Dr. Nikan holds a deep connection to the academic community:
IEEE senior member.
Counsellor for the IEEE London Region
IEEE Canadian Foundation Liaison
ECE Appointment Committee member and the Committee's EDID Representative
Chair of AI ECE Courses Restructuring Committee
Software Engineering Curriculum Committee member
ECE Workload Committee member
MEng Admissions Committee member
AISE Course Development Advisory Group member
RBC scholarship Judge (2022 & 2023).
ECE Grad Symposium Judge (2022 & 2023)
IEEE COMPSAC 2026 AAI Program Committee
IEEE 6G Networking Program Committee
Reviewer for distinguished journals (e.g.,IEEE T-PAMI, T-ITS, TIP, TII, TNSM, THMS, TCE, TCDS, TAP, TCSVT, SPA, IoTJ and Access, and AIIM, IET IP, JNS)