Employment History (1999-2006)

Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Western Ontario, July 1999 to June 2006:
  • Lectured several graduate/undergraduate courses
  • Wrote several successful research proposals
  • Published several research papers
  • Read and examined several Master's and Ph.D. theses
  • Elected and served as a member in:
    • The Workload Committee, July 2002 - July 2003
    • The Appointments Committee, July 2001 - July 2002
  • Appointed and served as a chair of:
    • The Graduate Executive Committee, July 2002 - June 2006
    • The Comprehensive Exam Committee, July 2002 - June 2006
  • Appointed and served as a member in:
    • Executive Committee, July 2005 - June 2006
    • The Departmental Executive Committee, July 2002 - June 2006
    • The Canada Research Chair (CRC) Appointments Committee, June 2003 - December 2003
    • The Departmental Strategic Planning Committee, July 2002 - July 2003
    • The Retreat Steering Committee, April 2002
    • Served as a member in the "Lumsden Awards" selection committee on March 2004 and March 2006
    • The Resource Planning Committee, October 2001 - June 2002
    • The Retreat Steering Committee, March - April 2001
    • The Graduate Executive Committee, October 2000 - June 2002

  • Participated in several Faculty of Science Academic Processions
  • Participated in several Faculty of Science convocations as a Pro-Chancellor
  • Participated as an academic adviser in the Summer Academic Orientation program, summer 2005


Adjunct Assistant Professor, Systems Design Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, July 1999- June 2004:
  • Researched and gained experience in:
    • Searching in the compressed-image domain, (consulting assignment for NCR Canada Limited); this experience included extracting foreground information from compressed images
    • Machine vision inspection, towards implementing a high level label inspection system (consulting assignment for VRP Web Technology Inc.); This experience included designing a high speed OCR reading modules for labels
    • Published several research papers