Services and Professional Activities

Journal Editorial Service

  • Editor in Chief (EiC), IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009 (declined due to medical reasons).
  • Editor in Chief (EiC), The Open Applied Informatics Journal, Bentham Science Publishers, 2010 (declined due to medical reasons).
  • Member of Steering Committee, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, June 2008-2011 (two terms).
  • Member of Steering Committee, IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, 2007-present.
  • Founding member of Steering Committee, IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, June 2008-present.
  • Member of Search Committee for EIC, IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, 2008.
  • Founding Member of Steering Committee, IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, June 2008-present.
  • Member of EIC Search Committee, IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, 2008.
  • Member of Editorial Board and Associate Editor, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2009-present
  • Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics, Emerald Publishers, 2007-present.
  • Member of Editorial Board and Associate Editor, Open Applied Bioinformatics Journal, 2007-2012.

Conference Organization

  • Program Chair, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (IEEE-CIBCB 2015), Canada, In charge of the overall technical program and the review process.
  • Organizing Committee, Publicity Chair (North America), IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (IEEE/CIBCB 2014), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, May 2014.
  • Special Sessions Chair, in charge of reviewing Special Session proposals and overseeing 22 Special Sessions that were accepted, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, (IEEE-CEC 2011), 2011
  • General Chair, 2011 Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, April 2011, Paris, France. The symposium series encompasses 34 Symposia and workshops, (declined due to medical reasons).
  • Program Chair, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (IEEE-CIBCB 2009), Nashville, TN, USA, April 2009. In charge of the overall technical program and the review process.
  • Technical Co-Chair, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (IEEE-CIBCB 2008), Sun Valley, Idaho, September 2008. In charge of the review process and making final accept/reject decisions.
  • General Chair, Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI 2004), London, Canada, May 2004.

Reviewer for Award Foundations and NSERC

  • Grant Reviewer for Australia's ICT Research Centre of Excellence (Nicta), 2010
  • Grant Reviewer for the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) for "The National Priorities Research Program (NPRP". (declined due to medical reasons)
  • NSERC Reviewer for Discovery Grant (individual), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
  • NSERC Reviewer for Strategic Projects Grant (Biological Applications), 2004
  • NSERC Reviewer and Member of Site Visit Committee for an NSERC/iCore Industrial Research Chair, http://www.nserc.ca, 2003
  • Reviewer for Manning Innovation Awards Foundation, http://www.manningawards.ca, 2003

Research and Administrative Leadership

  • Member, SFU Senate, Oct 2014-Aug 2015
  • IEEE/CIS Liaison to IEEE Press, responsible for IEEE book proposals related to Computational Intelligence, 2010
  • Vice President (Technical Activities), IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS), oversee 12 Technical Committees and over 60 task forces which organize over 20 conferences and workshops annually in the area of Computational Intelligence, 2008-2009.
  • Member, International Advisory Board, Taiwan Open 2009 (Computer GO)
  • Member, International Advisory Board, The 2008 World Computer GO Congress, Taiwan
  • Member, Board of Advisors, International University, Bruchsaal, Germany, 2008-2010
  • Chair, IEEE/CIS Technical Committee on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 2006-2007
  • Director, InfoNet Media Centre, Simon Fraser University: Lead the development of physical and technical infrastructure for the lab, procurement of all equipment, development of policies and membership. The lab provides a workspace for about 50 people, 2002-2007