Recipient of the 2022 University of New Orleans' Career Research Award

$10K award. The most prestigious research awards bestowed by the University’s Office of Research.

Recipient of the 2023 University of New Orleans' Award for Building Research or Artistic Development (ABROAD)

$5K award.

Recipient of the Joseph Canizaro and James Livingston Endowed Professorship in Software and Systems

Awarded 2017.

Recipient of the 2015-16 University of New Orleans' Competitive Funding Prize

$10K award. In recognition of outstanding and innovative work in support of the University’s research mission (award for faculty researcher having secured the largest research funding at UNO during the previous fiscal year).

General Chair

21st International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, June 2009.

Recipient of the 2003 NRL Alan Berman Research Publication Award

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington D.C., March 2014 – for a paper published jointly with NRL scientists: “Geographical Data Interchange Using XML-Enabled Technology within the GIDB System,” 2003.

Recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Certificate of Appreciation for Service and Dedication

As guest editor of the June 1996 special issue of IEEE Micro on public key systems.

Recipient of the University of New Orleans' Early Career Achievement Award for Excellence in Research

Awarded 1991.

Recipient of the College of Sciences (University of New Orleans) Faculty Development Award

Awarded 1990.

Elected Outstanding Instructor by Students and Faculty

Computer Science Department, University of New Orleans, 1990.

Recipient of the Research Development Award (University of Detroit)

Federal Moghul Corporation, 1989.

Rated Superior Teacher (based on students' evaluations)

By the Dean of Engineering and Science, University of Detroit, 1989.

Merit Fellowship

Ministry of Higher Education (Algeria), 1981 — 1986.

Research Fellowship

DeVLieg Foundation, Michigan, September 1983 — August 1985.