Murtaza Haider is an associate professor of Real Estate Management at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, in Toronto. Murtaza is also the Director of a consulting firm Regionomics Inc. and an adjunct professor of engineering at McGill University. Murtaza Haider is the author of Getting Started with Data Science: Making Sense of Data with Analytics,which was published by Pearson/IBM Press in 2016. Murtaza Haider specializes in applying analytics and statistical models to find solutions for socio-economic challenges. His research interests include business analytics, data science, forecasting housing market dynamics, transport/infrastructure/urban planning, and human development in Canada and South Asia. Murtaza Haider holds a Masters in transport engineering and planning and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Urban Systems Analysis) from the University of Toronto.