·         Fellow of International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences (AAIS), 2026

·         Best Paper Award, “DAEE: Degeneracy-Aware Entailment Entropy as Uncertainty Quantification for LLM-Assisted Measurements”, IEEE International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Instrumentation and Measurement 2026

·         Career and 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019 top-2%-cited scientist in the subfield of Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing based on standardized citation indicators

·         IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications Gold Contribution Award, 2024

·         IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Technical Award “for contributions to the advancement of machine learning-assisted measurements”, 2023

·         Best Paper Award, “Memory-Efficient High-Accuracy Food Intake Activity Recognition with 3D mmWave Radars”, ACM Multimedia’s International Workshop on Multimedia Assisted Dietary Management 2023

·         Student Best Paper Finalist, “InARMS: Individual Activity Recognition of Multiple Subjects with FMCW Radar”, IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2022

·         Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), 2022

·         IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Distinguished Service Award, “for exceptional and tireless service to the I&M Society and its members and for dedication to elevate the stature of the IEEE TIM through quality”, 2021

·         Best Idea for project “Action Recommendation Engine”, Ciena Tech Forum 2020

·         IEEE TIM 70^th Anniversary Gold Medal, for the most-published author in the past 7 years from Canada, 2020

·         IEEE TIM 70^th Anniversary certificate for the Top 70 most-published author of all time, 2020

·         George S. Glinski Award for Excellence in Research, recognizing Faculty of Engineering’s Researcher of the Year (among 140 professors), University of Ottawa, 2019

·         Associate Editor of the Year, ACM Trans. on Multimedia Comp., Comm., and Applications, 2019, 2018, 2010, 2009

·         IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications Silver Contribution Award, 2019

·         Best Associate Editor Award, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2018, 2016

·         IEEE Impact Creator, 2018

·         Senior Member ACM, 2017

·         IEEE Fellow “for contributions to multimedia systems and network measurements”, 2017

·         Outstanding Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement,2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

·         Nominated, from among 65 professors at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, for the Faculty of Engineering’s John V. Marsh Award for Teaching Excellence in 2014, 2013, 2010, and 2009

·         George Armitage Outstanding Student Branch Award for Region 7 (Canada), as Branch Councilor of uOttawa IEEE Student Branch, 2013

·         Best Paper Award, "A Time Rewind System for Multiplayer Games", International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering 2013

·         Best Student Branch, as Branch Councilor of uOttawa IEEE Student Branch, IEEE Ottawa Section Annual General Meeting 2012, 2010, and 2009

·         Dean’s Commendation Letter, for having received a perfect score of 100% in the excellent or good categories from student evaluations of my teaching for ELG 5100 in 2011, ELG 4912F in 2010, ELG 7187A in 2009, ELG 7186C in 2008, and ELG 7186X in 2006

·         Second Place Winner, as Branch Councilor of uOttawa IEEE Student Branch, IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award for Region 7 (Canada), 2011

·         Best Paper Award, “A Dominating Set Based Peer-to-Peer Protocol for Real-Time Multi-Source Collaboration”, IEEE International Workshop on Collaborative Peer-to-Peer Information Systems 2007

·         Third Prize demo winner, for demo “MPEG-21 Adaptation of Video Learning Objects”, I²LOR 2006 Conference

·         IEEE Senior Member, 2004 - 2016

·         Best Paper Award, “Collaborating in 3D Virtual Environments: A Synchronous Architecture”, IEEE Workshop on Knowledge Media Networking 2000

·         University of Ottawa Doctoral Research Scholarship, 2000

·         Canadian Advanced Technology Association Scholarship in Telecommunications Software, 1998

·         University of Ottawa National Excellence Scholarship, 1998-2000

·         Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Post Graduate Scholarship, NSERC PGS-B 1998-2000

·         First Prize winner, ACM/IBM Quest for Java contest (Entry: JETS), 1998

·         Third Prize winner, ACM/IBM Quest for Java contest (Entry: jStreaming), 1997

·         IEEE Ottawa Section Best Graduate Student Award, 1997

·         University of Ottawa Excellence Scholarship, 1997/98, and 1996/97

·         Ontario Graduate Scholarship, OGS 1997/98, and 1996/97

·         University of Ottawa Graduate Admission Scholarship, 1995/96

·         Professional Engineers of Ontario Gold Medal, 1995

·         University of Ottawa Gold Medal for highest standing in the Faculty of Engineering, 1995

·         Professional Engineers of Ontario "Academic Achievement Award", 1995

·         University of Ottawa Plaque for highest standing in Electrical Engineering, 1995

·         Dean's Honor List, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, 1994/95, 1993/94, 1992/93, and 1991/92

·         Ottawa Board of Education Silver Medal for second-highest convocation standing, 1991

·         Subject Award for highest convocation standing: Calculus, 1991

·         Subject Award for highest convocation standing: Algebra & Geometry, 1991