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Departmental and University Services

Fu Member of Tenure Committee, 1998-

Alternate Member of Tenure Committee, 1997-98

Computer Engineering Program Committee, 1995-.

Member of %C sup 3%, Committee, 1995-.

Telecommunication Program Committee, 1988- 

Laboratory Committee (Telecommunication Program), 1988- 

Research Proposal Committee (Telecommunication Program), 1988- 

Member of ECAC, and NCIWG, University of Pittsburgh, 1995-1999

Member of the Information Architecture Review Committee, Universtiy of Pittsburhg 1995-96.

Member of the Information Architecture Review Committee, Universtiy of Pittsburhg 1995-96.

Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid Committee (Computer Science), 1990-94 

IS/Telecom Track Ph.D. Committee (Telecommunication Program), 1990-1992 

Library Committee (Telecommunication Program), 1989-1991 

Faculty Search Committee (Computer Science), 1989-1991 

Awards Committee (Telecommunication Program), 1988-1991 


Invited Lectures and Presentations

Invited Speaker at the Mobile Information and Communication Systems (MICS) Summer Research Seminar, Wednesday 5 July 2000, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). 

Next Generation Networks: Trends and Design Issues, Invited Talk. Sixth International Conference On Distributed Multimedia Systems, University of Aizu, Japan, July 26-30, 1999.

Multicasting: Design Issues and Protocols. Invited Talk, CONTel'99, Zagreb, Croatia, 1999.

LAN Interconnections. Westing House, Invited Lecture, October 22 1998. 

Understanding Network Design Issues and Requirements for Future Multimedia Applications. Plenary Speech at the Fifth International Workshop on Distributed Multimedia Systems,
Taiwan, July 25 1998.

Tutorial on ATM High Speed Networks. Fifth International Workshop on Distributed Multimedia Systems,
Taiwan, July 23 1998.

GpbsEthernet . ATM: A Debate", Telecommunication Management Association of Pittsburgh, Feb. 1998.

"Distributed Multimedia Systems: A Network and Application Perspective", ConTEL97, June 1997, Zagreb, Croatia.

Fast Local Area Networks", GSIA Center for Executive Education Carnegie Meon University, February 1997.

Internetworking in Wide Area Networks", GSIA Center for Executive Education Carnegie Meon University, February 1997.

High Speed Local Area Networks", Telecommunication Management Association of Pittsburgh, Feb. 1997.

Distributed Planning in Dynamic Environment", ARPI Phase III Kick-off Workshop, June 12-15, 1995, San Diego.

A Prespective on Multimedia Synchronization. Multimedia '95, Invited Talk and Panel Discussion, May 15-19, 1995.

High Speed Networking To Support MultiMedia Applications: A Tutorial", Pacific Distributed
Multimedia Systems Workshop, Taipei, Taiwan, Feb. 25-27, 1994. 131-148.

High Speed Networking. US-APEC Partnership for Education, Institute Of Systems Science, National University of Singapore, Feb 21-23, 1994, Singapore.

Distributed Systems Design and Specification. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Meon University, 
December 10th, 1993. 

Programming Abstractions for Distributed Multimedia Applications. ACM Multimedia '93 Workshop, ACM Multimedia '93 International Conference, August 3, 1993, Anaheim, California.

Developing Client/Server Applications. US-APEC Partnership for Education, Institute Of Systems Science, National University of Singapore, May 3-5, 1993, Singapore.

MedNet: A Multimedia Medical System IEEE Tutorial and Workshop on Multimedia Computing, Carnegie
Meon University, Pittsburgh, PA, March 22-24, 1993.

Communication Network Architectures, Protocols and Internetworking. Carnegie Meon University, Information Networking Institute, ATI program, January 7 1993, May 11 1993. 

Client/Server Connectivity in Multivendor Environment. Network Focused Technical Coege, March 15, 1993. 

DIPART: A Distributed Multiagent Planner. DARPA-Rome Laboratory Planning Initiative Workshop. 
San Antonio, Texas, February 23-25, 1993.

Fundamental Concepts of Communication Protocols and Internetworking. Carnegie Meon University, Information Networking Institute, ATI program, January 1992. 

Communication Protocol Architectures and Design Issues. Carnegie Meon University, Information Networking Institute, ATI program, April 1992. 

Invited member of the Review and Evaluation Panel of the INI Project Case Studies, Carnegie Meon University, Information Networking Institute, ATI program, February 1992. 

Invited member of the Review and Evaluation Panel of the INI Project Case Studies, Carnegie Meon University, Information Networking Institute, ATI program, April 1992. 

Medium Access Control for Local Area Networks. Carnegie Meon University, Information Networking Institute, ATI program, April 1991. 

Networking in a Multiprotocol Environment. Network Focused Technical Coege, August 1992. 

Networking in a Multivendor Environment. Network Focused Technical Coege, October 1992. 

Dynamic Mapping of Adaptive Finite Element Computations onto Linear Arrays. Workshop on Structured Scientific Computation on Scalable Multiprocessors, North Carolina, October 1990.

Protocols for Real-time applications. NSF CISE II/SS Meeting (Protocols for Real-time applications), June 1990.

Personalized Distributed Systems). CPDIS Annual Meeting (Personalized Distributed Systems), University of Pittsburgh, April 1990.

Communication Protocols for Multimedia Information Systems. National Telecommunication Advisory Council (NTAC), November, 1990.

Invited Member of Aegheny Coege Graduation Day Project Review Committee, November 1990.

Issues in Distributed Systems. CPDIS Annual Meeting Alcoa, September 1989. 

Scholarly Awards

Recipient of the Teaching Exceence Award, Computer Science Department University of Pittsburgh.

Recipient of the Scholarship Award for Franco-Tunisian intercooperative graduate studies in Computer Sciences.

Recipient of the Amideast Scholarship award for Computer Science graduate studies in the US.