Education Background: Miftahuddin completing undergraduate education at the University of Hasanuddin, South Sulawesi; Bandung Institute of Technology Master's degree, West Java and Doctorate in UoE, Cholcester, United Kingdom. Working Experience: Currently working as a lecturer, researcher, and entrepreneur at Statistics Studies Program, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh. Areas of expertise are Statistical Modeling, Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Big Data, Data Sciences, Biometrics,Time Series and Regression Analysis, Semiparametrics Models, Stochastic Process, Actuarial Sciences & Financial Analysis, and Geostatistics (Time-Spatial). His supervisor was Professor Berthold Lausen (Head of Department of Mathematical Sciences, UoE- United Kingdom).