PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES and ASSOCIATIONS
Current:
• IEEE AI Coalition, Representative of IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS), 2026 -
• President, IEEE IMS, 2025 -
• Lifetime Senior Member, ACM (Special Interest Group Multimedia - SIGMM), 2017 -
• Member, IEEE CS Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing (TCMC), 2016 -
• Member, IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Multimedia Communications (MMTC), 2016 -
• Key Member, IEEE MMTC Multimedia Cloud Computing Interest Group, 2015 -
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Member, IMS Administrative Committee (AdCom) (Committees: Membership,
Awards, Conferences, Publications, Fellows Coordination, Nominations
and Appointments), 2014 -
• Working Group Member, IEEE IMS TC-37 Technical Committee on Measurements and Networking, 2009 -
• Licensed Professional Engineer, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO P.Eng.), 2004 -
Past:
• IEEE Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB) Publishing Conduct Committee, 2024 - 2025
• Executive Vice President, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS), 2023 - 2024
• Chair, Society Management Committee, IEEE IMS, 2023 - 2024
• IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) Periodicals Committee, 2022 - 2023
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, 2017 - 2023
• IEEE IMS Corresponding Member of IEEE TAB/PSPB, 2018 - 2022
• Co-Chair, IEEE IMS TC-15 Technical Committee on Virtual Systems in Measurements, 2011 - 2018
• Vice President, IMS AdCom, Membership Development Committee, 2015 - 2017
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Responsible for the operations of this committee. Designed a new
strategy for the committee, optimized budget allocation, enhanced
organizational style, designed and implemented progress metrics,
introduced "Best Student Chapter Award", assigned Travel Grant priority
to IMS Student members, and introduced the Women in Engineering program
in the committee. All have led to increased membership and engagement.
• Lifetime Professional Member, ACM (Special Interest Group Multimedia - SIGMM), 2004 - 2017
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Board of Directors, IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement
Technology Conference (I2MTC) 2014 - 2016
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of the Board responsible for the operations of IEEE I2MTC: the flagship
conference of the IEEE IMS society, making policies for the conference
and annually choosing the winning bid for the next editions of the
conference. Personal contributions include creating the “Associate TPC”
role for I2MTC, which successfully contributed to higher technical
quality, and introducing the I2MTC "Industry Sessions".
• Senior Member IEEE, 2004 - 2016
• IEEE uOttawa Student Branch Councilor, 2007 - 2016
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Councilor of the IEEE uOttawa Student Branch. Under my council, the
branch made great progress; e.g., winning 5 awards, including the 2013
George Armitage Outstanding Student Branch Award recognizing the best
student branch in Canada, or launching its Woman In Engineering (WIE)
affinity group.
• Officer, IEEE Ottawa Section, 2007 - 2016
• IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, 2009 - 2012
JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD
• Editorial Board, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, 2015 -
• Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement, 2024 - 2025
• Founding Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement, 2022 - 2023
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Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing,
Communications, and Applications (TOMM), 2017 - 2023
• Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2017 - 2021
• Steering Committee, IEEE Transactions on Games, 2018 - 2020
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2016 - 2019
• ACM TOMM Nicolas D. Georganas Best Paper Award Committee, 2016 - 2018
• Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2013 and 2016
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Senior Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Multimedia
Computing, Communications, and Applications, 2014 - 2016
• Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, 2014 - 2015
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2010 - 2012, and 2014 - 2015
• Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, 2009 - 2013
• Associate Editor, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer, 2004 - 2012
• Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, 2007 - 2010
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Information Director, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing,
Communications, and Applications, 2003 - 2008
• Editorial Board, International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, 2005 - 2007
JOURNAL GUEST EDITOR
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Special Issue on “Artificial Intelligence and Measurement”, IEEE
Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, May 2027.
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Special Section on “Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning for Video Coding and Streaming", IEEE Open Journal of Signal
Processing, Vol. 2, 2021.
• Special Double Issue
on “Instrumentation and Measurement in Canada”, IEEE Instrumentation
& Measurement Magazine, Vol. 24, Issue 2 (April 2021) and Issue 3
(May 2021).
• Special Issue on IEEE ISM 2016 top papers, IEEE MultiMedia Magazine, Vol. 24, Issue 2, April-June 2017.
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Special Issue on IEEE I2MTC 2015, IEEE Transactions on
Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 65, No. 5, May 2016
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Special Issue on “Cloud Gaming and Virtualization”, IEEE
Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Vol. 25, No.
12, December 2015
• Special Issue on IEEE MeMeA
2014, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 64,
Issue 8, August 2015
• Special Issue on “3D Mobile
Multimedia”, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications,
and Applications, Vol. 8, No. 3S, September 2012
• Special Issue on “Network and Systems Support for Games”, Springer’s Multimedia Systems Journal, 2012
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Special Issue on IEEE HAVE 2010, IEEE Transactions on
Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 60, No. 11, November 2011
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Special Issue on “ACM Multimedia 2010”, ACM Transactions on
Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, Vol. 7S, Issue
1, October 2011
• Special Issue on IEEE HAVE 2009,
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 60, No. 1,
January 2011
• Special Issue on “Massively
Multiplayer Online Gaming Systems and Applications”, Multimedia Tools
and Applications, Springer, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2009
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Special Issue on “Haptic Audio Visual Systems and Applications”,
Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2008
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Special Issue on “Collaborative Multimedia Applications in
Technology”, International Journal of Computer Applications in
Technology, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2007
PANELS
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Panelist, “AI and Foundation Model-empowered Testing”, Future
Advanced Testing Technology Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, November 1, 2024
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
• General Co-Chair, IEEE Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Instrumentation and Measurement 2026
• TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Measurement in Networking and Communication 2026
• Workshops Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo 2025
• TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Measurements & Networking 2024
• General Co-Chair, ACM Multimedia Systems 2023
• Program Coordinator, ACM Multimedia 2023
• General Co-Chair, IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2022
• Best Paper Award Committee, ACM Multimedia 2022
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Special Session Co-Chair, “Collaborative Multimedia Processing
and Communication”, IEEE Visual Communications and Image Processing 2021
• Panel Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo 2021
• Workshop Co-Chair, ACM Multimedia 2020
• Area Chair, ACM Multimedia 2019, Systems and Middleware area
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Symposium Co-Chair, Multimedia Computing and Communications
symposium, IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and
Communications 2019
• Workshop Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval 2018
• Best Paper Award Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2017
• Workshop Co-Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2017
• Area Chair, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo 2017
• Author’s Advocate, ACM Multimedia 2016
• TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia 2016
• TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2016
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TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Computational
Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and
Applications 2016
• Special Session Co-Chair,
“Multimedia Big Data and Could Computing”, IEEE International
Conference on Multimedia & Expo 2016
• Program Co-Chair, IEEE CloudCom Workshop on Delay-Sensitive Video Computing in the Cloud 2015
• TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2015
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TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Computational
Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and
Applications 2015
• General Co-Chair, IEEE
International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual
Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications 2014
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General Co-Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Cloud Gaming
Systems and Networks 2014 (workshop of IEEE ICME 2014)
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TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Computational
Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and
Applications 2013
• Tutorials Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo 2013
• General Co-Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games 2013
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General Co-Chair, IEEE Conference on Virtual Environments,
Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems 2012
• General Co-Chair, ACM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video 2012
• General Co-Chair, International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments 2012
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General Co-Chair, IEEE Workshop on Interactive Ambient
Intelligence Multimedia Environments 2012 (workshop of IEEE ICME 2012)
• General Co-Chair, ACM/IEEE Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games 2011
• General Co-Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games 2011
• Best Papers Award Committee, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo 2011
• Demo Co-Chair, ACM Multimedia 2011
• Session Chair, Interactive 3D Multimedia, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo 2011
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Track Co-Chair, 3D Interactive Media and Immersive Environments,
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo 2011
• General Co-Chair, International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments 2011
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Session Chair, “Smart Sensors and Sensor Networks”, IEEE
International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2011
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Local Arrangement Co-Chair, IEEE Conference on Virtual
Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems 2011
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Local Arrangement Co-Chair. IEEE Conference on Computational
Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications 2011
• International Liaison, International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing (AISP) 2011
• Session Chair, “Improving Multimedia Delivery”, ACM Multimedia 2010
• TPC Chair, Systems and Networking Track - Full Papers, ACM Multimedia 2010
• International Advisory Panel, Symposium on Progress in Information and Communication Technologies 2010
• TPC Co-Chair, International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments 2010
• TPC Co-Chair, IEEE Int. Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games 2010
• International Advisory Panel, Symposium on Progress in Information and Communication Technologies 2009
• TPC Co-Chair, IEEE Int. Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games 2009
• General Co-Chair, IEEE Int. Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games 2008
• TPC Chair, Systems and Networking Track - Short Papers, ACM Multimedia 2008
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Session Chair, “Telecommunications III”, IEEE International
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2008
• TPC Co-Chair, IEEE Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications 2008
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Session Chair, “Mobile, Ad-hoc, and Peer Networks”, International
Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms, and Networks 2008
• TPC Chair, IEEE Int. Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games 2007
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Session Chair, “Human-Computer Interface in Applications”, IEEE
Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and
Measurement Systems 2007
• TPC Chair, IEEE Int. Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications 2006
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Track Program Chair, “Virtual Reality and New Media” track, IEEE
Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2006
• TPC Chair, Intelligent, Interactive Learning Object Repository Network (I2LOR) Conference 2006
• Session Chair, “Virtual Environments”, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2005
• TPC Chair, IEEE Int. Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications 2005
• Exhibit and Poster Chair, IEEE Multimedia Computing and Systems Conference 1997
CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE
• IEEE International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments 2019
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IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and
Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications 2016
• ACM International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments 2015
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IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and
Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications 2015
• ACM International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments 2014
• ACM/IEEE Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games 2014
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IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and
Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications 2014
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IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and
Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications 2013
• ACM International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments 2013
• ACM/IEEE Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games 2013
• IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games 2013
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IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and
Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications 2012
• IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games 2012
• IEEE Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems 2012
• IEEE International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments 2012
• ACM/IEEE Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games 2012
• International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments 2011
TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2021
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2020
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2019
• ACM Multimedia 2018
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2018
• ACM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video 2018
• IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Big Data 2018
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ACM Multimedia 2017, Multimedia Transport and Delivery area,
Multimedia Systems and Middleware area, Doctoral Symposium
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2017
• ACM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video 2017
• IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Big Data 2017
• International Workshop on Multimedia Assisted Dietary Management 2016
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2016
• ACM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video 2016
• ACM Multimedia 2015, Systems track
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2015
• ACM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video 2015
• ACM/IEEE Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games 2015
• IEEE Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications 2015
• International Workshop on Multimedia Assisted Dietary Management 2015
• VideoNEXT Workshop 2014, ACM SIGCOMM CoNEXT conference
• ACM Multimedia 2014, Systems and Middleware track
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2014
• ACM/IEEE Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games 2014
• ACM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video 2014
• ACM Workshop on Mobile Video 2014
• ACM Workshop on Serious Games 2014
• IEEE Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications 2014
• IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2014
• IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2014, special track on Networked Games
• International Conference on Electronics Computer and Computation 2014 (Ankara, Turkey)
• ACM Multimedia 2013, Multimedia Systems and Middleware Track
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2013
• ACM/IEEE Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games 2013
• ACM Workshop on Mobile Video 2013
• ACM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video 2013
• IEEE Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications 2013
• IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2013
• Euro-Par Workshop on Large Scale Distributed Virtual Environments on Clouds and P2P 2013
• ACM Multimedia 2012, Doctoral Symposium Track
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2012
• IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo 2012
• ACM/IEEE Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games 2012
• IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2012
• ACM Workshop on Mobile Video 2012
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IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference,
Peer-to-Peer Networking and Content Distribution Workshop 2012
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2011
• ACM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video 2011
• Foundations of Digital Games, 2011
• Computer Graphics International, 2011
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IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference,
Peer-to-Peer Networking and Content Distribution Workshop 2011
• IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2011
• ACM/IEEE Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games 2010
• ACM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video 2010
• ACM Multimedia Systems 2010
• IEEE Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications 2010
• IEEE/ACM Symposium on Distributed Simulations and Real-Time Applications 2010
• IEEE Conference on Virtual Environments Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems 2010
• International Conference on Embedded and Multimedia Computing 2010
• IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2010
• IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing 2010
• SBC Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality 2010
• ACM Multimedia 2009, Systems Track
• ACM/IEEE Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video 2009
• IEEE International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications 2009
• SPIE/ACM Multimedia Computing and Networking 2009
• IEEE Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications 2009
• IEEE/ACM Symposium on Distributed Simulations and Real-Time Applications 2009
• International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments, IEEE Virtual Reality 2009
• IEEE Conference on Virtual Environments Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems 2009
• IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2009
• Int. Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems 2009
• IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing 2009
• SBC Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality 2009
• IEEE/ACM Symposium on Distributed Simulations and Real-Time Applications 2008
• International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments, IEEE Virtual Reality 2008
• IEEE Conference on Virtual Environments Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems 2008
• IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2008
• Int. Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems 2008
• IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing 2008
• SBC Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality 2008
• IEEE Conference on Virtual Environments Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems 2007
• IEEE Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications 2007
• IEEE/ACM Symposium on Distributed Simulations and Real-Time Applications 2007
• ACM Multimedia 2007, Systems Track
• IADIS e-Society Conference 2007
• Int. Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems 2007
• IEEE Int. Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing 2007
• ACM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video 2007
• Reviewer, IEEE Virtual Reality 2007
• SBC Symposium on Virtual Reality 2007
• Reviewer, ACM Computer Supported Cooperative Work 2006
• ACM Multimedia 2006, Systems Track
• IADIS e-Society Conference 2006
• Int. Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems 2006
• IEEE Int. Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing 2006
• ACM Multimedia 2005, Systems Track
• Int. Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems 2005
• Intelligent Interactive Learning Object Repositories Network (I2LOR) Conference 2005
• IEEE Int. Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications 2004