Offices & Service
Offices
- Chair: Coalition for Academic Scientific Computing (CASC), 2009-2010
- Vice-Chair, Coalition for Academic Scientific Computing (CASC), 2008
- Vice-Chairman Columbus Chapter IEEE Executive Council, 1991
- Member-at-Large (Membership) Columbus Chapter IEEE Executive Council, 1990
- Chairman, IEEE Computer Society, Columbus Chapter, 1989-1993
- Vice-Chairman, IEEE Computer Society, Columbus Chapter, 1988
- StateNets meeting Secretary, IEEE Computer Society, Columbus Chapter, 1987
Service
Boards' Memberships
- Board Member, National Courts and Sciences Institute, 2022-present
- Editorial Board Member, Electronics, 2020-present
- DesignSafe Advisory Board, 2018-present
- Editorial Board Member, Scientific Data, 2016-present
- Board Member, CyVerse Advisory Board, 2016-present
- Board Member, Advisory Council for the Data 4 Decisions Conference organized by the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2014-2015
- Board Member, Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF), August 2013-present
- External Advisory Board, Arizona State University Advanced Computer Center, 2011-present
- Board Member, National Lambda Rail (NLR), April 2010 - Present
- President of GLCPC Board, 2011-2012
Committees' Memberships
Current
- Member of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (IEEE BIBM 2020) Program Committee, 2020-present
- Member of the Foundations of Data Science (FODS) Conference Program Committee, 2020-present
- Member of the NIH Workshop on Cloud-Based Platforms Interoperability Organizing Committee, 2019-present
- Member of the NCATS Data Translator, Publications Committee, 2018-present
- Member of the Data Science Leadership Summit Program Committee, 2018
- Member of the Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship Nomination Committee, 2016-present
- Member of the Technology Transfer Operations Committee, CURF, Clemson University, 2015-present
- Member of the Microsoft Technical Computing Executive Advisory Committee, 2009-present.
- Extramural Member, NIH Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC) Oversight Committee, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 2007-present
- Member of the Council on Competitiveness High Performance Computing Advisory Committee, 2004-present
Past
- Member of the SC17 State of the Practice, Technical Program Committee, 2016-2017
- Member of the Program Committee, RAMMMNets 2016: Workshop on Real-time Analytics in Multi-latency, Multi-party, Metro-scale Networks, Italy, 2016
- MCNC CEO/President Search Committee, MCNC, 2014
- Member of the Review Committee for Provost James Davis, UCLA, 2014
- Member of the Review Committee for Dean of the UNC School of Nursing, 2014.
- Steering Committee of the Center for Galapagos Studies; 2012
- Organizing Committee, NSF Workshop on High Performance Computing Center Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2010
- Organizing Committee, CASC/Educause Workshop Cyberinfrastructure, Indiannapolis, IN, July 2008.
- Member of High Performance Embedded Computing Conference Technical Committee, Conference held in Sept. 2004-2007, MIT/LL, Boston, MA
- Technical Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2004
- HPEC 2003 Technical Committee (reviewed 14 papers)
- Technical Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2003
- Invited member of technical program committee (TPC) for the 2003 IEEE International Conference eon Image Processing (ICIP) held in Barcelona, Spain 2003
- Member of High Performance Embedded Computing Conference Technical Committee, Conference held in Sept. 2003, MIT/LL, Boston, MA
- Invited member of technical program committee (TPC) for the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) http://www.icip2003.org) to be held in Barcelona, Spain in September 2003
- Member of High Performance Embedded Computing Conference Technical Committee, Conference held in Sept. 2002, MIT/LL, Boston, MA
- Reviewer for 2002 Learning 02 Conference Held in Bayona, Spain, Sept. 2002
- Technical Committee, Learning 02 Workshop, Madrid, 2002
- Program Committee, 2001 SPIE Conference on the Applications and Science of Computational Intelligence III, April, Orlando, FL
- Program Committee member, 1998 SPIE Conference on Applications and Science of Computational Intelligence, April 13-17, 1998, Orlando, FL
- Scientific Committee member, 1998 EUSIPCO Conference, September 8-11, 1998, Rhodes, Greece.
- Program Committee member, 1997 SPIE Conference on Science of Neural Networks, April 1997, Orlando, FL
- Scientific Advisory Committee, 1996 Workshop on Emergent Techniques in Signal Processing, June 1996, Bayona, Spain
- Program Committee member, 1996 SPIE Conference on Science of Neural Networks, April 1996, Orlando, FL
- Program Committee member, 1995 OAI Neural Network Workshop, August 1995, Athens, OH
- Program Committee member, 1995 SPIE Conference on Science of Neural Networks, April 1995, Orlando, FL
- Session Organizer, 1991 IEEE International Conference on Systems Engineering, Dayton, OH
- Member, Cognitive Science Center, Ohio State University
Committee and Conference Chairing, Co-Chairing
- Co-Chair, NIH Search Workshop, 2021-present
- Co-Chair, NIH Community and Governance Working Group, NIH Workshop on Cloud-Based Platforms Interoperability, 2020-present
- Chair, Sheps Director Search, UNC-CH, 2016
- Chair, Clemson University Research Foundation Strategic Planning Committee, 2015 – present
- Chair, Big Data Science Conference, Stanford U, Palo Alto, CA, May 2014
- Chair, NSF Taskforce on HPC, subcommittee on Regional Computing Centers, 2010-present
- Chair of Great Lakes Consortium for Petscale Computation (GLPC) Allocations committee; drafted allocations policies
- Chair, Coalition for Academic Scientific Computing (CASC), elected, 2009-2010
- Chair, Appalachian Broadband Task Force, Appointed by Congressman Space, 2008
- Chair, Arkansas External Advisory Committee, Little Rock and Fayetteville, AK, August, 2007
- Co-Chair, Ohio Broadband Council, appointed by Governor Ted Strickland, 2007-2009
- Chair, Arkansas External HPC Advisory Committee, Little Rock and Fayetteville, AK, 2007
- Co-chair, NSF Workshop Cyberinfrastructure and Chemical and Biological Process Systems, Washington, DC., Sept. 2006
- Co-chair, 2006 Cluster Symposium, Baltimore, MD, July 2006
- Co-Chair, Commodity Clusters Symposium, Greenbelt, MD, Jul. 2005
- Co-Chair, Council on Competitiveness Software Workshop, Washington, DC, Jul. 2005
- Co-Chair, 1999 DoD Signal and Image Processing Forum, May 21-22, 1999, Gulfport, MS
- Co-Chair, 1998 DoD Signal and Image Processing Forum, Feb 18-19, 1998, Aberdeen, MD
- Session chairman, 1994 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, July 1994, Columbus, OH
- Session chairman, 1994 IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks, June 26-27, Orlando, FL
- Program Committee, 1994 IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks, June 26-27, 1994, Orlando, FL
- Session chairman, 1993 SPIE Conference on Science of Neural Networks, April 12-16, 1993, Orlando, FL
- Session chairman, 1993 SPIE Conference on Applications of Neural Networks, April 12-16, 1993, Orlando, FL
- Session chairman, 1992 IEEE Conference on Tools for Artificial Intelligence, November 10-13, 1992, Herndon, VA
- Workshop Discussion Leader, 1988 Neural Information Processing Conference, December 1988, Denver, CO
Service to the State and Nation
Service to State Institutions
- Advisory Board, STEM Academy of NC, 2021-present
- National Advisory Board, Bryson Center for Judicial Science Education, 2018-Present
- External Advisory Board, Bioinformatics Research Center, NCSU, 2018-2021
- Chair, Broadband Tiger-Team, Governor-elect Strickland Transition Team
- Appointed by Gov. Strickland as Co-Chair of Ohio Broadband Council, 2007-2009
- Member, Ohio Council on Health Technologies
- Appointed by Congressman Z. Space Chair, Appalachian Broadband Task Force, 2008
Service to National Institutions
- NIH Jumpstarting Clinical Data Access to COVID-19 Research Workshop, Organizing Committee Member, July 2020
- Department of Energy’s program in Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), Reviewer, June 2020
- U.S. DHHS, NIH, and CDC Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, Reviewer, February 2020
- National Institute of Health, Review Panel, October 2014
- National Science Foundation, Review Panel, September 2014
- National Institute of Health, Review Panel, July 2014
- National Science Foundation (NSF) HPC Task Force, Regional Computing Centers, January 2010 – Present; MRI Review Panel, April 2011
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Workshop on Sustainable Research Centers, May 2010; OCI Data Task Force, Oct. 2010
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Committee of Visitors, MRI Program, June 2010
- National Science Foundation (NSF) OCI HPC Task Force, Dec. 2009
- National Science Foundation (NSF) MRI Committee of Visitors, April 2010
- National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR/STTC Panel, August 2008
- National Science Foundation (NSF) OCI-CDI Review Panel, August 2007
- National Science Foundation (NSF) HPC Panel, 2004, 2005
- National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR/STTC Panel, 1999
- National Science Foundation (NSF) CISE Reviews, 1997
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) CESDIA panel, Office of Space Science Administration, 1993
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Instrumentation Panel, 1992
- Ohio Supercomputer Center, 1990-1992
- Air Force Engineering Research Initiation Grants, 1991
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Scientific Computing Panel, 1991
- Office of Graduate Studies and Research, The Ohio State University, 1990
- Graduate Research Forum: Council of Graduate Students, The Ohio State University, 1990
Service to the University
Departmental Committees
- External Scientific Advisory Group, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC-CH, 2018-present
- Member, Resource Committee 2002-2003
- Multimedia Processing Group 2002-2003
- Chair, Computer Engineering 2001-2003
- Admissions and Recruiting 2001-2003
- Member, Strategic Planning Committee, 2001-2003
- Faculty Council 2001-2003, 2005-2008
- Under Graduate Studies, Recruiting 2001-2002
- Ad Hoc Distance Learning 2001-2002
- Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Sept. 2000 – 2002
- Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, September 1997-2002
- Member, Graduate Recruiting and Financial Aid, September 1996-September 1997
- Chair, Computer Facilities Committee, September 1994-1997
- Member, Department Faculty Council, January 1994-December 1996
- Member, Graduate Studies Fellowship Committee, September 1993-1994
- Member, Area Committee on Communications, 1992, September 1994- 2009
- Member, Graduate Studies Committee, September 1991-1994
- Member, Computer Facilities Committee, September 1989-1994
- Member, Area Committee on Computer Engineering, January 1987-1994
- Member, Unix Computer Committee, September 1987-1990
- Member, Communications and Signal Processing Committee
- Member, Ad Hoc Distance Learning Committee
- Communication and Signal Processing
- Curriculum Committee
- Resource Committee
College or University Committees
- Member, Faculty Research Committee, UNC-CH, 2016-2025
- Member, Data Science Working Group, UNC, appointed by the Provost, 2020-2022
- Member of the Commerce with Confidence Advisory Panel, UNC-CH, August 2020-present
- Member, Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, Internal Review Committee, March 2020
- Member, Data Science @ Carolina Research Subcommittee, UNC-CH, September-November 2019
- Member, Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, Internal Review Committee, March 2019
- Member, Data Science Initiative Working Group, UNC-CH, appointed by the Provost, 2018-2019
- Member, Data Science Proposal Planning Group, UNC-CH, 2018-2019
- Member, Dean Search Committee, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC-CH, 2017-2018
- Member, Campaign Faculty Ambassador Program, UNC-CH, 2017-2018
- Lead, Carolina Services/Research Administration Planning Team, UNC-CH, 2017-2018
- Member, Data Analytics Advisory Group 1, UNC-CH, appointed by the Provost, 2017-2018
- Member, Data Science Initiative Working Group, UNC-CH, 2017-2018
- Co-Chair, Data Science Initiative Committee, UNC-CH, 2016-2017
- Member, Christopher Kielt’s 360 Review Committee, 2017
- Member, Faculty Committee on Research, UNC-CH, 2016-2022
- Chair, Search Committee for Sheps Center Director, UNC-CH, 2016
- Member, Search Committee for Sheps Center Director, UNC-CH, 2014-2015
- Member, Distance Education Task Force, UNC-CH, 2014
- Member, Provost’s Task Force on the Stewardship of Digital Research Data, March 2011-present
- Member, Vice Chancellor of Research Search Committee: October 2010-March 2011
- Member, University Senate Fiscal Committee: September 2005-July 2008
- Member, University Senate: September 2005-July 2008
- Member, University Senate Program Committee, September 2001-July 2003
- Member, University Senate Steering Committee, May 2001-July 2003
- Member, University Faculty Council, September 2000-July 2003
- Member, University Senate, 1996-1999, 2000-2003
- Chair, University Steering Committee 2002-2003
- Chair, University Research Computing Advisory Committee, Sept. 1997-2003
- Chair, University Senate Steering Committee, May 2002-July 2003
- Chair, University Senate Executive Committee, 2002
- University Senate Program Committee, 2002
- Chair, University Research Computing Advisory Committee, September 1997-2009
- Member, College of Engineering Professional Leave Committee, September 1997-2009
- Member, University Research Computing Advisory Committee, October 1996-1997
- Member, University Computing Guidelines Committee, November 1996-2009
- Member, Security, Archives, Legal, and Disaster Recovery subcommittee of the University Computing Guidelines Committee, November 1996-2009
- Member, Council on Student Affairs, September 1996-1999
- Member, Council on Student Affairs Allocations subcommittee, September 1996-1999
- Member, College Ad-hoc committee on Computing Facilities Institution and Allocations, October 1996-January 1997
- Member, College Executive Steering Committee on Computing, September 1994-1997
- Member, College Honors Committee, January 1993-January 1996
- Member, University Senate (Alternative) September 1993-September 1996
- Member, College of Engineering Committee on Artificial Intelligence, January 1989-1990
- Member, College of Engineering sub-committee on Artificial Intelligence curriculum, 1989-1990