Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything

that counts can be counted.--Albert Einstein

 

 

Selected Awards and Recognitions
 

 

2020

Best Paper Award

Zhang, S., Wang, C., Zomaya, A.Y., Adversarial Attacks in a Deep Reinforcement Learning based Cloud Scheduler, IEEE Symposium on Modelling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), Nice, France (2020).

2019

Editor-in-Chief

ACM Computing Surveys, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), USA (December 2019-).

2019

Recipient

New South Wales Premier Prize of Excellence in Engineering or Information and Communications Technology (October 29, 2019).

2019

Award for the Most Papers Accepted to the NCA Symposium in the Last Two Years

18th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA 2019), September 26-28, 2019, Cambridge, MA, USA.

2019

Best Paper Award

Wang, Z., Bao, W., Yuan, D., Ge, L., Tran, N.H., Zomaya, A.Y., Scheduling Early Exit for Mobile DNN Inference during Service Outage, 22nd ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2019), Miami, USA (2019).

2019

Elected Foreign Member

Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe).

 

2019

2019 IEEE Systems Journal Best Paper Award

Li, Z., Ranjan, R., O'Brien, L., Zhang, H., Babar, M.A., Zomaya, A.Y., Wang, L., On the Communication Variability Analysis of the NeCTAR Research Cloud System, IEEE Systems Journal, 12(2): 1506-1517, 2018.

2018

Award for the Most Papers Accepted to the NCA Symposium in the Last Two Years

17th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA 2018), November 1-3, 2018, Cambridge, MA, USA.

2018

The Wilkes Award

Oxford University Press, A Multi-Objective Load Balancing System for Cloud Environments

Fahimeh Ramezani, Jie Lu, Javid Taheri, and Albert Y. Zomaya, The Computer Journal, 60 (9): 1316-1337, 2017.

https://academic.oup.com/comjnl/pages/Wilkes_award

2018

2018 IEEE Systems Journal Best Paper Award

Liu, Y., Hu, S., Huang, H., Ranjan, R., Zomaya, A.Y., Wang, L., Game Theoretic Market Driven Smart Home Scheduling Considering Energy Balancing, IEEE Systems Journal, 11(2): 910-921, 2017.

2017

ACM MSWIM 2017 Reginald A. Fessenden Award

20th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, Miami, Florida (2017). The citation reads for his exceptional contributions to resource management and optimization in mobile cloud computing and wireless networking.

2017

Best Paper Award

Wu, H., Deng, S., Li, W., Yin, J., Yang, Q., Wu, Z., Zomaya, A.Y., Revenue-Driven Service Provisioning for Resource Sharing in Mobile Cloud Computing, 15th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2017), Malaga, Spain (2017).

2017

Best Paper Award

Zhao, S., Li, W., Zia, T.A., Zomaya, A.Y., A Dimension Reduction Model and Classifier for Anomaly-Based Intrusion Detection in Internet of Things, 15th IEEE Pervasive Intelligence and Computing (PICom-2017), Orlando, Florida (2017).

2017

Best Student Paper Award

Alzahrani, E., Tari, Z., Lee, Y.-C., Alsadie, D., Zomaya, A.Y., adCFS: Adaptive Completely Fair Scheduling Policy for Containerised Workflow Systems, 16th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA 2017), Boston, USA (2017).

2017

21st Annual Best of Computing

Chen, C., Zhu, X., Shen, P., Hu, J., Guo, S., Tari, Z., and Zomaya, A.Y. An Efficient Privacy-Preserving Ranked Keyword Search Method. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems 27, 4 (Apr. 2016), 951-963.

 

Paper selected as part of the 21st Annual Best of Computing (for the year 2016). The Notable Books and Articles list consists of item nominations from reviewers, Computing Reviews category editors, editors in chief of journals, and others in the computing community. (Announced on July 6, 2017 on www.computingreviews.com).

2017

Best Paper Award

de Farias, C.M., Pirmez, L., Delicato, F.C., Pires, P.F., Li, W., Zomaya, A.Y., de L.F. Jorge, E.N., Juarez-Ramirez, R., GROWN: A Control and Decision System for Smart Greenhouses Using Wireless Sensor Networks, the Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference (ACSW), Geelong, Australia (2017).

2016

Best Student Paper Award

Samani, H.R.D., Taheri, J., Zomaya, A.Y., RBT-MF: A Distributed Rubber Band Technique for Maximum Flow Problem in Azure, 18th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC 2016), Sydney, Australia (2016).

2016

Best Paper Award

Nan, Y., Li, W., Bao, W., Delicato, F.C., Pires, P.F., Zomaya, A.Y., Cost Effective Processing for Delay-Sensitive Applications in Cloud of Things Systems, 15th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA 2016), Boston, USA (2016).

2016

Founding Editor-in-Chief

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, IEEE Computer Society.

 

2015

William Mong Distinguished Lecture

University of Hong Kong.

2014

IEEE Computer Society 2014 Technical Achievement Award

For outstanding contributions to the solution of scheduling problems in parallel and distributed computing systems. The IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award is given for outstanding and innovative contributions to the fields of computer and information science and engineering or computer technology, usually within the past 10 years, and not more than 15, years.

2012

Best Student Paper Award

HoseinyFarahabady, M., Lee, Y.C., Zomaya, A.Y., Non-Clairvoyant Assignment of Bag-of-Tasks Applications Across Multiple Clouds, 13th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT 2012), Beijing, China (2012)

2011

IEEE TCPP Outstanding Service Award

IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP). The award recognizes an individual (or a group of individuals) in the broader community who have made major professional service contribution to the parallel processing community.

2011

IEEE TCSC Medal of Excellence in Scalable Computing

IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC). The award recognizes significant and sustained contributions to the scalable computing community coupled with an outstanding record of high quality and high impact research.

2011

Best Paper Award

Weisheng, S., Boreli, R., Mahanti, A., Zomaya A.Y., Tree-Based Double-Covered Broadcast for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, 9th ACM International Workshop on Mobility Management & Wireless Access (MOBIWAC 2011), Part of MSWiM, Miami, Florida (2011).

2011-2014

Distinguished Speaker

Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)

2011

Best Paper Award

Ceguerra, R.V., Lizier, J.T., Zomaya A.Y., Information Storage and Transfer in the Synchronization Process in Locally-Connected Networks, IEEE Symposium Series in Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2011)-IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, Paris, France (2011).

2011-

Editor-in-Chief

IEEE Transactions on Computers, the flagship publication of the IEEE Computer Society, IEEE, USA.

2010

Best Paper Award (Theory Track)

Lee, Y.C., Wang, C., Zomaya A.Y., and Zhou, B.B., Profit-Driven Service Request Scheduling in Clouds, 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid 2010), Melbourne, Australia, (2010)

2010-2014

Australian Research Council Professorial Fellowship

The Australian Research Council, a five-year project titled Holistic Energy-Aware Scheduling for Distributed Computing Systems.

2006

Golden Core Member

The IEEE Computer Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), USA.

2006

Fellow

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA.

2006

Distinguished Engineer

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA.

2004

Fellow

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA.

2001

Fellow

The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) (now known as Institution of Engineering & Technology), United Kingdom.

2000

Meritorious Service Award

The IEEE Computer Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), USA.

1997

The Edgeworth David Medal

The Royal Society of New South Wales (Australia) for distinguished contributions to Australian Science by a Scientist under the age of thirty-five.

1988-1990

Overseas Research Students Award

Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom.

 


Selected Current Honorary Appointments
 

2020-present

External Advisor

Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute, University of Technology, Sydney

2017-present

Steering Committee Member

PhD program in Cyber Physical Systems, University of Messina, Italy

2016-present

Distinguished Guest Professor

Tianjin University, China

2015-present

Member

Mobile and Pervasive Computing Institute, Lund University, Sweden

2015-present

Management Team Member

Centre for Complex Systems, The University of Sydney, Australia

 


Recent Keynote Addresses
 

November 18, 2020

Lightweight Short-term Photovoltaic Power Prediction for Mobile Edge Computing, 23rd ACM International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM 2020), Keynote Address, November 16-20, Alicante, Spain.

June 26, 2020

Lightweight Short-term Photovoltaic Power Prediction for Edge Computing, Workshop on Energy Efficiency at the Edge (WEEE 2020), Co-located with the 11th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy 2020), Keynote Address, June 22-26, Melbourne, Australia.

May 18, 2020

Edge Intelligence Empowering IoT Data Analytics, the 29th International Heterogeneity in Computing Workshop (HCW 2020), Co-located with the 34th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2020), Keynote Address, May 18-22, New Orleans, USA.

December 11, 2019

Towards Explainable Edge AI for IoT Data Analytics, the 15th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN 2019), Keynote Address, December 11-13, Shenzhen, China.

July 1, 2019

Resource Management in Edge Computing: Opportunities and Open Issues, IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2019), Keynote Address, June 30-July 3, Barcelona, Spain.

December 11, 2018

Resource Provisioning for the Internet of Things: Open Issues and Challenges, 16th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA 2018), Keynote Address, December 11-13, Melbourne, 2018.

November 19, 2018

The Powerful Forces Driving the Digital Economy: How AI, Blockchain, Edge Computing and IoT will revolutionize business, United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress, Invited Talk, November 19-21, Deqing, Zhejiang Province, China.

August 23, 2018

How are the Demands of Digital Transformation Reshaping Australia's Computing Landscape, Data Centre Dynamics Conference, Invited Talk, August 23-24, International Convention Centre, Sydney, Australia.

June 28, 2018

Provisioning and Resource Management for the Internet of Things, 16th IEEE International Conference on Smart City (SmartCity-2018), Keynote Address, June 28-30, Exeter, United Kingdom.

December 20, 2017

Scalable Big Data Computations in Clouds, 19th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC 2017), Keynote Address, December 18-20, Bangkok, Thailand.

November 23, 2017

Provisioning and Management of Internet of Things Applications: Open Issues and Insights, 20th ACM International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM 2017), Keynote Address, November 21-25, Miami, USA.

August 11, 2017

Scheduling Heterogeneous Resources for Scalable Computations in Clouds, Dean's Lecture, University of Technology-Sydney, Australia.

June 21, 2017

Resource Management for Scalable Computations in the Cloud, 13th IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom-2017), Keynote Address, June 21-23, Exeter, United Kingdom.

February 22, 2017

Scalable Health Services in the Clouds and Big Data Era, International Conference on Informatics, Health, and Technology (ICHI 2017), Keynote Address, February 21-23, Riyadh, KSA.

December 13, 2016

Privacy-Aware Workflow Scheduling in High Performance Computing, 18th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC 2016), Keynote Address, December 12-14, Sydney, Australia.

August 8, 2016

Cloud-Based Computing Clusters for Data Analytics, IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech 2016), Keynote Address, August 8-12, Auckland, New Zealand.

June 7, 2016

Scalable Services in the Cloud and Big Data Era, International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data (CloudCom Asia 2016), Keynote Address, June 7-9, Hong Kong.

April 5, 2016

Services in the Cloud and Big Data Era, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC 2016), Keynote Address, April 3-6, Doha, Qatar.

December 11, 2015

Resource Management Challenges in the Clouds and Big Data Era, 2015 IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Data Intensive Systems (DSDIS2015), Keynote Address, December 11-13, Sydney, Australia.

September 1, 2015

Resource Management in Cloud Computing Systems, 44th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2016), Keynote Address, September 1-4, Beijing, China.

August 8, 2015

Resource Management in Cloud Computing Systems, the 2nd International Conference on Data Science (ICDS 2015) (in conjunction with the 21st ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining), Keynote Address, August 8-9, Sydney, Australia.

March 2, 2015

Resource Optimization in Cloud Computing Systems, International Conference on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, Keynote Address, March 2-4, Tokyo, Japan.

January 29, 2015

Environmentally Sustainable Distributed Computing Systems, William Mong Distinguished Lecture, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.


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