He is also Senior Data Scientist at Groupon. Prior to these engagements he was an Associate Researcher in the Department of Computer Science and Center for Cognitive Science at the University of Minnesota where he did his PhD. He has been fascinated by Science Fiction since his childhood and greatly appreciates the use of Science Fiction to illuminate relationship among people and the relationship between technology and humankind. He also edited the first anthology of short Science Fiction stories on Islam and Science Fiction in 2008 with Ahmed A. Khan titled “A Mosque Amongst the Stars.” He started this website in 2005 to address a glaring gap in literature on this subject.