Recognitions and Awards

  • “KNU International Graduate Scholarships (KINGS)” Fellowship award for PhD studies from Kyungpook National University, 2014-2016.
  • Recognized as one of the top 2% scientists in Computer Science, as identified in the dataset compiled by the ICSR Lab at Stanford University based on citations (https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6).
  • Gold medallist (1st position) in BS(CS)-2009
  • Best Paper Award: Awais Ahmad, Anand Paul, M. Mazhar Rathore, Seungmin Rho, “Big Data Analytical Architecture using Divide-and-Conquer Approach in Machine-to-Machine Communication,” International Workshop Ubiquitous Wireless Sensor Systems (UWSS), Smart World Congress 2015, August 10-14, 2015, Beijing.
  • Best Paper Award, “IoT-Based Smart City Development using Big Data Analytical Approach,” Qualcomm Innovation Award, Kyungpook National university, Deagu, South Korea, July 2016.
  • Got one of the top 10 Positions in 2015 IEEE COMSOC STUDENT COMPETITION for the project entitled “IoT Based Smart City”, 2015.
  • Selected as Research Internee for 2 months at “2016 Intel-NTU IoX Center Summer Research Program” National Taiwan University Taiwan. Taiwan, 2016.