Best Paper Award (Systems Track), IEEE Cloud Summit, 2024.
IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award, 2024.
ACM Distinguished Member, 2022.
Inducted in IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN), the Honor Society of IEEE, 2022.
IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor Award, 2021. (Inducted in the inaugural class.)
IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Big Data Best Journal Paper Award, 2019.
IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award, 2016.
IEEE Golden Core Member Award, 2016.
IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing Research (Middle Career Researcher), 2016.
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, 2016.
IEEE Computer Society Meritorious Service Certificate, 2016.
Tapestry of Diverse Talents Award, North Dakota State University (NDSU), ND, USA, 2016.
ACM Distinguished Speaker, 2015.
Exemplary Editor, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Communications Society, 2014.
Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET, formerly IEE), elected May 2013.
Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS), elected Jan. 2013.
Outstanding Summer Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor Award, NDSU, ND, USA, 2013.
Best Paper Award, IEEE Intl. Conf. on Scalable Computing and Communications (ScalCom), 2012.
Sudhir Mehta Memorial International Faculty Award, NDSU, ND, USA, 2012.
Chinese Academy of Sciences Young International Scientist Fellowship, 2011.
Researcher of the Year Award, College of Engineering, NDSU, Fargo, ND, USA, 2011.
Best Paper Award, ACM/IEEE Intl. Conf. on Green Computing & Communications (GreenCom), 2010.
Nortel Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, University of Texas, Arlington, TX, USA, 2008.
John S. Schuchman Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, University of Texas, Arlington, TX, USA, 2007.
Inducted in Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the Computer Science Honors Society, 2007.