1. Certificate of Appreciation, IEEE Computer Society, 2008
2. Best Paper Award, IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2006), December 11-13, 2006, San Diego, CA, USA.
3. Certificate of Appreciation, IEEE Computer Society.
4. Most Active SMC Technical Committee Award, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, October 2006.
5. The Inaugural Florida International University Excellence in Graduate Mentorship Award, 2006.
6. Outstanding Contribution Award, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, August 2005.
7. 2004 Florida International University Outstanding Faculty Research Award.
8. Outstanding Faculty Service Award, School of Computer Science, Florida International University, 2004.
9. Outstanding Faculty Research Award, School of Computer Science, Florida International University, 2002.
10. Service Award, General Chair, The 2005 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI-2005), 2005.
11. IEEE Senior Member, September 2004.
12. International Who's Who of Information Technology, 1999.
13. Marquis Who's Who in America, 57th Edition, 2003.
14. Marquis Who's Who in America, 58th Edition, 2004.
15. Marquis Who's Who in America, 59th Edition, 2005.
16. Marquis Who's Who in America, 60th Edition, 2006.
17. Marquis Who's Who in America, 61th Edition, 2007.
18. Marquis Who's Who in America, 2008

Current Ph.D. Students

1. Kasturi Chatterjee
   • Best Paper Award, IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2006), December 11-13, 2006, San Diego, CA, USA
   • Deans Award, College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University (2007)

2. Michael Armella
   
   • GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need) Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education

Post Ph.D. Student

1. Chengcui Zhang, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Computer and Information Sciences (August 2004)
   • Thesis title: A Multimedia Indexing and Retrieval Framework for Multimedia Database Systems
   • The Best Graduate Student Research Award, School of Computer Science, Florida International University (2002)
   • Presidential Fellowship, School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University (2000-2003)
2. Min Chen, Assistant professor, University of Montana, Department of Computer Science (May 2007)
   • Thesis title: Knowledge Assisted Data Management and Retrieval in Multimedia Database Systems
   • Outstanding PhD Graduate, College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University (2007)
   • Deans Award, College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University (2007)
   • Presidential Fellowship, School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University (2004-2006)
   • The Outstanding Graduate GPA Award within the Field of Information and Technology, School of Computer Science, Florida International University (2003)
   • The Best Graduate Student Research Award, School of Computer Science, Florida International University (2004)
   • The Dissertation Year Fellowship, Florida International University (2007)
   • Outstanding Academic Performance Award, School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University (2006)
3. Na Zhao, Assistant Vice President, State Street Corporation (December 2007)
   • Presidential Fellowship, School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University (2007)
   • The Dissertation Year Fellowship, Florida International University (2007)