Muneer Ahmad completed his Master's degrees in Mathematics (1999) and Computer Science (2002) from Punjab University and Islamia University, Pakistan, respectively. Later, he got his MPhil (MS, 2006) degree in Computer Science from COMSATS University, Pakistan. He completed his Ph.D. (2015) from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia in Computer Science. Dr. Muneer Ahmad has authored numerous research articles in reputed journals indexed in WoS and Scopus. Dr. Muneer also secured a research grant of approximately 350, 000 SAR in numerous research projects. His research interests are in the discipline of data science that includes applied machine learning applications in pattern recognition, image processing, signal analysis, e-commerce, cybersecurity, edge computing, and cloud computing. He is investigating machine learning, deep learning, and data-driven approaches to propose optimized solutions in different areas of computing. The long-term goal of his research is to develop enhanced and novel solutions that add values to industry 4.0 applications.