He holds a Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Richmond. His current work focuses on data science and predictive analytics. Ross is passionate about extracting useful information from new and diverse data sources to help inform decision making. The domains of the decisions can vary from public health and city planning to risk assessments related to extremist attacks. Recent research efforts include: (1) leveraging mobile phone data to inform public-health decisions, (2) identifying measures from Twitter content that explain the variance in the obesity rate across the United States, and (3) collaborating with CMAC on the Simulating Religion Project.