Resume
Academic Achievements
- UTSA Cloud Technology Endowed Fellowship, 2022–2023
- UTSA CS Department Annual Faculty Research Award, 2022
- NSF CAREER Award, 2020
- Dwane and Velma Wallace Excellence in Teaching Award, 2017
- Finalist for the Wichita State University Academy for Effective Teaching (AET) Award, 2016
- U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2015
- Wichita State University Award for Research/Creative Projects, 2014
- Nokia Invention Awards in 2010 and 2011
- Graduate Student Research Award, 2005
- Published in top venues including IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and ACM Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice, e.g., 'ScooterID: Posture-based Continuous User Identification from Mobility Scooter Rides' (2024) and 'Feasibility Analysis for Sybil Attacks in Shard-Based Permissionless Blockchains' (2023)
Research Experience
- Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, September 2021 – Present
- Assistant Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, January 2018 – August 2021
- Assistant Professor, Wichita State University, January 2012 – December 2017
- Lecturer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), September 2011 – December 2011
- Research Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), September 2008 – September 2011
- Graduate Assistant, State University of New York at Buffalo, August 2003 – May 2008
- Software Engineer and Technical Leader, Investment Research and Information Services Ltd., June 2000 – June 2002
- Summer Faculty Fellow, US Air Force Research Lab - Information Directorate, June–August 2015