Surya is pursuing his PhD in information Science at UALR. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Tele-communication engineering from Calcutta University and a master’s in information quality from UALR. He has over 30 years of experience in Information Technology at IBM, Amex, MCI-WorldCom and different state agencies at Arkansas, Louisiana, and Michigan. His research interest is analysis using machine learning and NLS on educational, Medical, and social media data.