Farhad Oroumchian is Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning in University of Wollongong (Dubai Campus). He has 24 years of experience teaching AI, Machine Learning and Databases. Dr Oroumchian has served at various capacities in the university ranging from Acting Chair of College to Associate Dean of Education. He is currently Head of AI & Intelligent Systems Research Cluster. He has obtained his PhD in Information Sciences in the area of AI based Information Retrieval in 1995 from Syracuse University. He has many years of experience as consultant in Industry. Prior to joining university, His previous posts include Chair of the Department of Software Engineering at the University of Tehran, Manager of IT Services in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tehran. Prof Oroumchian has worked as Senior Research Engineer at TextWise LLC in Syracuse, New York from 1996 till 1999. Prior to 1996, He has worked as project manager and consultant for various companies in US.