Nittaya Kerdprasop is an associate professor and the head of Knowledge and Data Engineering Research Unit, School of Computer Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology (SUT), Thailand. She received her B.S. in radiation techniques from Mahidol University, Thailand, in 1985, M.S. in computer science from the Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, in 1991 and Ph.D. in computer science from Nova Southeastern University, U.S.A., in 1999.