• Best Paper Award: Kiran Kola, Amit Chhabra, Ruppa K. Thulasiram and Parimala Thulasiraman, "A Software Architecture Framework for On-line Option Pricing" , 4th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications (ISPA-06) , Sorrento, Italy, Dec.4-7, 2006.

  • Distinguished Paper Award: Kevin Theobald, Rishi Kumar, Gagan Agar wal, Gerd Heber, Ruppa Thulasiram and Guang R. Gao, "Developing a Communication Intensive Application on EARTH Multithreaded Architecture", Proceedings of the EuroPar-2000 European Parallel Computing Conference, Aug./Sept. 2000, Munich, Germany

  • 2nd International Conference on Advanced Computing (ICoAC), Dec.14-16, 2010, Chennai, India (Program co-Chair )
  • 3rd International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing in Finance (PDCoF10), April 23, 2010, Atlanta, USA (Founding and Organizing Chair ) in conjunction with 24th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS10) April 19-23, 2010
  • 12th International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE10), Aug.29-31, 2009 Vancouver, Canada ( Program Chair )
  • 2nd International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing in Finance (PDCoF09), May 29, 2009, Rome, Italy (General and Steering Chair ) in conjunction with 23nd International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS09) May 24-29, 2009
  • 16th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications (ADCOM08), Dec.14-17, 2008, Chennai, India (Program co-Chair)
  • 1st International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing in Finance (PDCoF08), April 18, 2008, Miami, FL (Organizing Chair ) in conjunction with 22nd International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS08)
  • International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications (ISPA07), Aug.29-31, 2007, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada (General co-Chair )
  • Mathematical/Computational Finance track at the CMS-MITACS Joint Summer Meeting (CMS-MCF07), May 30- June 3, 2007, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (Organizing and Program Chair) Track Schedule
  • IEEE Computer Society 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), May 2007, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada (Workshops co-Chair )
  • Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing (PDSEC07) in conjunction with the International Parallal and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS07) , March 2007, Long Beach, CA, USA (General co-Chair )
  • Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing (PDSEC), April 2005, Denver, CO (Program Co-Chair )
  • IEEE Computer Society 20th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), April 2006, Vienna, Austria (Program Vice Chair )
  • High Performance Scientific and Engineering Computing (HPSEC), August 2004, Montreal, Quebec, (Program Co-Chair )
  • High Performance Computing Systems and Applications (HPCS), May 16-19, 2004, Winnipeg, MB, (Organizing and Program Committee)
  • Invited Talk at the Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Engg., University of Manitoba, - "Grid/Cloud Resources Pricing: A Financial Option based Model and Application to Power Grids", Dec.11, 2009;
  • Invited Talk at the Intl. Conf. on Advanced Computing and Communications, Chennai, India. "A Grid Resources Pricing Model based on Financial Options Concept", Dec., 2008;
  • Invited Talk at the Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Sri Sathya Sai University, Puttaparthi, India "Bio-Inspired Algorithm for Option Pricing", June 16, 2008;
  • Invited Talk at the Mathematical/Computational Finance track at the CMS-MITACS Joint Summer Meeting (CMS-MCF07), May 30- June 3, 2007, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • Invited Talk at the Mepco-Schlenk College of Engineering, Anna University, Sivakasi, India - "Towards Autonomic Computing: A Case Study with Financial Option Pricing Application" abstract -- Tuesday, Dec.20, 2005;
  • Invited Talk at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India - "A Second Order L_0 Stable Algorithm for Solving Black-Scholes Equation" abstract -- Tuesday, Dec.6, 2005;
  • Invited Talk at the Vishvesvaraya Technological University Conference on World Year of Physics held at the Bangalore Institute of Technology, India - "Physics in Finance - A Wavelet Analysis of Jump Diffusion Process in Finance" abstract -- Wednesday, Nov.24, 2005;
  • Joint IIMS-CS Seminar : "From Drake Center to Machray Hall via EITC - A Cross Campus Stroll"
    or:
    "Option Pricing with Fuzzy Algebra that drives High Performance Computing"     -- Tuesday, March 29, 2005; 230PM; 115 Armes Lecture Theatre Abstract
  • Invited Talk at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India - Jan.4, 2005 - "An Improved Mathematical Modeling of Fast Fourier Transform and an Efficient Data Swap Parallel FFT Algorithm for a Novel Application in Finance"
  • Invited Talk Canadian Mathematical Society Conference on Mathematical and Computational Finance, June 14-16, 2003, Edmonton, AB
  • Department of Mathematics Colloquium: "Mathematical and Computational Opportunities in Finance," October 31, 2002, 2:30PM; 330 Allen Building Abstract
  • Invited Talk: Canadian Mathematical Society Conference on Mathematical Finance, June 2002, Quebec City
  • 14th ACM Symposium on P arallel Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA) 2002 (local organization co-chair)