He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Arizona, where he also served as a research associate and project lead in the Artificial Intelligence Lab. Ahmed has over ten years of experience pertaining to predictive analytics, with particular emphasis on text and social media. He serves on program committees for various conferences related to computational linguistics and text analytics. Ahmed's research has been funded through multiple grants from the National Science Foundation. He has published nearly 40 peer-reviewed articles in journals and conferences. One of his articles was considered a top publication for 2010 by the Association for Information Systems. Ahmed's work has also been featured in various media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, and Fox News. Additional Information