Research Interests
- Semantic Web, Big Data Management and Analytics, Query Processing and Optimization, Internet of Things.
Current research activities can be found on my research lab's web page
- Information Technology for Community Development
Selected Professional Activities
Selected Committee Memberships
- Workshops Co-Chair: IEEE Big Data 2015 (BigData2015)
- NSF Proposal Review Panelist: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2008
- Guest Editor: International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS2012)
- PC Co-Chair: International IEEE Workshop on Semantics, Big Data and the Internet of Things (SemBIoT2014),
- PC - Vice Chair: International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI 2013)
- Steering Committee Member:
- NSF-Sponsored Workshop Series on Big Data and the Internet of Things 2015;
- International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2010)
- Scholarships Vice Chair, Tapia 2017
- PC Member:
- WWW2016, WWW2015, WWW2014, WWW2013
- ISWC2015, ISWC2014, ISWC2013, ISWC2012, ISWC2011, ISWC2010, ISWC2009, ISWC 2008
- ESWC 2015, ESWC 2014, ICDE-Demo 2009
- WI 2014
- Reviewer:
- Journal of Web Semantics
- IEEE Internet Computing
- Conference: SIGMOD2015, VLDB2008
- NSF Project Collaborator: Renaissance Computing Institute: RENCI
- IBM Faculty Awards: (2008, 2009, 2016)
- MOUs: GNOSS Inc., Spain (2014 - 2019), IBM (2013-2014)
- ONR Subaward for DataNova Scientific Inc. (2015-2016) Bosh Global Services Inc., (2014)
- IBM Faculty Awards: 2008, 2009, 2016
- Best Paper Award, Joint Int'l Semantic Technology Conference 2012 (JIST 2012)
- Best Student Paper Award Nominee, International Semantic Web Conference 2014 (ISWC2014)
- NCSU Program Leader, IBM Africa Skills Program. 2016 - present
- Co-PI, NCSU-RISF project: "Information Science and Engineering for Sustainable and Equitable Economic Development - ISE4SEED
- Panelist, Internet of Things for Development, Digital Africa Conference, Nigeria, 2016