Mirsad Hadžikadić

Dr. Hadžikadić joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in 1987 after receiving his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Southern Methodist University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. Mirsad has published three edited books and over 40 scientific papers published in journals and conference proceedings.

His research activities have been primarily focused on machine learning, data mining, data science, cognitive science, health informatics, and complex adaptive systems. From 1991 to 1997, Mirsad served as the Director of the Department of Medical Informatics and the Department of Orthopedic Informatics at the Carolinas HealthCare System. In 1998, he joined Deloitte. In January 1999 Mirsad assumed the Chairmanship of the Department of Computer Science.

Mirsad served as the Founding Dean of the newly formed College for Computing and Informatics from 2000 until 2008. Mirsad is currently serving as a Professor of Software and Information Systems, the Director of the Complex Systems Institute, and the Executive Director of the Data Science Initiative at UNC Charlotte. Mirsad’s service to the profession and community included the following responsibilities: President of the Computational Social Science Society of the Americas, Editor of the Journal of Policy and Complex Systems, and Chair of national and international conferences.×