Academic Service

Member: Learning Outcomes Ad-hoc Committee (with J. Dill, H. Selban, S. Vivian) – (Fall 2012 – Spring 2013)

Member: 3D Software Working Party (with R. Woodbury, R. Taylor, K. Zuppen) – (Spring 2011)

Faculty Advisor: SolidLab Prototyping Space, SIAT, SFU, 2009 – Present)

Chair: Graduate Admission Committee, SIAT, SFU (2007 - 2009)

School Liaison: SFU Surrey Library, SIAT Representative (2007 - Present)

Member: Graduate Program Committee, SIAT, SFU (2007 - Present)

Member: Graduate Admission Committee, SIAT, SFU (2006 - Present)

Member: Tenure Promotion Committee, SIAT, SFU (2007 - 2008)

Faculty Representative: SFU Senate Library Committee, FAS, SFU (2007 - 2008)

Member: Lab and Facility Committee, SIAT, SFU (2007 - 2008)

Faculty Representative: UAE University Faculty Affairs Committee (2005 - 2006)

Member: Software Engineering Program and ABET Committee (2005 - 2006)

Chair: Teaching Effectiveness Committee, (2004 - 2006)

Member: Computer Programming Curriculum Committee (2004 - 2005)

Member: CIT Strategic Planning Committee (2004 - 2006)

Member: CIT Building Utilization and Transition Committee (2005 - 2006)

Chair: College Examination Board, UAE University (2004)

Member: Library-Text Book Committee, UAE University (2004)

Member: Teaching Effectiveness Committee, UAE University (2004)

Faculty Representative: Faculty and Staff Orientation and Support Services Work Group (2004)

Member: University Education Council, Carnegie Mellon University (2002-2003)

Member: Exploratory Space Task Force, Carnegie Mellon University, (2001-2002)

Member: Office of Technology for Education, Carnegie Mellon University (2001)

Academic Community Involvement

Committee Member: CAADRIA 2014 (Paper Selection Committee)

Reviewer: Frontiers of Architectural Research Journal, Elsevier

Reviewer: SIGCHI 2013

Reviewer: VisWeek, SciVis-InfoVis-Vast, 2012

Reviewer: Journal of Computer Aided Design, 2012

Reviewer: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2011

Reviewer: ACADIA 2011, Calgary Canada

Referee and Advisor: SIAT Spring Showcase and Competition, 2011

Reviewer: SmartGeometry 2011, Denmark; 2012, New York; 2013, London UK

Reviewer: CAADRIA 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.

Reviewer: CAAD Futures 2009, Montreal Canada; 2011, Liege Belgium.

Reviewer: Book Chapters for Gu N. and X. Wang (eds.), Computational Design Methods and Technologies: Applications in CAD, CAM and CAE Education (2010).

Reviewer and Publication Co-chair: Innovation in IT Conference Al-Ain, UAE (2008)

Reviewer: International Journal of Computational Science (2007 Special Issue)

Reviewer: Innovation in IT 07 Conference Dubai, UAE (2007)

Reviewer: International Journal of Computers and Applications (2004 - 2005)

Participant: Interdisciplinary Charete Day on University Restructuring, SFU Burnaby Campus, (2007)

Judge: First Lego League Challenge, BC Provincial Competition (January 2008)

Judge: First Lego League Challenge, Fraser Valley Competition (November 2007)

Judge: UAE National Programming Contest (2006)

Judge: UAE National Programming Contest (2005)

Publication editor, organization committee member, and reviewer: Innovation in IT 05 Conference, UAE (2005)

Organization committee member and reviewer: Innovation in IT 04 Conference Dubai UAE (2004)

Graduate student representative: Graduate Student Assembly at Carnegie Mellon University (2001-2003) (www.andrew.cmu.edu/~gsa)

Graduate student representative: Master and Ph.D. Committee at School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University (1997-1998)

Workshop Participation and Interest Group Meetings

ITAC Digital Commerce Roundtable: “Finding Your Place in an Apps World”, Vancouver March 2, 2011

Presenting Data and Information, by Prof. Edward Tufte, April 29, 2009

Visual Analytics - Science and Application, Vancouver, February 2-5, 2008

Writing for Publication [ENGS-803, instructor Steve Whitmore], Spring 2008

SIAT, SFU University Restructuring Meetings, Spring and Fall 2007

Interaction Design Reading Group [lead by Prof. Alissa Antle], Spring 2007

Workshop on Graduate Supervisory for Faculty [lead by Dean of Graduate Studies, SFU], February 9, 2007

Research Ethics/UILO [by Justine Bizzocchi], SFU Surrey, December 13, 2006

SmartGeometry Workshop [funded by organization], January 2006, Cambridge UK

IBM Websphere Application Development Workshop, Spring 2005

Design Requirements Modeling Workshop, G-CAD Symposium 2004.

Design Requirements Management with DOORS (Telelogic), Spring 2004

IBM DB2 Certification Workshop, Spring 2004

Active and Collaborative Learning, (by Dr. Karl Smith), UAE University, Spring 2004

Affiliations

Automation, Communication and Machinery (ACM) [SIGCHI and SIGSOFT] (2007 - Present)

Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) (2002-Present)

Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) (2004-Present)

IBM Academic Initiative (2005 - Present)

Engineers and Architects Chambers of Turkey (1991-2000)