Awards
LA&PS Award for Distinction in Research, Creativity and Scholarship (2015)

The Best Paper Award at the 32nd European Conference on Information Retrieval (2010)

The 2010 Web Intelligence Consortium Outstanding Service Award

2008 Petro Canada Young Innovators Award

2007 Early Researcher Award / Premier's Research Excellence Award

2006 Dean's Award for Outstanding Research

Atkinson Research Fellowships (2005-2008)

2011 Merit Award, York University

2010 Merit Award, York University

2009 Merit Award, York University

2008 Merit Award, York University

2007 Merit Award, York University

2006 Merit Award, York University

2005 Merit Award, York University

2004 Merit Award, York University

2000 Manulife CIO Achievement Award (Group Benefits E-Commerce V3.0 Project)

ORS (Overseas Research Studentship) Awards from Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of United Kingdom (1994-1997)

Centenary Scholarships from School of Informatics, City University, U.K. (1993-1998)