Best Paper Award: the paper “Formal Modeling and Simulation To Analyze The Dynamics Of Malware Propagation In Networks Using Cell-DEVS” (by B. Kazi, G. Wainer) obtained the runner-up Best Paper Award in CNS'17 (SpringSim 2017). Virginia Beach, VA. 2017.

Best Paper Award: the paper “Context-sensitive Personal Spaces for Dense Crowd Flow” (by O. Hesham, G. Wainer) obtained the Best Paper Award in SimAUD 2017, Toronto, ON. 2017.

Winner of the Nepean’s Canada 150th Anniversary Medal. The medal was given in the 150 anniversary of Canadian Confederation to recognize people who have made a difference in the community or excelled in their professional life in the riding of Nepean, ON, Canada. 2017

Fellow of the SCS. 2016.

Best Paper Award: “Centroidal Particles for Interactive Crowd Simulation” (by O. Hesham and G. Wainer). Summer Computer Simulation Conference. Montréal, QC (of 99 submissions).

Best Paper Award: “Centroidal Particles for Interactive Crowd Simulation” (by O. Hesham and G. Wainer). Overall Multiconference Best Paper Award at the SummerSim Multiconference. Montréal, QC (of 175 submissions).

SCS Distinguished Service Award. 2015.

Best Doctoral Consortium Paper Award. C. Ruiz, A. López, G. Wainer. “Applying Complex Network Theory in the Assessment of Organizational Resilience”. IFAC/IFIP/IFORS Symposium on Information Control in Manufacturing, INCOM 2015. Ottawa, ON. 2015.

“Mobile Simulation: Bringing Simulations to Smartphones”. M. Etemad, S. Wang, G. Wainer. Honorable Mention. Mobile App competition paper. Spring Simulation Conference. Alexandria, VA. 2015.

Carleton University Research Achievement Award 2014.

Carleton University 2012-3 Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award. 2013.

Distinguished Professional Achievement Award (SCS) . 2013.

Best Symposium Award. Symposium of Theory of Modeling and Simulation. Spring Simulation Conference. Orlando, FL. 2012.

Outstanding Professional Award by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) “for his contributions to advancing the state-of-the-art of discrete-event simulation and real-time simulation”. 2011.

Best Paper Award: the paper “VCELL: A 3D Real-time Visual Simulation in Support of Combat”. (by A. Ahmed, M. Moallemi, G. Wainer, S. Mahmoud) was the runner-up Best Paper Award for Summersim (of 120 submissions).

Best Paper Award: the paper “I-DEVS: a framework for imprecise computing in DEVS” (by O. Moallemi and G. Wainer) won the Best Paper Award in the Symposium of Theory of Modeling and Simulation/DEVS 11 (of 91submissions). 2011.

The First Bernard P. Zeigler DEVS Modeling and Simulation Award. 2010.

Best Paper Award: the paper “Advanced IDE for Modeling and Simulation of Discrete Event Systems” (by M. Bonaventura, G. Wainer, R. Castro) was the runner-up Best Paper Award for Springsim (of 350 submissions) . 2010.

Best Paper Award: the paper “Applying the TPS Method To Modeling And Simulation Of Biological Systems” (by R. Goldstein, N. Farran, H. Yigang, S. Lissari, G. Wainer) was the runner-up Best Paper Award for the 2010 ACM/SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference. 2010 (of 152 submissions). 2010.

Senior Member of IEEE. 2008.

Yosri Harzallah, Vincent Michel, Qi Liu, Gabriel Wainer, Yuhong Yan. “Distributed Simulation and Web Map Mash-Up for Forest Fire Spread”. Finalist of the 2008 IEEE International Services Computing Contest. 2008