Dr. Nickholas Anting is an Associate Professor at UTHM, in the field of computational structural engineering and mechanics, advanced computing, artificial intelligence, and data science. He is also the founder of NASPSOFT, specializing in AI development and data science consulting. Dr. Nickholas also a license Professional Engineer (Civil Engineering) recognised by Board of Engineers Malaysia. As an Accredited Certified HRD Corp Trainer, he conducts public and corporate training in data science, machine learning, and programming, and his expertise is internationally recognized as a KNIME Certified Trainer. In 2024, he was honored as an AI Expert Trainer by the United States Artificial Intelligence Institute (USAII). His contributions extend to national projects, serving as a subject matter expert and consultant for Malaysia’s Ministry of Higher Education on initiatives such as Big Data integration and scholarly publication analytics. Additionally, Dr. Nickholas is a published author, with four books to his name, including The Independent Data Consultant (2023) and Data Science with KNIME (2022), which have gained international recognition and are available on Amazon.