Neşet Hikmet is Professor of Health Information Technology in the College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina where he also serves as the Director of Applied Sciences at Center for Applied Innovation and Advanced Analytics. His research expertise includes cloud computing, augmented analytics, health informatics, and healthcare internet of things. As an applied scientist he is heavily involved in design, development, deployment, and maintenance of large-scale computing systems. Dr. Hikmet has significant experience in leading health data analytics projects within academia, including utilization of a wide range of analytics methods and approaches. His research and projects have been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and other Federal and State agencies and Private Foundations.