Odai Y. Dweekat is a Ph.D. candidate in the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) program at the State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY). He earned an MS in Operations Management from the University of Birmingham in the UK and a BS in ISE from An Najah National University in Palestine, both with distinction. He is a graduate research associate at Watson Institute for Systems Excellence (WISE) in Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University. He has worked on research projects that involve machine learning, deep learning, and operations research at ChristianaCare in Delaware, funded under WISE. His research interests include artificial intelligence, data mining, continuous improvement, and heuristic optimization in healthcare systems. He previously worked for five years on data analytics and market segmentation projects in telecommunication companies.