The Best Applied Researcher Award, Sharif University of Technology, 2002 and 2004

General Chairman, 1^st Eurasian Conference on Advances in Information & Communication Technology, October 2002.
IAL Video Codec Design Award for Indeo^© 5.0, Intel Corp. (1997)

Excellence in Teaching Award, Purdue University (1995-1996)

AT&T Diversity Award (1993-1994)

Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on PAMI (1992-1995)

Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, (1998 – 2001)

E.I.T Certificate, State of California (1989)

MSEE with Highest Honors (1989), BSEE with Great Distinction (1987)

Distinguished Student of Mathematics Award (1984-1985)

Member of NSPE, IEEE, and Golden Key National Honor Society