Abdel Aziz Taha is a senior researcher at the Data Science Studio. He received his PhD in Data Science (with distinction) from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) in 2015 and was nominated for the GI (Gesellschaft für Informatik) award for the best dissertation 2015 https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/4410. The dissertation of Abdel Aziz Taha offers solutions for problems in the analysis of large data under extreme conditions, such as handling metric distortions and enabling highly efficient computation of complex data as well as data with very high dimensionalities . Within the framework of the Research Studio Austria, Abdel Aziz Taha has been involved in research and development projects in the field of machine learning, including genomics, medical diagnostics, fraud detection, industrial automation, anomaly detection and prediction, and large data marketing. His experience in data analysis covers all areas, from problem analysis in companies, to data selection, reprocessing and aggregation, to modelling, reconciliation and evaluation, as well as interpretation and drawing conclusions for decisions at the company level. In addition to his teaching activities, Abdel Aziz Taha gained 12 years of professional experience in software engineering, ranging from low-level, embedded and real-time systems to application software, covering the entire software development life cycle in the private sector.