His research focuses on social data analytics. He is interested in utilizing large-scale data from online social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to optimize business operations, design effective online advertisements and product recommendations, and develop new predictive models of user behavior. Tauhid received his BS, MEng, and PhD degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT. Before returning to MIT he spent one year as a postdoctoral researcher in the Wharton Statistics Department at the University of Pennsylvania.