Zaid Al-Ars an associate professor at the Quantum and Computer Engineering Department of the Delft University of Technology, where he leads the Accelerated Big Data Systems group. His work focuses on developing computing infrastructures for efficient processing of big data applications. Zaid is also cofounder of Bluebee, a big data company specialized in high-performance genomics solutions. He also worked in various roles with a number of tech companies such as Siemens and Infineon and serves on the advisory board of a number of high-tech startups.