Selected awards & honors
2025–2026
Virginia Tech College of Engineering Dean’s Fellow
April 2025
Faculty Mentor of the Month, Virginia Tech Graduate School
2024–2029
Stephen and Cherye Tyndall Moore Computer Science Junior Faculty Fellowship
2024
Best Research Short Award, ACM CAPWIC
2023
IEEE ComSoc CNOM Test of Time Paper Award
2023
ACM SIGIR Best Paper Honorable Mention
2022
Dean’s Award for Excellence, Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech College of Engineering
2019
TTCP Team Achievement Award, Cyber Strategic Challenges Group
2018
Best Paper Award, IEEE CogSIMA
2017
Best Paper Award, IEEE GLOBECOM
2016
ARL Publication Award
2013 award; presented May 2016
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
2015
IEEE Communications Society William R. Bennett Prize
2014
Elevation to IEEE Senior Member
2013
Best Paper Award, BRIMS
2009
Best Paper Award, IEEE TrustCom