Dr. Thieu received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Prior to Moffitt, he was an Assistant Professor in Computer Science Department at the Oklahoma State University, and further was a postdoc at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. He has been pursuing research in natural language processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence with application in healthcare and education. Dr. Thieu has taught and mentored students and juniors at University of Missouri, NIH Clinical Center, ACT Inc., Oklahoma State University, and Moffitt Cancer Center. Having worked in academia, government, and industry, Dr. Thieu has developed capability to mentor and collaborate across educational backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, and origins.