Curriculum Vitae

Augustine (Gus) Samba 1 Fall 2016

AUGUSTINE SAMBA P.O. Box 615

Aurora, OH 44202

gus.samba@gmail.com

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Industry - Extensive experience in research and development of wireless and mobile networking

systems, telecommunications and communication protocols: Issued 3 US patents and 5 International patents for inventions in network systems

Extensive background in telecommunications engineering, computer engineering, design and development of network/telecom systems algorithms, state machines, systems engineering for real-world systems that are deployed in enterprise and service providers’ networks

Teaching - Taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses in computer science, computer engineering technology, digital sciences and telecommunications networking

Strong experience with design and development of two successful curricula yielding significant high ROI (over $3,500,000.00): Computer Engineering Technology (CET), Telecommunications (DSTN), both at Masters and Bachelor degrees respectively

Strong experience coordinating the CET program. My efforts yielded high ROI; Created successful synergy between the College of Technology and ICT Corporations: Juniper Networks, All-State Networking Div., Westfield Insurance ICT and Cisco Networking. Each corporation contributed to the CET program.

Current research: (a) Developed a novel framework to enable management and control of heterogeneous communications network systems to diagnose faults, configurations, performance, security issues and resolve pertinent issues in real-time. (b) Distributive Sensors and Continuous Data stream Network Systems Architecture for Real-time Management of Smart Grids and associated wired/wireless smart devices

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kent State University

2007 – Present Associate Professor 2004 – 2006 Visiting/Assistant Professor

1. TEACHING o Face-to-Face and Online: Taught several courses at the Bachelor and Master’s degree

programs in computer science, computer engineering technology and telecommunications, including programming languages: C++, Python, VB.Net, Advanced VB.Net and Programming Theory and Apps; Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Computer Organization and Design, Networking Hardware, Computer Hardware Engineering and Architecture, Advanced Networking, Network Management and Design Technology, Advanced Network Management and Design Technology, Technology of Networking, Requirements Engineering and Analysis Technology, Telecommunications Infrastructure, Wireless Networks and Telecommunications Systems, Capstone in Digital Science, Individual Research Topics, Wireless and Telecommunications Systems Requirements Engineering.

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o Fall 2016 CS Courses: Taught Introduction to VLSI Systems, Advanced Digital Design, Capstone Project/ Software Systems Development Project

o My CS lecture notes [click link] on Operating Systems for “File Systems Interface” is cited in

US 8200895 B2 patent [click link] issued to Microsoft for “File System Recognition

Structure”. June 12, 2012

o Teaching Labs: Designed, developed and supervised 4 teaching labs: VB.Net, Networking

Hardware [switching, VLANs, VLAN security and design, routing, OSPF, IP ACL, IP4, IP6 and VoIP], Computer Hardware Engineering and Architecture; and Network Management and Design Technology Lab based on SolarWinds NMS Platform

o Fall 2016 - Computer Engineering (CE) Proposal for the CS Department: Conducted

extensive research in Computer Engineering curriculum. Developed the CE proposal for the computer science department. Please refer to the Appendix for the CE course descriptions.

o Fall 2016 - Initiated a linkage between the Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drone) curriculum at

Sinclair and the computer science department. Identified 6 areas of faculty research in drones

2. LEAD FACULTY

o Created a new curriculum, Computer Engineering Technology (CET), for Bachelor and Master’s degree programs – This effort involved (i) the design and development of 15 new CET courses aligned with current industry standards and computer engineering technology discipline.

The following is a summary of the new courses that I designed and developed for the Bachelor and Master’s Computer Engineering Technology concentrations:

TECH 26010 - INTRO COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY TECH 26301 - NETWORKING HARDWARE I TECH 36302 - NETWORKING HARDWARE II TECH 43222 - COMPUTER HARDWARE ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE TECH 46330/56330 - VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMING IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY [VB.Net] TECH 46350 - NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGY TECH 46411/56411 - REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING AND ANALYSIS TECH 46312 - WIRELESS NETWORK AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

TECH 66330 ADVANCED VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMING IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY [Advanced

VB.Net] TECH 66350 - ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGY TECH 66380 - ADVANCED NETWORKING TECH 66411 - WIRELESS AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING

CREATED A UNIQUE SYNERGY BETWEEN COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS AND CISCO SMEs

(NETWORKING ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND ARCHITECTS) TO COLLABORATE ON REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING PROJECTS –

30 PROJECTS OVER 3 YEARS SPAN -. PROJECTS HOSTED ON CISCO SECURED WEBSITE. CISCO CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO VIEW SAMPLE STUDENTS’ PROJECT COLLABORATIONS WITH CISCO

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o VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM:

https://welcome.webex.com/welcome/lsr.php?RCID=47b3180a6a5db9df04ebfefb43f2932b

o DIGITAL PATIENT DATABASE https://welcome.webex.com/welcome/lsr.php?RCID=796fe03b78caba49bce5ed6ed2da9efd

o DUDE, WHERE’S MY BUS? THE PARTA MOBILE APP: https://welcome.webex.com/welcome/lsr.php?RCID=4b9a39b81d03479a99b911f1d15784e7

ADDITIONAL STUDENTS’ PROJECTS o Virtual Lab (ACE V-LAB)

o Mobile Phone for the Deaf

o Future Cars (Vehicle-to Vehicle & Vehicle-to-Infrastructure)

o TOOTH (Dental Office Transaction System)

o Sign Phone for the Deaf

o Home Energy Management System

o Vehicle Collision Avoidance System

o Electronic Bank Transaction System

o Inter Vehicle Communication Protocols for Co-operative Collision Warning.

o ATMs for Wheelchair Bank Customers

o HTTP SOLUTIONS

o Unmanned Ground Vehicles

o Home Automation System

o Develop a home automation system which allows home owners to control the home appliances from

remote locations.

o Digital Patient Database II

o Online Application Portal

o Human Image Detection

o Requirements of iPhone-D for Deaf (IPD)

o Communication system for DEAF people

o Wi-Fi PEN DRIVE

o University parking system showing nearest available slot for parking your vehicle.

o Easy Campaign

o ACCIDENT PREVENTION SYSTEM USING EYE BLINKING AND HEAD MOVEMENT

o Speedy Checkout

o Car Parking System

o ENHANCING USER FRIENDLY REQUIREMENTS IN A VEHICLE FOR DISABLED PEOPLE

o Automated Banking System II

o Online Currency Exchange and Money Transfer

3. Other Computer Engineering Technology Responsibilities

o Created the CET industry advisory board. The board consists of managers/engineers from: Cisco Networking Corporation, All-State Networking Div., Westfield Insurance ICT Div, Kent State University Information Services Director; AllState and the Westfield Insurance Group have both committed to providing internship to students; sought facilities and resources from industry to support course delivery; maintained the integrity of the CET curriculum

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o Successfully accomplished the following outcomes for CET: (i) CET was granted ATMAE accreditation in spring 2015. (ii) Managers/Engineers from CISCO across the US, including Silicon Valley, England and Australia worked with graduate students on at least 30 requirements engineering projects. (iii) Cisco is presently mentoring 2 female students as a pilot program (iv) All-State Networking Division provided networking hardware for the CET labs, and offered annual internship for CET students, All-State Networking Manager and Engineers worked with students on their requirements engineering projects, (v) signed MOU for collaborative work between faculty/students and Westfield Insurance and (vi)Juniper signed agreement (click link for details) with the College to provide networking hardware and software resources for the CET program. Juniper has donated a virtual (cloud-based) Networking Lab to the College for students and faculty. (vi)The revenue from the CET program has exceeded $3,500,000.00.

i. Curriculum Development for The School of Digital Sciences (DSCI)

I developed the Digital Systems Telecommunication Networks concentration at the Master’s and

Bachelor degrees respectively in Digital Sciences. This effort involved contributions of the other 4

DSCI original committee members. The Digital Systems Telecommunication Networks concentration focuses on the communication

infrastructure needed by an organization and the design and management of a telecommunication system and

computer network to meet those needs.

I designed and developed two new DSCI specific courses:

DSCI 26010 – TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DSCI 60998 - CAPSTONE PROJECT IN DIGITAL SCIENCES

Other DSCI Accomplishments: Gave joint presentation to OBR, in Columbus, OH for the Master’s degree program in 2012. Program was subsequently approved

4. Graduate (MS) Students’ Projects Supervised Includes:

“Network Traffic Management Techniques”; Tahani Aljohani

“WiMAX 802.16e: 4G wireless Broadband High-Speed network”, Terence F. Tama

“ Image Encryption using cryptography in Physical Layer”, Srilatha Yenigalla

“Security in Fiber Optics Networks”, Sirisha Yalamanchili

“Multiprotocol Label Switching”, Nuttapong Phantkankum

“Qi: Wireless Power Standard”, Chung-Pin Wang,

“Storage Area Networks”, Abdulaziz N. Alshaqawi

“Next Generation Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) System for the Disabled Bank Customers”, Sirisha

Yalamanchili,

“Broadband wireless technologies”, Srilatha Yenigalla

“A Modified 2-Dimensional Mesh Architecture for Network on Chips”, Farshad Bozorgi

“Emergency Medical Response Systems (EMR)” , Siva sai tej pasupuleti

“Mobile Phone for Deaf People”, Jeevankumar Aginaparthi et. al

“Managing Communication Infrastructure of Smart Grid”, Tharun Kanth Kolloju

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“Highway Electronic Toll Collection System”, Jaswanth Kumar Kanamarlapudi

“Next Generation Intelligent Networks”, Pavan Kumar Kodali “Transitioning to E-learning”, Saleh Awaja “Network Management for Power Line Communication” , Shanthan Kumar Jogavajjala “Internet Protocol Television System”, Srinivas Rao Kothapeta “Microcontroller Based Security Authentication for Car using GPS”, Vijay Karthik Battina “Error Correcting Codes for Wireless Communications”, Santhoshini Vallakati,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (UMUC), LAGO, MD Adjunct Professor, Information and Technology Systems Department

i. UMUC TEACHING Developed and taught the following graduate (MS) online courses

o ITEC 620 - Information Technology Infrastructure - [Fall 2010, Summer 2011] o TLMN 645 - Wireless Telecommunications Systems - [Summer 2010] o ITEC 626 - Information Systems Infrastructure - [Spring 2010, Summer 2015]

ii. UMUC CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT

Collaborated with two faculty members to enhance the Wireless Telecommunications Systems

course (TLMN 645). Introduced networking communication protocols, architectures and

specifications based on current industry standards

5. Research at Kent State University i. Framework for Network Management and Control in Wireless Networks: This research included the

design of novel networking framework characterized by continuous data streams, analysis of real-time continuous data streams, the development of a suite of real-time algorithms and state machines, analysis of the Application and Middleware layers of autonomous and heterogeneous sensor entities, decision graphs and distributed architectures.

Research Outcome: (i) Awarded US Patent No.8,868,725 B2; exploring research funding

opportunities for airborne networks ii. Cloud Computing (CC) Architectures: Collaborative research with colleague, Irena Bojanova from

UMUC Research Outcomes: (i) Published one peer-reviewed paper on CC; (ii) Published second peer-

reviewed paper jointly with Irena Bojanova; and gave two conference presentations jointly with Irena Bojanova.

iii. Smart Grids – Distributive Sensors and Continuous Data stream Network Systems Architecture for Real-time Management of Smart Grids and associated wired/wireless smart devices

AUGUSTINE SAMBA, “LOGICAL DATA MODELS FOR CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURES”, IEEE IT

PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL ON CLOUD COMPUTING, MANUSCRIPT ITPROSI-2011-06-0048.R2, PP. 19 –

26., FEB. 2012. ALSO AVAILABLE AT IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY DIGITAL LIBRARY: DOI:10.1109/MITP.2011.113

AUGUSTINE SAMBA, IRENA BOJANOVA “ANALYSIS OF CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE MODELS”;

ADVANCED INFORMATION NETWORKING AND APPLICATIONS (WAINA), 2011 IEEE WORKSHOPS OF

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, MARCH 22-25, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-7695-4338-3

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AUGUSTINE SAMBA, “A NETWORK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR EMERGING TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NETWORKS”, SPRINGER-VERLAG ISBN 978-0-387-32921-5; SEPTEMBER 10, 2006

AUGUSTINE SAMBA, “INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NETWORK”, IN THE “PROCEEDINGS OF SPRING SIMULATION MULTI-CONFERENCE 2005”, PAGES 97 –

104, APRIL 7, 2005. ISBN 1-56555-296-2; SPONSORED BY SOCIETY FOR MODELING AND SIMULATION

INTERNATIONAL Industry Publications (click here for details)

CONFERENCES

IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTEGRATED NETWORK MANAGEMENT & INTEGRATED

MANAGEMENT IN THE AGE OF BIG DATA, OTTAWA, CANADA, MAY 11-15, 2015 – [I ATTENDED

CONFERENCE] AUGUSTINE SAMBA, IRENA BOJANOVA “ANALYSIS OF CLOUD COMPUTING DELIVERY ARCHITECTURE

MODELS”, 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED INFORMATION NETWORKING AND

APPLICATIONS (AINA), BIO AND INTELLIGENT COMPUTING (BICOM 2011) TRACK. MARCH 22-25, 2011

SINGAPORE.

AUGUSTINE SAMBA, IRENA BOJANOVA,“CLOUD WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDER”, NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES 2011 CONFERENCE; SOCIETY FOR ADVANCED LEARNING TECHNOLOGY (SALT), ORLANDO, FL. FEBRUARY 23 -25, 2011.

AUGUSTINE SAMBA, “APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME MULTIMEDIA NETWORK TRAFFIC

MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN WIRELESS NETWORKS”, VERIZON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, OCTOBER 29, 2010

AUGUSTINE SAMBA,, “ADAPTATION OF INTELLIGENT NETWORK ROUTING TO FUTURE/AUTOMATED

BANKING”; DIEBOLD CORPORATION, NORTH CANTON, OH. JULY, 14, 2009

AUGUSTINE SAMBA, “INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NETWORK”, APPLIED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYMPOSIUM, SPRING SIMULATION MULTI-CONFERENCE

2005, APRIL 3 - 7, 2005 SAN DIEGO, CA; SPONSORED BY SOCIETY FOR MODELING AND SIMULATION

INTERNATIONAL

AUGUSTINE SAMBA, “A NETWORK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR EMERGING TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NETWORKS” SYMPOSIUM ON MODELING AND SIMULATION TOOLS FOR EMERGING TELECOMMUNICATION

NETWORKS: NEEDS, TRENDS, CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS; MUNICH GERMANY, SEPTEMBER 8 – 9, 2005

AUGUSTINE SAMBA, “REAL-TIME NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN NEXT GENERATION

NETWORKS”, COLLOQUIUM, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

AUGUSTINE SAMBA, “INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL FOR HETEROGENEOUS

NETWORKS”, COLLOQUIUM, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

AUGUSTINE SAMBA, “A NEW PARADIGM IN PAIN MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL”, POSTER PRESENTATION, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, MAY 2006

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Related Publications and Patents US Patent Publications

US Patent No.8,868,725 B2 “APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME MULTIMEDIA NETWORK

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT & CONTROL IN WIRELESS NETWORKS”, Augustine S. Samba, October 21, 2014 [click link above]

US Patent No. 6,289,095 B1: NPA SPLIT MANAGEMENT IN INTELLIGENT NETWORK ENVIRONMENT, Augustine

Sylvester Samba, Anthony Buttitta, September 11, 2001 [click link above]

US Patent Publication No. 2002/0196793 A1, END-USER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS ACCESS NETWORK, Augustine Samba, Atila Boros, Olu E. Lafe, December 26, 2002 [click link above]

US Patent No. 5,539,815A : Network Call Routing Controlled by a Management Node, Augustine S. Samba, July 23, 1996. [click link above]

Canada Patent (CIPO) Award Publications CA 2167862 NETWORK ROUTING CONTROLLED BY A MANAGEMENT NODE CALL/ACHEMINEMENT

DES APPELS DANS UN RESEAU COMMANDE PAR UN APPEL A UN NOEUD DE GESTION, Augustine Sylvester Samba, September 28, 1999

CA 2280102, NPA SPLIT MANAGEMENT IN INTELLIGENT NETWORK ENVIRONMENT/GESTION DE

DIVISION DE PLAN DE NUMEROTAGE DANS UN ENVIRONNEMENT DE RESEAU

INTELLIGENT, Augustine Sylvester Samba, Anthony Buttitta, July16, 2002,

European (Britain, France, Germany) Patent Award (EPO) Publication EP1005238 B1: NPA SPLIT MANAGEMENT IN INTELLIGENT NETWORK ENVIRONMENT/ MANAGEMENT

DISTRIBUÉE À NPA DANS UN ENVIRONMENT DES RÉSEAUX INTELLIGENTS/ NPA-GETEILTES MANAGEMENT

IN INTELLIGENTER NETZWERK-UMGEBUNG, Augustine Sylvester Samba, Anthony Buttitta, October 24, 2001

Japan Patent (JPO) Publication

JPJP,3728154,B “NPA DIVISION MANAGEMENT IN INTELLIGENT NETWORK ENVIRONMENT”, Augustine Sylvester Samba, Anthony Buttitta

Korea Patent Award (KIPO) Publication

KR2000028730/1006337160000, NPA SPLIT MANAGEMENT IN INTELLIGENT NETWORK ENVIRONMENT/

인텔리전트 네트워크 환경에서의 엔피에이 분할 관리,

Augustine Sylvester Samba, Anthony Buttitta, October 13, 2006

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University Citizenship

Served on the Provost’ committee of 5 faculty members to conceptualize and design a new unit: The

School of Digital Sciences

School of Digital Sciences Interdisciplinary Curriculum Committee (2012 – Present)

Served on the School of Digital Sciences Inter disciplinary Advisory Committee (IAC) from 2012/2013 –

2015/2016 Academic Years. I am the liaison between the school of Digital Sciences and the College of

Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology

[2012 – 2016] Serves as Digital Sciences Contributing Interdisciplinary Faculty (CIF):

(2010 – 2014) Served on the KSU International Students and Scholar Integration Committee

In spring 2010, the Provost created the International Student and Scholar Integration Committee (ISSIC). The purpose of the ISSIC is to address concerns and issues that arise for international students and scholars at KSU. The ISSIC then recommend to the Director of International Student Recruitment, Admissions and Advising necessary actions and policies to improve the experiences of and services for

international students and scholars at KSU. Served on Provost Search Committee for the Dean of CAEST (2012)

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program, the Institute of International Education, Council for International

Exchange Scholars – Principal Faculty Contact & Mentor, Kent State University (2013)

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program, the Institute of International Education, Council for International Exchange Scholars – Mentor (2012)

Served on the NTT Assistant Professor Promotion Review Committee (2013)

Served on the NTT Assistant Professor NPAB Committee (Spring 2014)

Information Technology Advising Board Member for the Maplewood Career Center, Ravenna High School (2011 – Present)

Gave a joint presentation to the Ohio Board of Regency (OBR) meeting in Columbus, OH to approve the Master of Digital Sciences program for the School of Digital Sciences (2012)

Journal/Conference Paper Reviewer I provided peer-reviews of papers submitted to the following journals/conferences

05-Sep-2013 “Fault-Tolerance of Commercial Telecommunication Systems,” ITPro-2013-08-

0066 .IT Professional Journal

July-2012 “A Survey on Cloud Database,” ITPro-2012-07-0062.R1 for IT Professional Journal

June 25-28, 2012 ”Comparison of private cloud infrastructure implementation models” 34nd

International Conference "Information Technology Interfaces" ITI 2012,

Cavtat/Dubrovnik, Croatia,

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11th Communications and Networking Simulation Symposium (CNS'08), Ontario Canada April

14 – 17, 2008- Reviewed technical papers on wireless networks, Modeling Techniques and

Network Congestions, which were submitted to CNS ‘08

Reviewed papers on mobile, wireless networks, network management, wireless CDMA network design

and Authentication Protocols for mobile Ad-Hoc networks, which were submitted to the “10th

Communications and Networking Simulation Symposium” (CNS'07) conference. CNS’07 is sponsored by

Society for Modeling and Simulation International and ACM

Reviewed technical papers on mobile, wireless networks and Border sensors that were

submitted to the 2006 Communications Network Symposium (CNS'06) conference, sponsored

by Society for Modeling and Simulation International

Summary Research Proposals Developed/Submitted [unfunded]

Developed the FAA research proposal 00000670: Inter-Operable benefits Analysis Management (IBAM)

System; I. Richmond Nettey, PI &Augustine Samba, Co-PI; 12/23/10; ($478,825.00).

Collaborated on the NSF proposal development: A Multi-Use Cyber Sharable Test Bed for Experiments in Motion

Networking, Aviation Computing & Systems, and Aerial Remote Sensing; Augustine Samba, Co-PI. 8/3/09.

($3,439,076.00);

Collaborated on Third Frontier proposal development: Wireless Sensor and Sensor System Commercialization and Development Laboratory ($1,500,000.00)

Summary of Telecommunications and ICT Research & Development in Industry

Industry Publications (click here for details)

Think-A-Move (T-A-M), consulting Director, Systems Arch and Software Development [2004 – 2006]

Successfully designed, developed and implemented algorithms, communication protocols, for a

miniature pocket-size communication system that performs thousands of (i.e., infinite) hands-free

discrete controls and maneuvering of remote wireless network elements, such as UGV, SUGV, and

robots. The algorithm uses a maximum of 8 distinct DSP signals generated by 8 distinct movements

of the tongue to generate infinite control operations.

Developed the state machines, architectures and systems engineering requirements documents to

implement T-A-M system software. Supervised the SDLC of T-A-M system

Lucent Technologies, Systems Engineer/Architect, Intelligent Networks [1996- 2000]

Successfully designed and developed wireless intelligent network service data objects for Voice,

Video and Data in 3G for Sprint, MCI, Bell South and Ameritech

Successfully designed and developed end-to-end wireless intelligent network systems engineering

requirements for: Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), search

operations by network elements

Successfully designed and implemented algorithms for wireless unique challenge, GSM pre-paid

calling cards, NPA split, Televoting. Systems deployed in US and Europe

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AT&T Bell Labs, Systems Engineer, Software Engineer

Successfully designed, developed and implemented automatic re-route algorithms for traffic flow in

telecommunications networks. The ARA system is deployed in various service provider’s US

networks and in Italy

EDUCATION

1983 Ph.D. Computer Science. The University of Liverpool, England

1979 M.Sc. (Applied Mathematics). The University of Liverpool, England

ACADEMIA AWARDS

Kent State University Faculty Recognition Award, October 23, 2015 Fulbright Scholar, Summer 2013 Fulbright Scholar, Summer 2012

Univ. of Maryland University. College Notable Scholarly Activity Recognition Award, May10, 2011 Presented by Dr. Susan C. Aldridge (President), Dr. Greg von Lehmen (Provost) and Dr. Michael S. Frank (Senior VP Academic Programs and Dean of Grad School)

Kent State University Inventor Recognition Award, May 24, 2010 Presented by Dr. Robert G. Frank (Provost) and Dr. John West (VP of Technology Transfer and Research Programs)

OTHER INDUSTRY HONORS AND AWARDS

My CS Operating Systems lecture notes for “File Systems Interface” is cited in US 8200895 B2

patent issued to Microsoft for “File System Recognition Structure”. June 12, 2012

Lucent Technologies Intelligent Network Unit (INU) Patent Recognition Award for "outstanding

contributions and technical excellence". The INU Vice President presented the award. March 2000

Recognition from Vice President, Telecom & Technology, Institute of International Research for

"outstanding technical presentation" at the conference for Integrating Voice, Video and Data in One Network, San Francisco, CA. June, 1999

Lucent Technologies Intelligent Network Unit (INU) Patent Recognition Award for "outstanding

contributions and technical Excellence". The INU Vice President presented the award. March 1999. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) committee Member: DEVELOPED

TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR NUMBER POOLING and NUMBER PORTABILITY respectively. 1998

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Patent Recognition Award by Lucent Research Vice President & CTO, Communications Software for inventing a novel IN system that performs “NPA Split Management & Administration in the Intelligent Network Environment”. February 1977

Patent Recognition Award by AT&T Chief Technical Officer/New Concepts Chairman, Services

Intellectual Property Committee, for inventing a novel Intelligent Network Traffic Engineering System for routing calls in a heterogeneous network. June 1995

AT&T Bell Labs Individual Performance Awards, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications IEE Communications Society Membership