PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Professor, Montclair State University (MSU), School of Computing 09/2003 – present

(Assistant Professor 2003-2008, Associate Professor 2008-2012, Full 2012-present)

• Program Director (PD)-IPA (Rotator), National Science Foundation 01/2018 – 01/2021

Directorate of Computer Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) 

• Assistant Professor, University of New Orleans, Department of Computer Science 09/2002 – 08/2003

• Visiting Academic

University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics 05/2018 – 06/2018 / University of Geneva, Medical Image Processing Group 08/2017 - 09/2017 / University of Oxford, Engineering Sciences Department 01/2011 – 03/2011 / Uppsala University, Center for Image Analysis 09/2010 – 12/2010

•  Graduate Assistant

Syracuse University, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department – Research Assistant 05/2000-08/2002, Teaching Assistant 08/1998-08/2000 / University of Iowa, Department of Computer Science – Teaching Assistant 08/1997-07/1998

HONORS AND AWARDS 

• Fulbright Visiting Specialist Roster Candidate (2016-2023)

• Featured Reviewer, ACM Computer Reviews, May 2015

• Annual Best Review Nominee (1 out of 20) ACM Computer Reviews, 2015

• Phi Kappa Phi, Apr 2011

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Senior Member, Jan 2010

• Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member, Nov 2008

• IEEE Region 1 Award Category 3H For Contributions to the Engineering Profession in Exemplary Service, May 2008

• Montclair State University Teaching Fellow 2008-2009

• Montclair State University, Leadership Associate 2008

• Who’s Who America’s Teachers and Educators 2007

• Who’s Who in America 2006

• Richard Tapia Celebration of Computing Conference Scholarship, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Oct 2005

• Faculty Scholarship Program, Montclair State University 2004 - present

• Wilbur LePage Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Candidate in Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Aug 2002

• Syracuse University Graduate Summer Fellowship, Syracuse, NY, Jun 2000 – Jul 2000

• Romanian Ministry of Education National Scholarship and Fellowship, Iasi, Romania, 1992 – 1997

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Image Analysis and Data Fusion School, Computer Vision for Earth Observation, Oct 2022

• Harvard Institutes for Higher Education, Aligning Strategic Priorities with Financial Resources in Higher Education (SPFR), Jan 2022

• Franklin Covey, Leading at the Speed of Trust Course, Dec 2020

• American Management Association, Comprehensive Project Management Course, Sep 2020

• NSF Learn Academy, Coaching Skills for Everyone, Jul 2020

• Montclair State University, Certificate for Teaching Online and Hybrid, Jul 2014

• Computing Research Association, Leadership in Science Policy Institute (LiSPI), Apr 2013

• Computing Research Association, Academic Careers & Effective Teaching, Feb 2006