Dr. Sonali Agarwal is working as Associate Professor in the Information Technology Department of Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, India. She received her Ph. D. Degree at IIIT Allahabad and joined as faculty at IIIT Allahabad, where she has been teaching since October 2009. She holds Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electrical Engineering from Bhilai Institute of Technology, Bhilai, (C.G.) India and Masters of Engineering (M.E.) degree in Computer Science from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad, India Her main research interests are in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. She is the head of Big Data Analytics Lab at IIIT Allahabad, India.