Consulting and Honors​

• ABET Criteria Committee working group on Curriculum, 2023.  

• ABET CAC Team Chair 2020-present.

• Commissioner, Computing Accreditation Commission, 2020-present

• IEEE Senior Member, 2020

• ABET Expert – Program Evaluator for Computer Science and Information Technology,  2015-present.

• Intellectual Property Consultant for Niro, Haller and Niro LLP, 2013-2014.

• American Council on Education Fellows Program – Candidate Evaluator, 2011.

• External Reviewer for Computer Science, St. Louis University, 2009.

• External Reviewer for Computer Science, Northeastern Illinois University, 2010.

• Intellectual Property Consultant for Wildman, Harold, Allen and Dixon LLP, 2007 – 2008.

• US Army Research Laboratories, 2002-2004.

• United Airlines, Corporate R & D. Mt. Prospect, IL, 2000-2001.

• United Airlines, Corporate R & D. Mt. Prospect, IL, 1999-2000.

• “Oracle PL-SQL Issues in Supplier Database”, Consultant, Amoco Chemicals, Lisle,  IL – February, 1998.

• Science Applications International Corporation, 1992-1995.

• Fellow, American Council on Education, 2009-2010.

• Summer Faculty Research Program at US Army Research Laboratories, 2002 and 2003.

• Nominated for Graduate Faculty of the Year at Loyola University of Chicago, 1999.

• Who’s Who of the South and Southwest, 1992.

• Who’s Who of the Young Professionals, 1993.

• Commendation for Excellent Performance in Doctoral Studies, 1989.

 

University Service

• Member, Life Sciences Chair Search Committee, TAMUCC, 2023.

• POC, Generative AI Resources, TAMUCC, 2023.

• Member, STEM Interdisciplinary Initiatives Task Force, Loyola Univ Chicago, 2020

• Member, CAS Dean Search Committee, 2020

• Member, Steering Committee for Digital Humanities, 2018-present.

• ACE Mentor for 1st generation college students, 2012-2015.

• Chair, subgroup on distance learning and satellite campuses of the Provost’s Task Force on Distance Learning and Global Education, 2009-2010.

• Representative to Chicago Mayor’s Council of Technology Advisors, 2007.

• Member of Presidential Advisory Council, Loyola University Chicago, 2005.

• Member of the search committee for Vice President of Information Technology  Services, 2005.

• Member of search committee for the Senior Associate Dean – SCTPS, 2004.

• Member of Loyola’s Information Technology Steering Committee: 1998-2000

• Member of the Graduate Studies Coordinating Board: 1998-1999.

• Member of the Executive Committee of the Graduate School: 1998-1999.

• Member of the Task Force for Merging Master’s and Ph.D. Councils (1996).

• Member of the Mundelein Committee for developing certificate and short courses in computer science for Chicago area professionals (1995-96).

 

Department Service (Loyola University Chicago)

• Hiring Committee Chair,  2016-2018. 

• Promotion committee chair, 2015-16.

• Online MS: Information Technology program committee, 2012.

• Member of the Dean’s Administrative Reductions Committee, 2011.

• Chair of the search committee for Criminal Justice Chair, 2010-2011.

• Computer Science Program Assessment, 2007-2008.

• Graduate Program, co-Director, 2005-2006.

• Chair of the space planning committee: 2003-2004

• Chair of the Bioinformatics Committee: 2002-2003

• Curriculum Committee member of Academic Council: 1999.

• Graduate Program Director in Computer Science, 1995-1999.

• Chair and member of search committees for faculty: 1997-2005.

 

Editorial & Professional Services

Refereed for the following organizations, conferences and journals: IEEE Access, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, Algorithmica, IEEE Transactions on Computers, National Science Foundation, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Information Processing Letters, IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Distributed  Computing, International Parallel Processing Symposium, International Conference on Parallel Processing, and Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science.

 

Membership in Professional Organizations

• Association of Computing Machinery

• Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

• Council of Fellows of the American Council on Education