Committees / Boards

Committee Memberships (current and past)

Leapspace, Elsevier, Board Member and Chair of Board
Scopus, Elsevier, CSAB, Board Member and Chair of Board
Scopus, Elsevier, CSAB, Subchair for Computer Science
CS-Can/Info-Can, President
CS-Can/Info-Can, Vice-President
CS-Can/Info-Can, Advisory member to Research Committee
Scientific Advisory Board, Konrad-Zuse Institute, Berlin, Germany, Board Chair
NSERC Computer Science Liaison Committee, Founding Chair
NSERC - IBM Fellowship Innovation Platform, Chair Committee Member, International Opportunities Fund – G8 Research Councils Initiative on Multilateral Research Funding
Joint Commission of the DFG and German Council of Science, Excellence Initiative by the German Federal and State Governments
NSERC Group Chair for Mathematical and Computational Sciences Committees
NSERC Advisory committee for university-industry grants (ACUIG)
NSERC Committee on research partnerships CRP
NSERC Committee on Grants and Scholarships (COGS)
NCASRD National Consultation on Access to Scientific Research Data
NSERC eBusiness Strategy, Advisory Board
NSF Grant Selection Commitee Member
Board of Directors (C3.ca)
Nelligan O'Brien Payne's Consulting Group on Intellectual Property
NSERC: Committee on Research Partnerships
Alcatel-Carleton: Steering Committee
HPCVL: Technical Advisory Committee
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NCE: GEOIDE Research Management Committee, Founding Member
HPCVL: Interim Board Member, Founding Member and Lead Scientist
Inaugural Committee Member to create Life Science in Ottawa
Carleton University, University Promotion Committee
Carleton University, International Reseach Advisory Committee
Carleton University, Advisory Board to President
Carleton University, various

Program Committee Chair/Co-Chair :

Generative AI in Academic Research, Teaching and Administration within the Workshops-track in CASCON 2025
Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium, Edmonton, 2019.
Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium, St. John's, 2017.
Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium, Victoria, 2015.
Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium, London,Ont., 2013.
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, New York, 2011.
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, Banff, 2009.
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, Halifax, 2007.
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, Waterloo, 2005.
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, Ottawa, 2003.
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, Providence, 2001.
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, Vancouver, 1999
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, Halifax, 1997
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, Kingston, 1995
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, Montreal, 1993
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures, Ottawa, 1991 and 1989
8th Canadian Conf. on Computational Geometry, Ottawa, 1996

Program Committee Memberships :

2nd ACM Sigspatial Workshop on Sustainable Urban Mobility, 2024
ACM Sigspatial Workshop on Sustainable Urban Mobility, 2023
Topics in Theoretical Computer Science, (Steering Committee Member), Tehran, 2015, 2017
Dagstuhl Seminar Series, Co-Organzer of various GIS related events, 2013, 1020, 2008, 2006
ACST'04, 2004
ISAAC'04, 2004
CATS'04, 2004
ACM-SoCG, Spain, 2002
ESA'2001, 2001
Humboldt Kolleg, 2000
SWAT'2000, Norway, 2000
ACM-GIS'99, 1999
ACM-GIS'98, Washington, 1998
SWAT'96, Iceland, 1996
HPCS'96, Ottawa, 1996
5th Canadian Conf. on Computational Geometry, Waterloo, 1993
18th ICALP, Madrid, 1991
2ndScandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory, Bergen, 1990
5th International Workshop on Parallel Processing by Cellular Automata and Arrays, Berlin, 1990
2nd Canadian Conf. on Computational Geometry, Ottawa, 1990
International Symposium on Optimal Algorithms, Varna, 1989
4th International Workshop on Parallel Processing by Cellular Automata and Arrays, Berlin, 1988