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
Industry and External Engagement
  • 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)
Awards
  • 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)
Technology for Development Activities
  • 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