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks (CrownCom). 2014.
- Technical Program Committee, IEEE Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN). 2013-2014.
- Organizer, Workshop on LabView, National Instruments. 2012.
- Technical Program Committee, ACM/IEEE/IPAC International Conference on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE). 2012-Present.
- Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN). 2012-2016.
- Organizing Committee, Workshop on Hot Trends in Computer Science. 2011.
- Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS). 2011.
- Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). 2010-Present.
- Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC). 2010-Present.
- Technical Program Committee, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). 2009-Present.
- Technical Program Committee, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). 2008-Present.
- Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Broadband Access Technologies in Metropolitan Area Networks. 2006.
Journal Reviewer
- Photonic Network Communications Journal.
- IEEE Transactions on Communications.
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
- IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
- IEEE Systems Journal.
- IEEE Communication Letters.
- Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal.
- Elsevier Computer Networks.
- Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing.
- Security and Communication Networks.
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials.