George Runger is Professor in the School of Computing an Augmented Intelligence at Arizona State University. He researches analytical methods for knowledge generation and data-driven improvements in organizations. He focuses on machine learning for large, complex data, and real-time analysis, with applications to surveillance, decision support, and population health. Previously, he was a senior engineer and technical leader for data analytics projects at IBM. He holds degrees in industrial engineering and statistics. He was the inaugural department editor for healthcare informatics for ISIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering.