Dr. Vikas (Vik) Kumar grew up in the United States in Niskayuna, New York. He earned his MD from the University of Pittsburgh, but shortly afterwards he discovered his true calling of computers and data science. He then earned his MS in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology and has subsequently worked as a data scientist for both healthcare and non-healthcare companies. He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Thank you to Mark Braunstein, James Cheng, Shameer Khader, Bryant Menn, Srijita Mukherjee, and Bob Savage for their helpful comments on the book drafts.