Dr. Dothang Truong is Associate Dean and Head of the School of Graduate Studies and Professor of Aviation Data Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He oversees graduate education and academic initiatives, including the nation’s first Ph.D. in Aviation and multidisciplinary graduate programs in aviation, unmanned systems, space operations, and safety management. His research and teaching span aviation safety; artificial intelligence and machine learning in aviation; data mining and big data analytics; air transportation systems; operations research; optimization; and simulation. He has led and contributed to externally funded research supported by the Federal Aviation Administration, Florida Department of Transportation, National Science Foundation, ASSURE, airline partners, and other aviation organizations. His work addresses aviation safety, Advanced Air Mobility, Safety Management Systems, unmanned aircraft systems, and applying machine learning to aviation safety data. Dr. Truong has published 76 peer-reviewed journal articles, two books, three book chapters, and 39 conference proceedings. He received the Frank Sorenson Research Award for excellence in aviation research and is ranked number one globally in Traffic Management by ScholarGPS, which also recognizes him as a Highly Ranked Scholar in the top 0.05 percent worldwide for scholarly productivity, impact, and quality.