Selected Professional Activities

Conference Session Chair

Invited Conference Session Chair (Session TAB - SVM and Kernel Method), The 7th International Symposium on Neural Networks, Shanghai, China, June 6-9, 2010.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session 2 - Heuristic Search Algorithms, SWARM Optimization and Methods, and Ant Colony Methods), The 2007 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods, Las Vegas, NV, June 25-28, 2007.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session 2 - Unsupervised Learning - Clustering), The 2007 International Conference on Machine Learning: Methods, Technologies, and Applications, Las Vegas, NV, June 25-28, 2007.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session WAM05 - Machine Learning 1), The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Taipei, Taiwan, October 8-11, 2006.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session WPM05 - Machine Learning 3), The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Taipei, Taiwan, October 8-11, 2006.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session TAM09 - Intelligent Transportation Systems 5), The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Taipei, Taiwan, October 8-11, 2006.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session 5 - Applications II),The 2005 IASTED International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control, Cambridge, MA, October 31-November 2, 2005.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Track 4 - Modeling of Linear and Nonlinear Systems II), The 2005 IEEE Conference on Control Applications , Toronto, Canada, August 28-31, 2005.
Invited Conference Session Chairs (Track 12 - Intelligent Vehicles and Highway Systems; Track 8 - Analysis and Control of Industrial Processes), The 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 8-10, 2005.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Track 5 - Bio-systems), The 2004 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, Taipei, Taiwan, September 1-4, 2004.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session 6 - Power and Energy Systems II), The 6^thIASTED International Conference on Control and Applications, Marina del Rey (Los Angeles), CA, March 1-3, 2004.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session 6 - Simulation and Identification), The IASTED International Conference on Circuits, Signals, and Systems, Cancun, Mexico, May 19-21, 2003.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session 5 - Traffic Engineering and Transportation Systems), The IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Marina del Rey (Los Angeles), CA, May 13-15, 2002.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session 9 - Control Applications), The 4^th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, Santa Barbara, CA, October 28-30, 1998.
Invited Conference Session Chair (WA13-Gain Scheduling), The 36^th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, December 10-12, 1997.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session 5 - System Analysis, Design and Performance Evaluation), The IASTED International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization, Singapore, August 11-13, 1997.
Invited Conference Session Chair (TM 17 - Robust Stability I), The 1995 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 21-23, 1995.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session 5 - Control), The 1^st IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Manufacturing, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 23-25, 1993.
Invited Conference Session Chair (WA4 - Aerospace Systems I), The 1993 American Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 2-4, 1993.
Invited Conference Session Chair (Session IIA), The 56^th Annual ASEE North Midwest Section Meeting, Duluth, MN, October 6-8, 1994.

International Conference Program/Organizing Committee

Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The IASTED International Conference on Control and and Applications (CA2012), Crete, Greece, June 18-20, 2012.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The IASTED International Conference on Robotice (Robo 2011), Pittsburgh, PA, November 7-9, 2011.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications (RA 2011), Vancouver, BC, Candada, June 1-3, 2011.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications (CA 2011), Vancouver, BC, Candada, June 1-3, 2011.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications (CA 2010), Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 13-15, 2010.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Control (RA 2010), Cambridge, MA, November 1-3, 2010.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The IASTED International Conference on Robotics (Robo 2010), Phuket, Tailand, November 24-26, 2010.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The IASTED International Conference on Robotics, Telematics and Applications (RTA 2009), Beijing, China, October 12-14, 2009.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The IASTED International Conference on Identification, Control and Applications (ICA 2009), Honolulu, Hawaii, August 17-19, 2009.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 13^th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, Wuerzburg, Germany, August 29-31, 2007.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 12^th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 14-16, 2006.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 11^th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, Cambridge, MA, October 31-November 2, 2005.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 10^th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 23-25, 2004.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 9^th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, Salzburg, Austria, June 25-27, 2003.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 4^th IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications, Cancun, Mexico, May 20-22, 2002.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 7^th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, Clearwater (Tampa), FL, November 19-22, 2001.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 3^rd IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications, Banff, Canada, June 27-29, 2001.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 6^th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 14-16, 2000.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 2^nd IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications, Cancun, Mexico, May 24-27, 2000.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 5^th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, Santa Barbara, CA, October 28-30, 1999.
Invited to serve on the Organizing Committee, The 3^rdWorld Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics /The 5^th International Conference on Information System, Analysis and Synthesis, Orlando, FL, July 26-30, 1999.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 6^th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Manufacturing, Banff, Canada, July 26-31, 1998.
Invited to serve on the International Program Committee, The 4^th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Manufacturing, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 19-22, 1996.

Service at UMD

I. Swenson College of Science and Engineering (SCSE)

Served on the SCSE ABET Committee (2007-2009)
Served on the Director of Master of Engineering Program Search Committee (2009)
Served on the SCSE Engineering Scholarship Advisory Committee (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Served on the 3M McKnight Visiting Professorship Search Committee (2009)
Served on the 3M McKnight Visiting Professorship Search Committee (2008, 2004)
Served on the SCSE Faculty Single Semester Leave Review Committee (Fall 2006)
Served on the SCSE Associate Dean of Engineering Search Committee (Spring 2007)
Served on the SCSE Academic Standards Committee (1990-1993; 2005-2008)
Chaired the 3M McKnight Visiting Professorship Search Committee (1995-1996)
Served on the SCSE Dean Performance Review Committee (Fall 1994 - Spring 1995)
Served on the SCSE UROP Proposals Review Committee (Spring 2003)

II. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

Chair the annual ECE Industrial Advisory Board Committee and ECE Retreat
Chaired the ECE Department Term Faculty Search Committee (2009-2010)
Chaired the ECE ABET Committee (2008-2009)
Chaired the ECE Department Faculty Search Committee (2007-2008)
Chaired the ECE Department Faculty Search Committee (1996-97; 1998-2000)
Chaired the ECE Promotion and Tenure Committee (Fall 2009)
Served on the ECE Department Faculty Search Committee (2004-2005; 2006-2007)
Chaired the ECE Executive Secretary Search Committee (Summer 2007)
Served on the ECE Department Head Search Committee (1998)
Served on the ECE Department Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee (Fall 2003; Fall 2001; Fall 1996; Fall 1995; Fall 1994)
Served on the ECE Department Faculty Promotion Committee (Fall 2001; Fall 2006)

III. Others

Served on the Computer Science Department Faculty Promotion Committee (Fall 2005)
Served on the Physics Department Faculty Search Committee (Fall 2004 - Spring 2005)
Served on the Chemical Engineering Department Faculty Promotion Committee (Fall 2002, Fall 2007)
Faculty Advisor, IEEE Computer Society Student Branch Chapter, UMD (1994-1999)
Faculty Advisor, Chinese Student Association, UMD (1989-1990)

Others

Awarded IBM Fellowship/Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA (1985-1986)
Awarded System Research Center Graduate Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (1986-1987)
Awarded Certificate of Technician License of Electrical Power, Taiwan