Professor, University of Maryland, President of IEEE Computer Society

2020 IEEE Computer Society President. Editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2015-2018). IEEE Fellow, IAPR Fellow, Solid Modeling Pioneer, IEEE HKN Member, IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Member. Member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society since 2017.

Author of over 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications in data visualization, geospatial data representation and processing, computer graphics, geometric modeling, shape analysis and understanding, garnering several best paper awards and invitations as a keynote speaker. Associate editor of ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems, GeoInformatica, and Graphical Models.

Served on the program committees of over 150 leading international conferences, including several IEEE conferences, and has contributed to many conferences in a leadership capacity. MFunded by numerous national and international agencies, including the European Commission and the National Science Foundation.