Professional Activities

Research Conference Committees

• Program committee member, the 18th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC'24)

• Senior program committee member, the 29th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA'24)

• Program committee member, the 16th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'24)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Big Data, Small Data, Linked Data and Open Data (ALLDATA'24)

• Program committee member, the 16th International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management (eKNOW'24)

• Program committee member, the 16th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services (GEOProcessing'24)

• Program committee member, the 18th International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS'24)

• Program committee member, the 16th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD'24)

• Program committee member, the 31st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL'23)

• Senior program committee member, the 28th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA'23)

• Program committee member, the 15th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'23)

• Program committee member, the 34th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'23)

• Program committee member, the 35th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM'23)

• Program committee member, the 18th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'23)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Big Data, Small Data, Linked Data and Open Data (ALLDATA'23)

• Program committee member, the 12th International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GLOBAL HEALTH'23)

• Program committee member, the 12th International Conference on Data Analytics (DATA ANALYTICS'23)

• Program committee member, the 17th International Conference on Advances in Semantic Processing (SEMAPRO'23)

• Program committee member, the 25th International Conference on Information Integration and Web Itelligence (iiWAS'23)

• Program committee member, the 15th International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications (DBKDA'23)

• Program committee member, the 17th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC'23)

• Program committee member, the 15th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD'23)

• Program committee member, the 15th International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies (BIOTECHNO'23)

• Program committee member, the 15th International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management (eKNOW'23)

• Program committee member, the 15th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services (GEOProcessing'23)

• Program committee member, the 17th International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS'23)

• Advisory committee member, the International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Communication, IoT and Security (ICISCoIS'23)

• Program committee member, the 30th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL'22)

• Program committee member, the 33rd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'22)

• Program committee member, the 34th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM'22)

• Program committee member, the 16th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC'22)

• Program committee member, the 27th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA'22)

• Program committee member, the 14th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'22)

• Program committee member, the 24th International Conference on Information Integration and Web Itelligence (iiWAS'22)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Data Analytics (DATA ANALYTICS'22)

• Program committee member, the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'22)

• Program committee member, the 16th International Conference on Advances in Semantic Processing (SEMAPRO'22)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GLOBAL HEALTH'22)

• Program committee member, the 16th International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS'22)

• Program committee member, the 14th International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management (eKNOW'22)

• Program committee member, the 14th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD'22)

• Program committee member, the 14th International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies (BIOTECHNO'22)

• Program committee member, the 14th International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications (DBKDA'22)

• Program committee member, the 14th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services (GEOProcessing'22)

• PC co-chair, the 33rd International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM'21)

• Program committee member, the 29th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL'21)

• Program committee member, the 13th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'21)

• Program committee member, the 26th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA'21)

• Program committee member, the 32nd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'21)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Data Analytics (DATA ANALYTICS'21)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GLOBAL HEALTH'21)

• Program committee member, the 13th International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications (DBKDA'21)

• Program committee member, the 13th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD'21)

• Program committee member, the 13th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing (KMIS'21)

• Program committee member, the 15th International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS'21)

• Program committee member, the 13th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services (GEOProcessing'21)

• Program committee member, the 13th International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies (BIOTECHNO'21)

• Program committee member, the 15th International Conference on Advances in Semantic Processing (SEMAPRO'21)

• Program committee member, the 13th International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management (eKNOW'21)

• Program committee member, the 15th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC'21)

• Program committee member, the 16th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'21)

• Program committee member, the 28th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL'20)

• Program committee member, the 12th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'20)

• Best paper selection committee member, the 25th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA'20)

• Senior program committee member, the 25th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA'20)

• Program committee member, the 36th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE'20)

• Program committee member, the 31th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'20)

• Program committee member, the 32nd International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM'20)

• Program committee member, the 14th International Conference on Advances in Semantic Processing (SEMAPRO'20)

• Program committee member, the 15th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'20)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Data Analytics (DATA ANALYTICS'20)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GLOBAL HEALTH'20)

• Program committee member, the 12th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD'20)

• Program committee member, the 12th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing (KMIS'20)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms (BIOINFORMATICS'20)

• Program committee member, the 12th International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications (DBKDA'20)

• Program committee member, the 12th International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies (BIOTECHNO'20)

• Program committee member, the 14th International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS'20)

• Program committee member, the 12th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services (GEOProcessing'20)

• Program committee member, the 12th International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management (eKNOW'20)

• Program committee member, the 6th International Conference on Big Data, Small Data, Linked Data and Open Data (ALLDATA'20)

• Publicity chair, the 9th International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management (ICITM'20)

• Program committee member and session chair, the 31st International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM'19)

• Program committee member, the 30th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'19)

• Program committee member, the 13th International Conference on Advances in Semantic Processing (SEMAPRO'19)

• Program committee member, the 8th International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GLOBAL HEALTH'19)

• Program committee member, the 11th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'19)

• Program committee member, the 14th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'19)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD'19)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing (KMIS'19)

• Program committee member, the 5th International Conference on Big Data, Small Data, Linked Data and Open Data (ALLDATA'19)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications (DBKDA'19)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies (BIOTECHNO'19)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Advances in Satellite and Space Communications (SPACOMM'19)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management (eKNOW'19)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services (GEOProcessing'19)

• Program committee member, the 13th International Conference on Digital Society and eGovernments (ICDS'19)

• Program committee member, the 13th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC'19)

• Program committee member, the 10th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'18)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD'18)

• Program committee member, the 7th International Conference on Data Analytics (DATA ANALYTICS'18)

• Program committee member, the 29th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'18)

• Program committee member, the 13th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'18)

• Program committee member, the 7th International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GLOBAL HEALTH'18)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing (KMIS'18)

• Program committee member, the 30th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM'18)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management (eKNOW'18)

• Program committee member, the 4th International Conference on Big Data, Small Data, Linked Data and Open Data (ALLDATA'18)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications (DBKDA'18)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies (BIOTECHNO'18)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Advances in Satellite and Space Communications (SPACOMM'18)

• Program committee member, the 12th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC'18)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services (GEOProcessing'18)

• Program committee member, the 12th International Conference on Digital Society and eGovernments (ICDS'18)

• Program committee member, the 9th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'17)

• Program committee member, the 13th IEEE International Conference on Signal Image and Internet Based Systems (SITIS'17)

• Program committee member, the 6th International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GLOBAL HEALTH'17)

• Program committee member, the 12th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'17)

• Program committee member, the 8th International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical-Informatics (ITBAM'17)

• Program committee member, the 28th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'17)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies (BIOTECHNO'17)

• Program committee member, the 29th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM'17)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing (KMIS'17)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD'17)

• Program committee member, the 6th International Conference on Data Analytics (DATA ANALYTICS'17)

• Program committee member, the 3rd International Conference on Big Data, Small Data, Linked Data and Open Data (ALLDATA'17)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications (DBKDA'17)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services (GEOProcessing'17)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Digital Society and eGovernments (ICDS'17)

• Technical advisory committee member, the International Conference on Big-Data and Cloud Computing (ICBDCC'17)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Advances in Satellite and Space Communications (SPACOMM'17)

• Program committee member, the 6th International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management (ICITM'17)

• Program committee member, the 12th IEEE International Conference on Signal Image and Internet Based Systems (SITIS'16)

• Program committee member, the 8th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing (KMIS'16)

• Program committee member, the 8th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD'16)

• Scientific committee member, the 1st European & American Conference on Business Analytics, Supply Chain and Logistics (EUSA-BASCL'16)

• Program committee member, the 8th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'16)

• Program committee member, the 7th International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical-Informatics (ITBAM'16)

• Program committee member, the 27th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'16)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'16)

• Program committee member, the 5th International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GLOBAL HEALTH'16)

• Program committee member, the 8th International Conference on Advances in Satellite and Space Communications (SPACOMM'16)

• Program committee member, the 8th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services (GEOProcessing'16)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Digital Society and eGovernments (ICDS'16)

• Program committee member, the 26th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'15)

• Program committee member, the 12th IEEE AFRICON 2015.

• Program committee member, the 6th International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical-Informatics (ITBAM'15)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'15)

• Program committee member, the 7th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services (GEOProcessing'15)

• Program committee member, the 7th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'15)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS'15)

• Program committee member, the 4th International Conference on Global Health Challenges (GLOBAL HEALTH'15)

• Program committee member, the 22nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL'14)

• Program committee member, the 25th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'14)

• Program committee member, the 3rd International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV'14)

• Program committee member, the 5th International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical-Informatics (ITBAM'14)

• Program committee member, the 8th International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS'14)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'14)

• Program committee member, the 21st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL'13)

• Program committee member, the 24th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'13)

• Program committee member, the 4th International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical-Informatics (ITBAM'13)

• Program committee member, the 5th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'13)

• Program committee member, the 4th International Conference on Mobile, Ubiquitous, and Intelligent Computing (MUSIC'13)

• Program committee member, the 7th International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS'13)

• Program committee member, the 8th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'13)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT'13)

• Program committee member, the 20th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL'12)

• Program committee member, the 23rd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'12)

• Program committee member, the 4th ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'12)

• Program committee member, the 7th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'12)

• Program committee member, the 8th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT'12)

• Program committee member, the 3rd International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical-Informatics (ITBAM'12)

• Program committee member, the 5th International Confernce on Intelligent Networks and Intelligent Systems (ICINIS'12)

• Program committee member, the 3rd International Conference on Mobile, Ubiquitous, and Intelligent Computing (MUSIC'12)

• Advisory committee member, the International Conference on Innovations in Computers, Information and Communications (ICICIC'12)

• Program committee member, the 6th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA'11)

• Program committee member, the 3rd ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'11)

• Program committee member, the 8th International Conference & Expo on Emerging Technologies for a Smarter World (CEWIT'11)

• Program committee member, the 2nd International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical-Informatics (ITBAM'11)

• Program committee member, the 22nd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'11)

• Program committee member, the 3rd International Conference on Emerging Databases (EDB'11)

• Program committee member, the 2011 International Conference on Advances in Computing (ICAC'11)

• Program committee member, the 2nd ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'10)

• Program committee member, the 11th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM'10)

• Program committee member, the 21th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'10)

• Program committee member, the 1st International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical-Informatics (ITBAM'10)

• Program committee member, the 12th Asia-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb'10)

• Program committee member, the 20th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'09)

• Program committee member, the 1st ACM International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'09)

• Program committee member, the Joint International Conferences on Asia-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb) and Web-Age Information Management (WAIM), 2009

• Program committee member, the 5th IEEE International Conference on Soft Computing as Transdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSTST'08)

• Program committee member, the 19th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'08)

• Program committee member, the 9th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM'08)

• Program committee member, the 2nd International Conference on BioInformatics Research and Development (BIRD'08)

• Program committee member, the 10th Asia-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb'08)

• Program committee member, the SIGMOD Ph.D. Workshop on Innovative Database Research (IDAR'07)

• Track co-chair, "Data Warehousing and Mining" Track of the 18th Annual IRMA International Conference (IRMA'07)

• Program committee member, the 18th Annual IRMA International Conference (IRMA'07)

• Program committee member, the 18th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'07)

• Program committee member, the 18th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI-2006)

• Program committee member, the 4th International Conference on E-Governance (ICEG2006)

• Program committee member, the 2006 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'06)

• Program committee member, the 2006 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services (SWWS'06)

• Program committee member, the 2006 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'06)

• Program committee member, the 2005 International Symposium on Web Services and Applications (ISWS'05)

• Program committee member, the 2005 International Conference on Pervasive Systems and Computing (PSC'05)

• Program committee member, the 7th Asia Pacific Web Conference (ApWeb'05)

• Session chair, the 2004 International Conference on Internet Computing (IC'04)

• Program committee member, the 2004 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'04)

• Session chair, the 2004 International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PCC'04)

• Program committee member, the 6th Asia Pacific Web Conference (ApWeb'04)

• Program committee member, the 14th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI'02)

• Program committee member,  the 29th Annual Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Informatics (SOFSEM'02)

• Session chair, the 10th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS'02)

• Session chair, the 3rd International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM'02)

• Publicity chair and program committee member,  the 2nd International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM'01)

• Publicity chair,  the 16th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE'00)

• Program committee member, the 10th International Database Symposium on Mobile, XML and Post-relational Databases (IDS'00)

• Program committee member, the 1st International Conference on Web Information System Engineering (WISE'00)

• Program committee member, the 11th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI'99)

• Program committee member, the 1999 International Symposium on Database, Web and Cooperative Systems (DWACOS'99)

• Workshop chair, workshop on "Query Optimization in Advanced Database Systems" of the CASCON'99

• Program committee member, the 11th ISCA International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering (CAINE'98)

• Co-editor, the Proceedings of 1998 ACME VIII International Conference

• Session chair, the 9th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS'96)

• Workshop co-chair, workshop on "Query Processing and Optimization" of the 4th National Conference on Databases in China (1985)

Journal Editorial Boards and Other Professional Services

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2020 - present), IEEE

• Associate Editor, Information Sciences (2013 - present), Elsevier

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Data Science and Analytics (2022 - present), Springer

• Associate Editor, Journal of Big Data (2023 - present), Springer

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Big Data (2014 - 2023), Springer

• Lead Guest Editor, Distributed and Parallel Databases (2021 - 2022), Springer

• Associate Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Information Processing and Management (2012 - 2020)

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Computers (2011 - 2020)

• Editorial Board Member, International Journal on Advances in Software (2012 - 2020)

• Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Computers and Their Applications (2010 - 2012)

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Computers and Their Applications (2005 - 2009)

• Editor, Journal of Computers (2008 - 2010)

• Information Management Coordinator/Director, the IEEE Southeast Michigan (SEM) Section (2012 - 2013)

• Chair of the Communications Committee, the IEEE Southeast Michigan (SEM) Section (2012 - 2013)

• Chair of the Information Management Committee, the IEEE Southeast Michigan (SEM) Section (2012 - 2013)

• Panelist, US National Science Foundation (NSF), Information Integration and Informatics program (III, 2012)

• Panelist, US National Science Foundation (NSF), the Information and Knowledge Management program (IKM, 2005)

• Expert reviewer, The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC, 2007 - )