Service
Service is a core part of my professional identity and underscores my commitment to build an excellent academic community. My key service accomplishments can be categorized into administrative, STEM education and outreach, and professional services. My sustained services to the university, my department, and beyond have resulted in the recognition of the Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Services in 2014 and 2017. My key service to my department resulted in the approval of the innovative Computer Science PhD Program by the THECB Board in 2017. My professional service features key leadership roles in multiple international conferences cumulated with a special Outstanding Contribution award for ICDE99. My service to my professional community resulted in an invitation to serve as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Service Computing in 2024. My notable mentoring services to students culminated in the award of a national NCWIT Undergraduate Research Mentoring Awards in 2013. I started the first National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students (REU) Site Program in my department at Texas State University. I have servered as either PI or Co-PI of my department's REU site program from 2011 to 2024. The REU program has transformed the life of more than 100 undergraduate students to date. Within my community, I have participated as a panel speaker, advisory board member, and mentor to actively promote STEM education.Institution
At the university level, I had seved as member of the Search Commitee for VPIT position in 2013. I had served as a member of the International Advisory Council (2018-present), University Library Committee (2009-2016), Round Rock Higher Education Incentive Committee (2004-2005), Asian Studies Board of Advisors (2006-2010), and a panel speaker in the university wide Mentoring Workshop entitled "Mentoring Faculty, Mentoring Students" organized by the the Academic Development and Assessment Program (2014). I had participated as a penal member for the Acadmic Success Workshop for International Students in 2019.I currently serve as a member of the Graduate Council from 2018-present. I had served as a member of the REP committee from 2007-2009. I was a member of the College Review Group from 2012-2015, this is an elected position. I was also nominated by my chair to serve as a member of the Dean Summative Review Group in 2014. I had served as one of the key members of the Women in Science and Engineering planning committee (WISE) from 2010-2012.
At the department level, I currently serve as the Program Director of the Computer SCience Ph.D. program , the chair for the PhD Program Committee and a member of the Graduate Committee, Academic Program Assessment and Space committees. I am the faculty sponsor of the first Computer Science Graduate Associate Students Club.